Early China Part Two

From whom did the Shang kings believe they received their powers?

• ancestors

• gods

• oracle bones

• the sun and the moon

The Han Dynasty was different from the Qin Dynasty because under Han, government officials were chosen based on ________________.

• competitive tests

• wealth and relationship to the censor

• loyalty to the emperor

• relationship to the emperor

According to the Mandate of Heaven, a king's right to rule came from ____________.

• the people

• the army

• a council of nobles

• the gods

Which dynasty connected China by building palaces, roads, dams, and canals?

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

• Han

Which of the following are inventions during the Han Dynasty?

• cast-iron plow, wheelbarrow, waterwheels

• paper, pyramids, irrigation

• scalpels, indoor bathroom, garbage chutes

• wheel, chariot, sailboat, wooden plow

What was life like during the Qin Dynasty?

• The king ruled with the help of a bureaucracy.

• Everyone took a test to determine if they could be a government worker.

• Everyone worked hard to make the world better.

• They ruled with absolute control and swift, harsh punishment.

What characteristics do the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China all have in common?

• They were all great wheat producers.

• They all had rich, yellow soil called loess.

• They all practiced terraced farming.

• They all developed along large rivers.

What are the major rivers in China where civilizations developed?

• Huang He and Chang Jiang

• Ganges and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile and Jordan

What geographic barriers both protected and isolated early China?

• walls around the villages

• farms and valleys

• mountains, deserts, and oceans

• the Huang He and Chang Jiang

Based on written records, China's first dynasty is the ___________.

• Zhou

• Shang

• Xia

• Huang He