8.1 Settling Along the Huang river

8.1 Settling Along the Huang river

Multiple Choice

Near what geographical feature have many ancient civilizations started?

• desert

• oceans

• rivers

• glaciers

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One of the physical barriers that separates China from its neighbors is 

• Google 
• Bogie
• Gobi
• Sahara

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What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 

• Nile and Amazon
• Yangtze and Yellow
• Mississippi and Ganges
• Tigris and Euphrates

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Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact did these natural borders have on the culture? 

• They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations.
• They caused China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations.
• They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations.
• They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently. 

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What major geographical feature served as the southern border of Ancient China? 

• Yellow River
• Himalayan Mountains
• India Ocean
• Andes Mountains

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Which physical features isolated and protected ancient China?

• Tibetan Plateau and the China Sea

• Himalayan Mountains and Gobi Desert

• Yellow Sea and Yangtze River

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How long did the Shang Dynasty last?

• 600 years

• 300 years

• 100 years

• 1,000 years

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The Shang Dynasty ruled from 1700 to 1122 B.C.E in an area in the

• Huang He valley

• Chang Jiang River.

• East China Sea

• Jade Oracle city

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Which of the following is true of Shang writing?

• Its characters stood for words instead of sounds

• It used only pictographs rather than logographs.

• It does not have any similarities to modern Chinese.

• all of the above

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What were the bones called that were used to ask the gods for help in making decisions?

• Question bones

• Fortune bones

• Funny bones

• Oracle bones

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Which of the following was true of the Shang's use of bronze?

• They were among the first civilizations to make bronze.

• Their use of bronze weapons was their biggest weakness.

• They were the only ancient civilization that used bronze.

• They made a lot of money because of their bronze goods.

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Shang artists often made remarkable pieces using both

• quarts and ruby.

• straw and grass.

• paper and glass.

• jade and bronze.

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Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact do you think these natural borders may have had on the culture?

• They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations.

• They caused China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations.

• They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations.

• They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently.

Multiple Choice

One of the physical barriers that separates China from its neighbors is 

• Google 
• Bogie
• Gobi
• Sahara

Multiple Choice

The first Chinese writing system was created with characters to represent words during which Chinese dynasty?

• Ming

• Shang

• Qin

• Han