SY 2017/2018 2 nd Final Term Revision Student s Name: Grade: 10A Subject: SOCIAL STUDIES Teacher Signature
2nd Term Final Exam SOCIAL STUDIES-10 REVISION Name: Date: CHAPTER 6- SECTION 1-6 ANCIENT CHINA: Question and Answer Keys: 1. Which land form separates China from its neighbor to the north? The Gobi Desert 2. What did the Shang develop first in China? Writing 3. Why did the Zhou leaders grant land for loyalty, military support & other services? As a way to purchase people's loyalty and support 4. What did Confucius mean when he said moral leaders not laws would bring order to China? Leaders should always try to do the right thing. The Qin dynasty was bad for China. This is incorrect. The dynasty strengthened China. 5. What led China to make contact with other cultures? The Chinese Empire became prosperous. 6. What formed part of the northern border of Shang China? The Yellow Sea The Shang period influenced Writing in China today Legalism Was not a religious philosophy Trade Between regions increased during Shi Huangdi's rule Jade A hard gem stone
Lord A person of high rank Peasant A person with a small farm Confucius Most influential teacher in Chinese history Laozi Most famous Daoist teacher Shi Huangdi Qin king who unified China Tales of Xia dynasty show that cooperation was important in Ancient China. True Land ownership was an important part of Zhou politics. True The Qin built the first sections of the Great Wall. False Answer with TRUE OR FALSE: Confucius would agree with Shi Huangdi s method of ruling. Confucius said a king should use harsh punishments to rule Military technology advanced in the Shang period. The military was a high ranking social class in the Han period. A merchant would often travel 4,000 miles on the Silk Road. Early Chinese civilizations probably did not have social classes. Tales of the Xia dynasty show that cooperation was important in ancient China. Some natural events were very meaningful to Han emperors. The first Han emperor was born a peasant.
Doing well on exams was the only way to get a government job. The Silk Road ran from China to what is now in South Africa. The Silk Road was a series of routs, not one continues road. The Silk Road ran near deserts and mountains. One trader usually carried goods the entire length of the road. Silk was a valuable cloth made only in China. Fill in the blanks: is a soft, highly valued fabric made from the cocoons of silkworms is a network of routes between China and the Mediterranean Sea is the spread of ideas from one culture to another is the way a task is accomplished Fertile soil carried as sediment in river water. Used by Chinese priests, who wrote questions on these and then interpreted answers to the questions from cracks that developed when the these were heated. The right to rule claimed to have been granted to ancient Chinese rulers by the heavens.
Chinese medicinal practice that involves insertion of needles into designated parts of the body to enable the life-force energy to move properly. This philosophy based on the ideas that focus on morality, family order, social harmony, and government. A philosophy founded by Laozi and can be defined as the "Way of Nature"; stressed living in harmony with the Dao. A political philosophy that beliefs that were bad by nature and needed to be controlled. A network of routes that stretched westward from China around Asia's deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea. One of China's earliest dynasties that made many advances including China's first writing system. A barrier that linked earlier walls of protection across China's northern frontier. An invention that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day. A device invented to measure the strength of an earthquake. VOCABULARY: hard gemstone barrier to stop invaders soft, light, highly valued fabric The spread of ideas from one culture to another device that uses the position of shadows to tell the time A prediction The ideas of Confucius Moral values - The practice of using fine needless to cure disease or relieve pain
The most influential teacher in Chinese history. NAME OF A RULER: DYNASTY NAME: MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT 1. 2. 3. 4. EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER: 1. What does the title Shi Huangdi mean? 2. Why was the Great Wall of China built? 3. What is the mandate of heaven? 4. Who was the most famous Daoism? 5. What were the main ideas of Daoism?