Ancient China

What major geographical feature served as the southern border of Ancient China? 

• Yellow River
• Himalayan Mountains
• India Ocean
• Andes Mountains

What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 

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

According to the Mandate of Heaven, a ruler would stay in power as long as he...?

• Obeys the priests
• controlled an army
• governed justly and truly
• conquered new territories

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

• bronze

• bone

• iron

• stone

What were the Oracle Bones used for during the Shang Dynasty?

• Telling the weather

• Recording events

• Telling the future

• Listening to the king

What was the name of the Dynasty that defeated the Shang Dynasty?

• Xia

• Qin

• Han

• Zhou

Which Dynasty came directly before the Qin Dynasty?

• Shang
• Xia
• Zhou
• Han

largest public works project put in place by Shi Huangdi

• Great Pyramid
• Shaolin Temple
• Taj Mahal 
• Great Wall

Qin Shi Huangdi buried 460 scholars alive for disobeying his rules.

• true
• false

The First Emperor of China

• Liu Bang
• Shi Huangdi
• Wu Wang
• Confucius