Ancient China Pre-test

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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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

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.

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

• Cotton
• Silk
• Cloth
• Paper

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

What did Emperor Qin build that allowed no one to leave, or invade, for thousands of years?

• a statue of himself
• a fortress
• The Great Wall
• a model of a dinosaur

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made these objects from

• iron 
• stone
• bones
• bronze