Ch 8: Ancient China

Which landform separates China from its neighbors to the north?

• Gobi Desert
• the Pacific Ocean
• Himalayas
• Plateau of Tibet

Flooded rivers in China left silt deposits. What happened as a result of this?

• People began to graze animals along the river.
• People began to learn about other cultures
• People began to defend themselves against others.
• People began to grow crops in the rich soil

How did geography affect the economy of early China?

• China traded often with its neighbors because it could not produce enough food to support its population.
• Little trade occurred because of geographical features that isolated China from its neighbors.
• China traded often with neighbors like India because it was easy to travel.
• Trade only occurred with Japan because it was easy to sail there.

Both Shang China and Egypt

• believed in one god
• were located in Asia
• were ruled by dynasties
• preserved bodies as mummies

What landform blocked contact between China and India? 

• Gobi
• Yellow River
• Taklimakan
• Himalayas

Which of the following events led to the end of the Zhou dynasty?

• the Building of the Great Wall
• the Warring States Period
• the Rise of the Shang
• the Period of Disunion

 Daoism and Confucianism shared an emphasize on 

• the supernatural
• social order
• the afterlife
• nature

In ancient China, the three religions referred to 

• Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism
• Judaism, Christianity, Islam
• Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism
• Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity

The Shang used oracle bones to predict the future. They were the first people in China to

• develop a writing system
• use advanced metal tools
• hunt with bows and arrows
• domesticate pigs and sheep

Confucianism affected China most by

• giving peasants a belief in the afterlife
• teaching respect and devotion to family and country
• preaching that all people are equal in God’s eyes
• allowing the powerful to take what they wanted