Ancient China

Acupuncture is an example of Chinese

• Medicine

• Cooking

• Art

• Theater

How did China’s geography affect its development?

• Plentiful rivers and sea routes to nearby nations encouraged trade with other countries.

• Due to natural boundaries, Chinese culture developed independently from most cultures.

• Due to many geographic boundaries within China, separate city-states were at war with each other throughout the country.

• Fertile farmland led to the spread of people throughout the country.

Who built the first cities in China?

• Yü the Great

• The Shang

• the Xia

• The Zhou

How did kings in ancient China receive messages to guide their actions?

• through cracks in oracle bones

• through scratches on slate

• through messages written in pictographs

• through dreams and visions

What are two of the natural barriers located to the west of China

• India and the Himalaya

• Pacific Ocean

• Plateau of tibet and Himalaya

• Gobi desert and Himalaya

How did the Silk Road benefit China and the rest of the world?

• China’s traders grew rich by sending expensive goods to other parts of the world

• Ideas spread between China and other areas

• Knowledge, culture, and religions spread

• all of the above

According to the Mandate of Heaven, a king’s right to rule came from

• the people

• the army

• council of nobles

• the gods

What new technology was developed during the Zhou Dynasty?

• Melte bronze to make works of art

• channels to block flood waters

• new systems to irrigate the land

• silkworms to make clothing

The Han dynasty differed from the Qin dynasty because under Han, government workers were chosen based on their

• ability according to tests

• wealth and relationship to the censor.

• loyalty to the emperor

• relationship to the emperor.

The religion of ____________spread across the Silk Road from India to China?

• Hinduismm

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Daoism