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China Unit Review Sheet

DIRECTIONS: Copy each question on your own notebook paper and
then write the short answer to each question.
1. What mountain range divided northern and southern China?
2. Who was the founder of Confucianism?
3. Who was the founder of Daoism?
4. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
5. Which philosophers teachings became popular after the fall of the Han dynasty?
6. What did Emperor Wen do to help unify China?
7. What did Laozi urge people to do?
8. Which of the great dynasties ruled China from 618-1279 A.D.?
9. Define Meritocracy.
10. What dynasty used a system of Meritocracy to choose government workers?
11. What did Tang and Song emperors do to improve trade?
12. Why did the Chinese develop a paper currency?
13. Which Eunuch built and sailed a fleet of ships for China?
14. What was the most important invention of the Tang and Song dynasty era?
15. Define Despot.
16. Where were some workers on the Great Wall buried?
17. How long is the Great Wall of China?
18. What European was the first to visit China for an extended period of time?
19. What road ran from China to the west?
20. What did the Mongols establish to improve communication throughout China?
21. What Mongol led the Successful invasion of China?
22. What Poison led to the death of Shi Huangdi?
23. What was the name of the last of Chinas dynasties?
24. What did the Chinese invent that made navigation easier?
25. What did the Chinese invent that revolutionized warfare?
26. What waterway united northern and southern China?
27. What belief system encouraged Chinese to respect their elders and serve the
government?
28. Who was the Chinas First Emperor?
29. Define Aristocrat.
30. Define Mandate.