Ancient China

The North China Plain is so fertile because of the

• regular rainfall

• Chang River flooding

• Loess that blows in

• flood control systems

The Shang fought many wars to

• overthrow the Xia Dynasty

• drive out nomadic invaders

• expand their kingdom

• defend their walled cities

The Eastern Zhou fell because

• nomdic invaders killed the king

• the capital was moved too far east

• warlords worked together to seize power

• of fightnig during the Era of the Warring States

_________________ is the largest man-made monument. 

• Washington Monument
• Lincoln Memorial
• the bridge
• The Great Wall China

Some Ancient Chinese inventions are:

• pennies, weather and socks
• silk, bronze and fireworks
• Thermometer and grass
• Water

The Ancient Chinese have a written language that is _____________________. 

• pictures
• words and pictures
• characters and symbols
• drawings and words

The land in China is: 

• hilly, forests and deserts
• icy and cold only
• blazing hot and deserts

The Ancient Chinese also invented the _____________. 

• continents
• telephone
• compass
• cars

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The main river in China is __________. 

• Mississippi
• Huang He
• James
• Rio Grande

________________________ is a type of cloth invented by the Ancient Chinese. 

• Cotton
• Silk
• Jeans