Ancient China -section 1 China's First Civilizations

How did the mountains, rivers, and deserts help shape China's civilization?

• they allowed the Chinese to farm the land and harvest food
• they were important to the spirits and ancestors of the Chinese people
• they were like a wall that protected the people and separated them from others
• they were helpful to the Shang Dynasty and helped shape history

What are the names of the two rivers that were most helpful to the ancient Chinese who settled nearby?

• Huang He and Chang Jiang
• Chang Jiang and Nile
• Nile and Chang Lee
• Nile and Merrimack

What was another name for the Huang He?

• Yangtze River
• China's Sorrow
• Chang Jiang
• Nile 

What is a third name for the Huang He?

• Nile
• Yellow River
• Chang Jiang
• Yangtze River

What is another name for the Chang Jiang?

• China's Sorrow
• The Yellow River
• Huang He
• Yangtze River

What was the first dynasty of China?

• Shang
• Anyang
• Xia
• Zhou

What dynasty built the first Chinese cities?

• Zhou
• Xia
• Shang
• Anyang

What are some of the characteristics of the Shang dynasty?

• they had huge walls, royal palaces, ruling class used warlords to govern territories, worships spirits and ansestors
• they farmed the land, had a loosly organized government, people lived in fear of drowing in the rivers
• They had a greatly wealthy society where everyone had plenty of food, nice homes and many lived near the mountians
• they had plenty of martial arts classes for everyone, people were traders or artisans

What was the name of the first capital city in ancient China?

• Xia
• Shang
• Chang Jiang
• Anyang

Who are aristocrats?

• people who fought for their kings
• people who grew grains and worked the land
• people who were nobels and owned land
• people who honored their ansestors