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Ch 7 Test World History 8th
Contributed by: Hightower
  • 1. a kind of character used in Chinese writing
A) ideograph
B) bureaucracy
C) pictograph
D) aristocrat
E) mandate
  • 2. a character that stands for objects, such as the moon and the sun
A) mandate
B) ideograph
C) aristocrat
D) bureaucracy
E) pictograph
  • 3. a formal order
A) aristocrat
B) ideograph
C) mandate
D) bureaucracy
E) pictograph
  • 4. a system of appointed officials who run different parts of the government
A) aristocrat
B) ideograph
C) pictograph
D) bureaucracy
E) mandate
  • 5. a noble whose wealth comes from the land he or she owns
A) pictograph
B) ideograph
C) bureaucracy
D) aristocrat
E) mandate
  • 6. also called the “School of Law”
A) Confucianism
B) Legalism
C) social class
D) Hanfeizi
E) Daoism
  • 7. promotes a peaceful society
A) Daoism
B) social class
C) Hanfeizi
D) Legalism
E) Confucianism
  • 8. the belief that all people with a talent for governing should govern
A) Confucianism
B) Hanfeizi
C) Legalism
D) Daoism
E) social class
  • 9. people who share a similar position in society
A) Daoism
B) Hanfeizi
C) Legalism
D) Confucianism
E) social class
  • 10. developed the teachings of Legalism
A) social class
B) Daoism
C) Legalism
D) Confucianism
E) Hanfeizi
  • 11. founder of the Han dynasty
A) Qin Shihuangdi
B) Liu Bang
C) Silk Road
D) Han Wudi
E) acupuncture
  • 12. his name means “Martial Emperor of Han”
A) Qin Shihuangdi
B) acupuncture
C) Liu Bang
D) Han Wudi
E) Silk Road
  • 13. his name means “the First Qin Emperor”
A) Han Wudi
B) Liu Bang
C) Qin Shihuangdi
D) Silk Road
E) acupuncture
  • 14. eases pain through the use of needles stuck into the patient’s skin
A) acupuncture
B) Han Wudi
C) Silk Road
D) Liu Bang
E) Qin Shihuangdi
  • 15. network of trade routes for Chinese goods as far as Greece and Rome
A) Silk Road
B) Liu Bang
C) Qin Shihuangdi
D) acupuncture
E) Han Wudi
  • 16. The Chinese call the Huang He River ____ because it drowned people and destroyed homes.
A) “Yellow River”
B) “China’s sorrow”
C) “raging river”
D) “China’s gift”
  • 17. China’s first rulers were probably from the dynasty.
A) Shang
B) Anyang
C) Zhou
D) Xia
  • 18. The first capital city of China was
A) Zhou
B) Anyang
C) Shang
D) Guangzhou
  • 19. The ____ dynasty ruled for more years than any other Chinese dynasty in history.
A) Xia
B) Anyang
C) Shang
D) Zhou
  • 20. An important trade item during the Zhou dynasty was
A) crossbows
B) saddles
C) plows
D) silk
  • 21. In Chinese society, the merchants class ranked below the
A) aristocrats and priests.
B) landowners and traders.
C) farmers and aristocrats.
D) bankers and farmers.
  • 22. Chinese families practiced filial piety, which meant that children had to
A) do many chores.
B) respect their parents.
C) go to school.
D) eat their vegetables.
  • 23. Confucius believed that society would do well if everyone always did his or her
A) duty
B) prayers.
C) best
D) jobs
  • 24. Laozi believed that people should give up ____ in favor of nature.
A) wisdom
B) home and family
C) laws and government
D) worldly desires
  • 25. During the 200s B.C., Legalism taught that humans were naturally
A) good
B) evil
C) disrespectful.
D) law-abiding
  • 26. Qin Shihuangdi based his rule on what philosophy?
A) Legalism
B) Daoism
C) social class
D) Confucianism
  • 27. The Great Wall of China was built using the labor of which group?
A) rudder
B) farmers
C) compass
D) sextant
  • 28. This Chinese invention allowed ships to move their sails and to sail into the wind for the first time.
A) sextant
B) steering wheel
C) compass
D) rudder
  • 29. The Silk Road stretched ____ miles from western China to Southeast Asia.
A) 6,436
B) 4,000
C) 782
D) 2,000
  • 30. Buddhism spread during unrest in China after the fall of the ____ dynasty.
A) Qin
B) Shang
C) Han
D) Zhou
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