China Test Review

What region is directly north of China? (p. 1, #3; and p.2)

• Pacific Ocean
• Gobi Desert
• Himalayan Mountains
• Taklimakan Desert

What landform separates China from India? (p. 1, #5; and p. 2)

• Pacific Ocean
• Gobi Desert
• Himalayan Mountains
• Taklimakan Desert

What is the most significant human achievement made from the flooding of the Huang He (Yellow) River? (p. 1, #2)

• grow crops in rich soil
• graze animals along the river
• leanr about other civilizations
• defend themselves against invaders

The economy of river valley civilizations is based on... (p. 1)

• agriculture.
• religion.
• trade and conquest.
• technology and industry.

How did geography affect the economy of early China? (p. 1)

• Little trade occurred because of geographical features that isolated China from its neighbors.
• China traded often with its neighbors because it could not produce enough food to support its population.
• 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.

What did the Shang Dynasty use to for religious purposes (qing-ming), and then for the development of a written language? (p. 1)

• oracle bones
• quipu
• shells and jewels
• clay tablets

In which River Valley did China's first dynasty begin? (p. 1 & 2)

• Huang He
• Nile
• Tigris & Euphrates
• Indus

Sumer and the Shang both used _____________, which are pictures that represent words or symbols. (p. 1)

• pictographs
• letters
• cuneiform
• oracle bones

Shang Dynasty metalworkers created religious vessels and military weapons out of... (p. 1)

• silver.
• gold.
• bronze.
• ivory.

The first people in China to develop a writing system used... (p. 1)

• clay tablets and reed styluses.
• oracle bones to predict the future.
• heirglyphics in tombs.
• Harrapan script, which remains undeciphered.