Name:_____________________ Period:_____ Date:___________

Section 1: Multiple Choice

-Read each multiple choice question and circle your answer

1. The ________________________ and _______________________ are two important and major

rivers in China.

A.) Red River and Ying-Yang River

B.) Nile River and Jordan River
C.) Yellow River and Yangtze River
D.) Amazon River and Pearl River

2. Why did Qin Shihuang build the Great Wall of China?

A) To protect the newly unified empire from northern invaders

B) To stop foreign merchants from trading with China
C) To keep their empire a secret
D) To show off their construction skills to other civilizations

3. For the first time, China was completely united under which ruler?
A. Confucius
B. Qin Er Shi
C. Chen Sheng
D. Qin Shihuang

4. What dynasty was the longest in China’s history lasting over 800 years?
A. Xia Dynasty
B. Zhou Dynasty
C. Shang Dynasty
D. Qin Dynasty

5. Which dynasty is considered the first “official” dynasty of China?

A. Shang Dynasty
B. Xia Dynasty
C. Zhou Dynasty
D. Qin Dynasty

6. Which dynasty developed a system of writing?

A. Xia Dynasty
B. Han Dynasty
C. Zhou Dynasty
D. Shang Dynasty
10. What were the most powerful personified spirits in the ancient Chinese world?
A. Great geographical features such as mountain ranges or rivers
B. Departed ancestors
C. Departed rulers
D. None of the above

11. The earliest Chinese civilizations developed _____________.

A. in the mountains
B. along the coast of the Yellow Sea
C. in the eastern river valleys
D. on the large islands off the east coast

12. Government under the Shang dynasty is best described as ______________.

A. a military dictatorship
B. a group of independent, self-governing city-states
C. a tribal society with a chief and a council of elders
D. a feudal system in which the lords were loyal to the emperor

13. Who was Confucius?

A. A brutal military leader
B. A king
C. Inventor that introduced irrigation techniques in China
D. A teacher

14. Under which dynasty was paper invented?

A. The Shang
B. The Han
C. The Qin
D. The Ming

15. What material did the Ancient Chinese think helped preserve bodies for the afterlife?
A. Jade
B. Bronze
C. Papyrus
D. Gold

16. What is the correct chronological order of the dynasties starting with the earliest?
A. Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin
B. Shang, Qin, Zhou, Han
C. Qin, Xia, Ming, Zhou
D. Zhou, Qin, Xia, Han
17. What material are the earliest Chinese scriptures found on?
A. Papyrus
B. Cave walls
C. Oracle Bones
D. Gold plates

18. In what year was the Chinese empire first unified?

A. 221 B.C.
B. 20 B.C.
C. 357 B.C
D. 238 B.C

19. The king of Zhou Dynasty invoked which concept to legitimize his rule?
A. Mandate of Heaven
B. Rule of Law
C. The Order of the Sun
D. The King’s Law

20. What was one of Emperor Qin Shihuang’s major contributions to the Qin Dynasty?
A. He unified China’s currency and measurements
B. He sent merchants to trade in Africa
C. He encouraged the spread of Confucius’ ideas
D. He promoted education for all

Section 2: Essay Question

On a separate piece of paper answer the following question:
-How are Confucianism and Taoism and similar and different? Compare and contrast each ancient
philosophy. Explain how Confucianism and Daoism influenced Ancient China’s civilization.

Example:

Confucianism and Daoism are two of the most influential and well-known schools of thought
from ancient China. Both are not only ways of thinking, but ways of life. However, they are not
religions. They have no teaching of worship of gods, or the afterlife. Instead, each philosophy focuses
on the individual and their behavior. While Confucianism and Daoism are similar, they are also very
different in their ways of thinking about the universe and human behavior.

At the center of Confucianism are morality, ethics, and activism. Developed by Confucius, a
great thinker, his philosophy encourages social harmony and mutual respect. Followers of Confucius
sought to perfect their character by living a virtuous life and seeking goodness. They valued ethics,
respect for elders, and propriety. Confucius also believed political order would be found by the
proper ordering of human relationships. He did not focus on the structure of the state. Confucius
valued education and thought that government should be run by well-educated people.

However, Daoism is different from Confucianism. Daoism focused on self-reflection and one’s
way of being. Daoists focused on themselves more than focusing on activism like Confucius thinkers
did. They devoted their energy to introspection, in hopes that they could better understand the natural
principles of the world. The main concept of Daoism is the way of nature. Daoists strive to live one in
harmony with nature. This philosophy discouraged the presence of any government or empires.
Instead, people should live in just small self-sufficient communities.

Confucianism and Daoism are similar in that they were both created as a solution for the
chaos that emerged from the fall of the Zhou Dynasty. Although the arrival of legalism created unity
in China, Confucianism and Daoism were still very influential schools of thought. They both focus on
self-improvement and reflect the development of Ancient China’s civilizations. By focusing on one’s
way of being or relationships with others, these two schools of thought demonstrate the intricate
workings of Ancient China’s civilizations and interactions with each other and with the environment.
The Ancient Chinese were aware of their surroundings and their way of being in the universe.

Explanation for this Product:

I chose to create a test because I wanted to have the practice of creating a test on my own.
Also, by creating a test, the product helped be to understand the information better and to retain what
I have studied through this holes and goals project. I structured the test by having twenty multiple
choice questions and one essay question to be completed in a forty-five minute class. I am aware that
the students’ essays will be shorter and also not as elaborated as mine is above as the example, but I
wanted to include the main points that should be touched upon somewhere in their answers.
Confucianism and Daoism are major schools of thought that are important to the study of Ancient
China, which is why I wanted to include those two topics in an essay question.