Ancient Chinese Civilization

Which river is important in the development of Chinese civilization?

• The Gobi River
• The Shang River
• The Huang River
• The Zhou River

How did the Yellow River get its name?

• The first Chinese emperor named it.
• Soil from the Sahara Desert turns the river yellow.
• Soil from the Gobi Desert turns the river yellow.
• A native fish called the yellowfin tuna lives in the river.

How do archaeologists know that there were people living in Anyang before written records?

• They are making an archaeological deduction.
• They found bronze tools there.
• They found stone tools there.
• They found a mummy there.

What makes ancient Chinese civilization different from other ancient civilizations?

• They invented things that we still use.
• They made bronze tools.
• Their civilization has an unbroken history.
• They produced more great thinkers than other civilizations.

A ruling family could also be called a...

• dynasty
• clan
• tribe
• monarchy

What is wattle and daub?

• A cooking strategy
• A farming method
• a type of writing
• a building technique

The Shang Dynasty was

• China's longest dynasty
• China's first dynasty
• China's most studied dynasty
• China's last dynasty

China's golden age occurred during which dynasty?

• The Zhou 
• The Shang
• The Ming
• The Han

Ancient China was frequently conquered by other Asian tribes.

• True
• False

A pictograph is a picture that stands for a word.

• True
• False