Indus Valley- China (Early Civilizations)

The Indus Valley civilization was located near modern day India.

• True

• False

We do not know a lot about the Indus Valley civilization because we cannot translate their writing.

• True

• False

How do we know that the Indus Valley civilization was advanced enough to trade?

• Historians have found ship remains in the Indus style.

• Indus products have been found in places like Sumer.

• Historians have found detailed shipping logs.

• Indus merchants were often written about by other civilizations.

The fall of the Indus Valley civilization mirrored the fall of Egypt.

• True

• False

China was isolated from other civilizations due to its...

• Geography

• Military

• Rulers

• Religion

China's periods of leadership are broken into

• Kingships

• Eras

• Periods

• Dynasties

The Xia Dynasty was China's first dynasty.

• True

• False

The ancient Chinese civilization was...

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

Which of the following is NOT true of ancient China:

• There was a sharp separation between peasants and nobles.

• They believed that the universe held a delicate balance between Yin and Yang.

• Women were see as family leaders and consulted in important family decisions.

• The use of pictographs and ideographs allowed people to read information even if they didn't speak the same dialect.

The _____________ was used to justify the rise and fall of China's dynasties.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Feudal System

• Ziggurat

• Code of Hammurabi