- 1. a person from whom another is directly descended
A) Mulan
B) Mandate of Heaven
C) dragon lore
D) ancestor
- 2. a philosophy that developed from a great Chinese teacher named Confucius; he taught politeness, sincerity, unselfishness, respect for law and hard work
A) Legalism
B) Taoism
C) Mandate of Heaven
D) Confucianism
- 3. the sign of the emperor and a nickname for China
A) Great Sorrow
B) dragon lore
C) Mandate of Heaven
D) Mulan
- 4. one of the driest deserts in the world; covers parts of China and Mongolia
A) Desert Desert
B) Taklimakan Desert
C) Sahara Desert
D) Gobi Desert
- 5. the two major river systems (Huang He and Chiang Jiang) were called this because of the flooding that occurred each year, which brought devastation and the need for rebuilding
A) ancestor
B) dragon lore
C) Mandate of Heaven
D) Great Sorrow
- 6. wall built over a period of 2000 years and is about 1500 miles long; intended to keep out invaders from the north
A) Silk Road
B) Great Sorrow
C) Mandate of Heaven
D) Great Wall
- 7. Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
A) Taoism
B) Buddhism
C) Confucianism
D) Legalism
- 8. the belief that heaven, or T'ien, appointed certain emperors as rulers.
A) Confucianism
B) Taoism
C) Legalism
D) Mandate of Heaven
- 9. the highest mountain in the world and close to the border between Nepal, China and Tibet in the Himalayan Mountains.
A) Mount McKinley
B) Mount Everest
C) Rocky Mountain
D) Mount Mitchell
- 10. a courageous girl who hid her identity and served in the army in place of her father for ten years
A) Mulan
B) dragon lore
C) Great Sorrow
D) ancestor
- 11. the major trade routes that were established between Asia and Western Europe
A) Dragon Lore
B) Great Wall
C) Great Sorrow
D) Silk Road
- 12. the second largest desert in the world and located in western China. Called the "sea of death"
A) Taklimakan Desert
B) Sahara Desert
C) Desert Desert
D) Gobi Desert
- 13. a philosophy developed by Lao-tzu which states that people should be happy with what they have
A) Taoism
B) Buddhism
C) Confucianism
D) Legalism
- 14. the third longest river in the world and the long river in China (4000 miles long). flows into the Yellow Sea
A) Nile River
B) Yangtze River
C) Huang He River
D) Amazon River
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