Social Studies Final Exam Chapter 19-24

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Sometimes when people try to accomplish one goal, they end up accomplishing another. What was Zhang Qian trying to do when he learned about the places west of China?

He was trying to find allies to fight the Huns

Chinese characters stand for words, while English characters stand for sounds. What is one likely effect of this difference?

It takes longer to learn to write Chinese than to learn to write English

Archeologist have found human and animal bones in the ruins of Anyang. What conclusion did they reach based on their findings?

Kings were buried with supplies for the afterlife

What philosophy do the statements on this list describe? - People are basically selfish - Laws must be strict and must be strictly enforced - Punishment for breaking laws must be harsh

Legalism

Which philosophy seems to have influenced Qin Shihuangdi the most?

Legalism

What made silk valuable?

Only the Chinese knew how to make it.

Scholars disagree about the origins of Daoism. What is one point on which scholars agree?

Scholars agree that Daoism book, the Dao De Jing, was written by many writers.

The Zhou dynasty came after which dynasty?

Shang

Because rice requires warm, wet weather, where did the ancient Chinese grow rice?

The Chang Jiang Basins

What was a major difference between the Qin dynasty and the Han dynasty?

The Han dynasty lasted much longer

What did the Shang dynasty accomplish?

They controlled all of ancient China.

What did Shang craftspeople and traders have in common?

They ranked higher than farmers

How may the Shang king and his nobles have weakened their economy?

They spent too much money on their palaces.

During the Han dynasty, the Chinese were able to make swords out of iron. what was one effect of this invention?

They suffered fewer injuries in battle

What was one difference between feudalism and the Emperor of Qin's system of government?

Under feudalism, power was held locally; the Emperor of Qin held all the power

What made Shang armies especially powerful?

Weapons made of bronze

During the Han dynasty, top government officials lived in the capital, while lower-level officials lived throughout the empire. This is an example of

a geographic factor

What was one way the Zhou dynasty managed to keep China stable for several hundred years?

by claiming approval from heaven

If two nobles from different parts of China met up during the Shang dynasty, what was the best way for them to communicate?

by writing, because they wrote with the same characters.

Which belongs in the blank space in the diagram?

fine dishware

China has the __________of any country in the world.

largest population

what group belongs in the shaded area of the diagram?

lords

Because of the Tibetan Plateau has a very high elevation, it also has?

low temperatures

Which group pf people would most likely have had the best life under the Emperor of Qin's rule?

merchants

What was one effect of the invention of the drill shown in this illusion?

more wealth for trade

Which of the following inventions had the effect of helping people communicate more easily?

paper

Look at the table below. which word belongs in the shaded box?

plains

What made it difficult to travel through the area identified by the question mark on the map?

sandstorms

Which of the following discoveries did the Chinese make more than 1,000 years before westerns?

that blood circulates through the body

The modern Chinese word for "merchant" is shang ren, which means "Shang man." What do scholars believe the word suggest about life during Shang dynasty?

that the Shang people traded a great deal

What protected Inner China from invaders who might have tired to enter from northwest?

the Taklimakan Desert

What was the purpose of the building the Great Wall?

to protect the empire from invaders

During the Han dynasty, the Chinese for the first time

traded silk

Both the Sungari and the Chang Jiang rivers are

used for transportation by boat

Which of these words best describes China's climate?

varied

People traveled with camels on the Eastern Silk Road. What animals did they travel with on the Western Silk Road?

yaks

If you wanted to create an empire, you might take lessons from Qin Shihuangdi. What is one lesson he might give you about how you could unify different states into one country?

Create a new written language and make everyone use it.

Which phrase below best complete the following questions? "I am a follower of Confucius. I am the oldest of the three children in my family. My younger sister and brother have to obey me. In return, I..."

"have to treat them well"

If you were traveling west from Kashgar along the Silk Road, in what order would you come upon these places?

A. 3, 1, 4, 2

Which part of modern-day China did the Emperor of Qin control?

A. A and C

In ancient times, why did more people settle in the Inner China than the Otter China?

Because Inner China had fertile land

Why were Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism developed when they were?

Because there was so much disorder in China at the time.

What is an example of cultural effect that trade had on the people that used the Silk Road ?

Buddhism spread from India to China


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