Ancient China

For what purpose would a Shang leader most likely use an oracle bone made from a turtle shell?

• to serve as a ceremonial meal
• to make music for his family
• to send messages to the nobles
• to ask for advice from ancestors

Why did the Emperor of Qin order all Confucian books brought to the capital?

• so he could destroy them
• so he could learn from them 
• so he could start a new library
• so he could have them translated to the common language

The right of a Chinese Dynasty to rule with the blessings of the Gods is called...?

• The Mandate of Heaven
• The Dynastic Cycle
• The Heavenly Commandments
• The Oracle Bones

What is the purpose of the structure pictured here?

• It is a temple
• To protect China's northern border
• To protect China's Southern border
• To protect China from India 

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What religion was spread to China on the Silk Road?

• Christianity
• Buddhism
• Islam
• Hinduism

How did the Silk Road effect China?

• China became wealthy
• China ended farmed
• China started a war
• China stopped trading

What was the name of China's FIRST dynasty?

• Shang
• Zhou
• Hanfeizi
• Huang He

Chinese farmers built this with stone and sand; pilled rubble in order to keep out invaders

• rudder
• Great Wall
• Huang He
• ideograph

Trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia

• filial piety
• Silk Road
• Great Wall
• Anyang

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Line of rulers from the same family

• Legalism
• long Chinese line
• filial piety
• dynasty

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