Ancient China

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Huang He (Yellow)
• Indus
• Yangtze
• Nile

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 was the name of China's FIRST dynasty?

• Shang
• Zhou
• Hanfeizi
• Huang He

Line of rulers from the same family

• Legalism
• long Chinese line
• filial piety
• dynasty

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A symbol in a writing system based on pictures

• ideograph
• pictograph
• bureaucracy
• currency

How did geography affect the development of Chinese culture? (7.19)

• Long coastlines made access to trade possible.
• Flat land made travel easy.
• Great Wall of China made travel along the top easier for traders.
• Tall mountains and deserts isolated China from other nations.

Why did priest use oracle bones?

• For conversation
• For predictions
• For medicine
• For defense

A soft fabric made from worms and a major invention of the Chinese.

• Cotton
• Silk
• Cloth
• Paper

Which of the following were traded on the Silk Road? (7.23)

• Spices
• Religion
• Fabric
• All of the above

Early civilizations like Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China have one thing in common.....

• each civilization flourished despite harsh desert conditions
• we know little about them due to catastrophic natural disasters
• they were founded along rivers and fertile valleys
• their coastal locations allowed them to trade with the Roman Empire