China Mid-unit Quiz For Mrs. Kandido's International Studies I Classes
Hello International Studies I students! This is your mid-unit quiz over China. When you are finished, you must print your certificate. This is your grade for the quiz. You may take this quiz as many times during this period as you want.
- 1.China is in what continent?
- A.
Africa
- B.
South America
- C.
Australia
- D.
Asia
- 2.What is a dynasty?
- A.
A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all member
- B.
Government ruled by one king or queen
- C.
A family or person of the same lineage that maintains power for several generations
- D.
A group of people from Mrs. Kandido's class who like to study China
- 3.Which of these dynasties is NOT a dynasty from China?
- A.
Qing
- B.
Qin
- C.
Song
- D.
Shanghai
- 4.Which two rivers are the main rivers that run through China?
- A.
Missouri River and Mississippi River
- B.
Yangtze River and Nile River
- C.
Black Jade River and Yellow River
- D.
Yellow River and Yangtze River
- 5.
To what country does this flag belong?- A.
Japan
- B.
India
- C.
China
- D.
Beveridge
- 6.What is the capital of China?
- A.
Shanghai
- B.
Bejing
- C.
Guongzhou
- D.
Taipei
- 7.Choose that answer that has put the following events in chronological order from oldest to most recent event:Confucius is born 551 BCEGreat Wall constructions begins 220 BCEChinese papermaking is invented 105 CEChinese calendar system invented, 1200 BCESunshu Ao is China's first hydraulic Engineer 606 BCE
- A.
Chinese Calendar, Sunshu Ao, Confucius, Great Wall, Chinese Papermaking
- B.
Chinese papermaking, Sunshu Ao, Confucius, Great Wall, Chinese Calendar
- C.
Sunshu Ao, Great Wall, Chinese Calendar, Chinese Papermaking, Confucius
- D.
Confucius, Great Wall, Chinese Papermaking, Chinese Calendar, Sunshu Ao
- 8.What does BCE mean?
- A.
Beveridge Creates Excellence
- B.
Before Christy Exits
- C.
Before Common Era
- D.
Before Counting Existed
- 9.What does CE mean?
- A.
China Exists
- B.
Common Era
- C.
Chinese Excellence
- D.
Common Elephant
- 10.BCE is older than BC
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.
Based on this map of China, what three countries are on China's northern border?
- A.
Japan, North and South Korea
- B.
India, Burma and Thailand
- C.
Mongolia, Russia and iran
- D.
Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia
- 12.
What Chinese dynasty does this 8 panel screen come from?
- A.
Shang
- B.
Song
- C.
Qing
- D.
Qin
- 13.
We call the images we write with letters of the alphabet. Chinese is not written in letters. It is written in what?
- A.
Pictures
- B.
Characters
- C.
Squiggles
- D.
Dashes
- 14.What does the dragon represent in Chinese culture?
- A.
Bad luck
- B.
Evil spirits
- C.
Wisdom, power and good luck
- D.
Nothing, it is just a decoration
- 15.Read the short article below and answer the question at the bottom:On January 18, 2011 in HETAOCUN, ChinaCompared with some of the more spectacular recent traffic jams in China, among them a 60-mile snarl last summerthat paralyzed a major artery outside Beijing for two weeks, the thousands of travelers who spent the night trapped on a snow-coated highway in southwest Guizhou Province on Monday did not even warrant a mention in the local news media.The immediate effect of the information vacuum was to suck more unwitting victims — including this reporter — into the morass, which stretched for miles along the four-lane affair linking Guizhou north to Chongqing .Stranded drivers chain-smoked, stomped their feet against the chill and cursed the government for failing to come to their rescue. As the night wore on, fuel lines froze and cellphone batteries died.The residents of Hetaocun, however, saw the unmoving necklace of taillights from their mountain village and got entrepreneurial. They roused children from their beds, loaded boxes of instant noodles into baskets and began hawking their staples to a captive clientele. The 500 percent markup did not appear to dent sales.QUESTION: WHAT DID THE RESIDENTS OF HETACUN USE THE TRAFFIC JAM TO DO?
- A.
Complain about the Chinese government roads
- B.
Smoke a lot of cigarettes
- C.
Create small business by selling food to stranded drivers
- D.
Nothing, they lived there and didn't have to drive to get home
- 16.All Chinese people speak the same language and are from the same tribe.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.
The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in China and one building they competed in is the 'bird's nest' as pictured
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Read about the Dalai Lama, the world's most famous refugee. Then answer the question belowAnalysis: Why the Dalai Lama angers China--CNNWhen U.S. president Barack Obama meets the Dalai Lama at the White House this week, expect China to get angry.The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the traditional religious and temporal head of Tibetan Buddhists. He was made head of state at age 15 in 1950, the same year that Chinese troops occupied Tibet.The Dalai Lama held negotiations with Chinese officials on Tibetan self-rule with little success. In 1959, he fled Tibet for exile in India after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.QUESTION: BASED ON THE ARTICLE, HOW MANY YEARS HAS THE DALAI LAMA BEEN A REFUGEE?
- A.
42 years
- B.
50 years
- C.
52 years
- D.
He is not a refugee
- 19.What is the main staple food of China?
- A.
Bread
- B.
Rice
- C.
Potatos
- D.
Porridge
- 20.China has 20% of the world's population but only 7% of global waterresources. To make matters worse, 90% of cities' groundwater and 75% of rivers and lakes are polluted according to the World Bank. This means that 700 million people drink contaminated water every day. What does contaminated mean?
- A.
Lack of a resource
- B.
From the ocean
- C.
Dirty and impure
- D.
Clean and healthy
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