Ancient China 1

The Shang dynasty started in what region of China?

• Yangtze River Valley

• Huang He River Valley

• Gobi Desert

• Tibetan Plateau

Which dynasty took over after the fall of the Shang?

• Qin

• Han

• Zhou

• Ming

Which of the following is true of Shang writing?

• Its characters stood for words instead of sounds

• It used only pictographs rather than logographs.

• It does not have any similarities to modern Chinese.

• all of the above

Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact did these natural borders have on the culture? 

• They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations.
• They caused China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations.
• They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations.
• They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently. 

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 

• Nile and Amazon
• Yangtze and Yellow
• Mississippi and Ganges
• Tigris and Euphrates

Line of rulers from the same family is a 

• cultural diffusion
• dyansty

What were oracle bones used for?

• Cooking
• Telling stories
• Building the Great Wall of China
• Asking for advice from the gods

What was the name of China's FIRST dynasty?

• Shang
• Zhou
• Hanfeizi
• Huang He

The advantages of the physical barriers that surround China might be..

• Protection from invaders
• Trade options
• Interaction with new cultures

Near what geographical feature have civilizations started?

• desert
• oceans
• rivers
• glaciers