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China Test Study Guide
Directions: This is the study guide for your test on our China unit. You do not need to answer in complete sentences unless prompted. Use Bell Ringers, textbook, notes, maps, and all assignments we completed during this unit to help you. Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose.
1. The first writing system in China was developed during which dynasty?
Shang
2. Which Chinese invention is used to measure the strength of earthquakes?
Seismograph
3. The civil service exam based its questions on the ideas of which Chinese philosopher?
Confucius
4. During which dynasty did the Mongols rule China?
Yuan
5. Bloody attacks in which entire populations of cities and towns were often wiped out describes the conquests of which Mongol leader?
Genghis Khan
6. Along which two river valleys did Chinese civilization begin?
Huang He and Chang Jiang
7. What was the name for the common Ancient Chinese belief that emperors were chosen by the gods?
Mandate of Heaven
8. Which Chinese admiral presented gifts to foreign leaders and shaped positive ideas about China?
Zheng He
9. What Chinese product was so valuable that its production method was kept secret?
silk
10. What substance was used originally only in fireworks?
gunpowder
11. Emperor Shi Huangdi created what to protect his tomb during the afterlife?
Terracotta Warriors
12. Originating in Mongolia during the rule of the Mongols, what is said to have spread on the Silk Road, destroying much of the population of Europe and Asia in the 1300s?
The Black Death
13. China’s “One-Child Policy” is meant to help control the problem of what?
overpopulation
14. The place in Beijing where a massacre of Chinese protesters took place in 1989 is called what?
Tiananmen Square
15. Which religion or set of beliefs stresses living simply and in harmony with nature?
Daoism
16. Who was China's first Communist leader?
Mao Zedong
17. Many countries consider China's violent response to rebellions as examples of
__human______rights violations.
18. Who completed the conquest of China and declared himself emperor of the Yuan Dynasty?
Kublai Khan
19. Attempts to modernize China's economy after 1976 were begun by which Chinese leader?
Deng Xiopeng
20. China was ruled for centuries by _____dynasties______. (Hint: a vocab term meaning rule by a family over a long period of time)
21. What do you think is meant by the following quote:
“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world,”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
China’s impending power in the world
22. Of silk, paper, the magnetic compass, and steel, which invention did not come from China?
steel
23. The Great Wall of China was created to keep out what?
Invaders from the North
24. After the violent 1949 Chinese Civil War, who took power in China?
Communists
25. Many economic programs were unsuccessful and millions starved to death during what program created by Mao Zedong?
Great Leap Forward
26. The belief that moral behavior, kindness, and meditation can lead to peace is a central part of which Chinese religion?
Buddhism
27. What is an example of harmful spillover that is a result of China’s industrialization?
pollution
28. After their defeat in the 1949 Chinese Civil War, which group fled to Taiwan and took over?
Nationalists
29. What is the capital and main financial center of Taiwan?
Taipei
30. By 2030, most of the people in China will live in a (urban/rural) setting.
urban
31. To improve the economic conditions of the country, China has shifted to what type of economic system?
mixed
32. The two main deserts found in China and Mongolia are the Gobi and what?
Taklamakan
33. What is China’s capital city?
Beijing
34. Mongolia’s herders live a ______nomadic______lifestyle, which means they move from place to place in search of food.
35. What is China’s population rank in the world?
first
36. What is the name for the difficult academic examination held annually in China?
Gaokao
37. What is the name of the river in northern China, nicknamed “China’s Sorrow,” because of the destruction caused by its frequent flooding?
Huang He
38. Who is seen as a symbol of the Tiananmen Square massacre, because he confronted Chinese tanks attempting to chase down protesters?
Tank Man
39. Who is the Chinese leader who took control in 1976 and allowed more economic freedoms?
Deng Xiopeng
40. Who is the leader of the Chinese Nationalists, who fled to Taiwan after the 1949 Chinese Civil War?
Chiang Kai-Shek
41. Who is the first leader of Communist China?
Mao Zedong
42. What is a command economy?
A economic system where the government controls all aspects of economic production.
43. Who is the European who traded on the Silk Road and befriended Kublai Khan in China?
Marco Polo
44. What is the term for a policy started by the Ming Dynasty where China has cut off all contact with the outside world?
Isolationism
45. Who is the ruthless, but strategically smart, leader of the Mongols, who is famous for his barbaric conquests of Asia?
Genghis Khan
Short Answer
Be prepared to respond to 1of any of the following prompts:
- What is a political cartoon and how can it be effective in examining political and social issues?
- Which Chinese invention has had a greater effect on world history – the magnetic compass or gunpowder? Why do you think so?
- How do the handling of protests like Tiananmen Square and Hong Kong demonstrate the ways China’s government violates the rights of its citizens?