Ancient China

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Huang He (Yellow)
• Indus
• Yangtze
• Nile

The right of a Chinese Dynasty to rule with the blessings of the Gods is called...?

• The Mandate of Heaven
• The Dynastic Cycle
• The Heavenly Commandments
• The Oracle Bones

What was the name of China's FIRST dynasty?

• Shang

• Zhou

• Xia

• Huang He

Line of rulers from the same family

• Legalism
• long Chinese line
• filial piety
• dynasty

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Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made these objects from

• iron 
• stone
• bones
• bronze

A symbol in a writing system based on pictures

• ideograph
• pictograph
• bureaucracy
• currency

The belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule came from the gods

• Confucianism
• Mandate of Heaven
• dynasty
• Daoism

How did geography affect the development of Chinese culture? (7.19)

• Long coastlines made access to trade possible.
• Flat land made travel easy.
• Great Wall of China made travel along the top easier for traders.
• Tall mountains and deserts isolated China from other nations.

What was the natural border of China that was a desert?

• Sahara
• Gobi
• Death Valley
• Antarctica

What was the natural border of China that was a mountain range?

• Rocky Mountains
• Himalayan Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Sierra-Nevada Mountains

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