Ancient China

What were the three reasons ancient civilizations settled near a river?

• Fresh water, fertile soil, swimming
• fresh water, fishing, transportation
• fresh water, fishing, hunting
• Fresh water, fertile soil, and transportation

Because most of Chinese society was based on agriculture, which group was the largest?

• Traders
• Nobles
• Farmers
• Slaves

What was the responsibility of the traders in China?

• to barter the surplus of the harvest
• to barter for different types of metal
• to barter the farmers portion of the harvest
• to barter with Egyptians for their papyrus

What is represented on the map?

• Sargon's Empire
• Aryan invasion of the Indus River Valley
• Silk Road Trade Routes
• Trade routes between Egypt and Kush

What is NOT located in China?

• North China Plain
• Nile River Delta
• Huang He River
• Tibetan Plateau

Why does the Huang He river have a distinctive yellow color?

• Yellow flowers grow on its banks
• It reflects the yellow light of the sun
• Yellow loess is dissolved in the river water
• It reflects the yellow light of the moon

Which best describes the Tibetan Plateau?

• The limestone of the plateau has been eroded into fantastic shapes
• The plateau is the center of Chinese agriculture and industry
• Warm waters of the Gulf of Tonkin wash upon its shore
• The land is very difficult to farm and surrounded by mountain ranges

What is the name of the product from China that became such an important part of the economy that the main trade route to the West was named for it?

• Silk
• Gold
• Bones
• Pottery

Why did Shi Huangdi build the Great Wall of China?

• To help the trade relations between nations
• to control flooding along the northern border
• to help with irrigation and canal building
• To protect the empire from Northern invaders

What was an effect of trade along the Silk Road?

• They lost their surplus food
• Shi Huangdi built the Great Wall
• People built walls to stop flooding
• Ideas and goods were exchanged between East and West cultures