Ancient China Review Sheet - Lesson 1

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What are the names of the two rivers in China? Where do they end?

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Huang River (Yellow River) flows through North China Plain, empties into Yellow Sea and Yangtze River, empties into East China Sea

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What is loess? How is it helpful?

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Loess is a yellow, dusty soil good for farming, Helps crops grow

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What are China’s four natural barriers? Effects on China?

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Gobi desert - gave them protection, hindered trade; Tibetan Plateau - gave protection, hindered trade; Himalayan Mountains - protection, hindered trade; Pacific Ocean - helped with trade and transportation

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What was the first dynasty?

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Shang Dynasty

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What is a warlord?

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Leader with their own army

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What are oracle bones?

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Racks were read by priests, kings believed they predicted the future

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What technology was developed during the Zhou dynasty?

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Irrigation systems

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Pictographs/ideographs – what are they?

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A character that stands for an object; ideograph - a character that represents a thought