Ancient China, Bantu, and Olmec Review

What is the name of the river in red?

• Yangtze
• Huang He
• Chang Jiang
• Mississippi

What river is the arrow pointing at?

• Yangtze 
• Huang He
• Amazon
• Mississippi

How did scholars learn that the Shang Dynasty was real and not just a myth?

• They read old books
• They found artifacts
• They learned the language
• They asked Chinese elders

What is a dynasty?

• a succession of rulers from the same family
• A TV show from America
• Monarchy
• a family business

What is an oracle bone?

• an inscription on bone used to tell the future
• a bone found in the human body
• a bone inscribed with a face
• an inscription on a wall

What dynasty is after the Shang Dynasty?

• Zhou Dynasty
• Xia Dynasty
• Shang Dynasty
• Ming Dynasty

All the dynasties were centered around ...

• The mountains
• The rivers
• The rice fields
• The palaces

Which Chinese philosophy teaches that people should live in harmony with nature?

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism

Which Chinese philosophy is represented by the Yin and Yang symbol?

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism

What is the name for the system of rise and fall of Chinese ruling families?

• Dynastic Cycle
• Mandate of Heaven
• Dynastic Change
• Mandate of Dynasties