The earliest form of Chinese writing were characters that looked like what they represented. What are these called?
cuneiform
hieroglyphs
alphabetic letters
pictograms
The Chinese writing system uses symbols where each symbol stands for a word or part of a word. What is one of these symbols called?
letter
digit
syllable
character
Which Chinese dynasty completed the unification of China in 221 BCE?
Shang
Qin
Han
Zhou
Who became the first “Emperor” of a unified China?
Liu Bang
Qin Shi Huang
King Zheng
Sun Wu
The period before the Qin unification, when many Chinese kingdoms fought each other, is called the _____.
Era of the Five Dynasties
Warring States Period
Spring & Autumn Period
Age of Divided Kingdoms
Which major construction did Qin Shi Huang begin to protect his empire from northern invaders?
The Great Wall
The Forbidden City
The Grand Canal
The Silk Road
What craft of fine writing and brush strokes in China is known as?
Calligraphy
Engraving
Typography
Lithography
The tomb of Qin Shi Huang is famous for the thousands of what?
Bronze chariots
Jade figurines
Golden masks
Terracotta Warriors
What was one method used by the Qin state to suppress dissent and unify the empire?
Burning books & burying scholars
Inviting all scholars to dinner
Allowing free speech
Publishing all philosophies
Pictograms in ancient China gradually evolved into more abstract symbols so the writing system became more efficient. True or False?
False
True
Depends on province
Only after the Han
What is the term for the early pictorial writing used in China?
Phoenician abbreviations
Cuneiform
Runes
Oracle bone script
Which state did the Qin kingdom defeat last to unify China?
One of the other Warring States
The Han state
The Zhou state
The Shang state
The “First Emperor” had his rivals and noble families moved to his capital in order to control them. True or False?
False
He banished them
He kept them in place
True
Which metal weapon became common in the Qin army that helped them win wars?
Wooden clubs
Iron swords & crossbows
Bronze spears
Stone axes
The writing reforms helped make government administration across the empire easier and more unified. True or False?
False
They made confusion worse
True
Only for local areas
