Early China

The Chinese sometimes call the Huang He

• The Middle Kingdom
• China's Sorrow
• the Gobi
  the Gobi
• Chang Jiang

Ancient China had frequent contact with the rest of the world.

• True
• False

China's first dynasty was the 

• Shang
• Han
• Qin
• Zhou

Early Chinese kings would ask for advice from the gods using

• pictographs
• ideographs
• bronze objects
• oracle bones

Rebels lead by Wu Wang overthrew the Shang government in 1045 B.C.

• True
• False

The Huang He flows from north to south through China.

• True
• False

Shang artists made beautiful objects out of bronze.

• True
• False

The Mandate of Heaven meant that

• Chinese kings had a divine right to rule
• following the Dao was the only way to govern
• the Chinese army was destined to succeed in battle
• the bureaucracy and the king were required to work together

The Period of Warring States began in the 400s B.C. as a result of the 

• fall of the Shang dynasty
• division of China into smaller territories
• death of Wu Wang
• collapse of the Zhou Dynasty

Under the Zhou kings, China was divided into smaller territories, each one ruled by an aristocrat.

• True
• False