Ancient China - Shang and Zhou Dynasty

China is surrounded by...

• Deserts, mountains, and an ocean.

• Surrounded entirely by the ocean.

• Only mountains.

• Deserts and mountains.

Why was China known as the "Middle Kingdom"?

• It is in the middle of two large mountains.

• The Chinese thought that their land was in the center of the earth.

• All of the above.

• They built a grand kingdom in the middle of China.

Why is the Huang He known as "China's Sorrow"?

• The floods from the river killed many people and ruined harvests.

• The yellow color of the river reminded them of the setting sun.

• Many people drowned from boating accidents.

• The river often dried up and the people went without water.

Family members from past generations that the Chinese believed to have magical powers to punish or help people.

• Revenants

• Kinsfolk

• Relatives

• Ancestors

Bronze vessels used to cook meat for sacrifice.

• Incense burner

• Flagons

• Ting/ding

• Oracle bowl

Animal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future.

• Ting/ding

• Fortune bones

• Oracle bones

• The seeing eye

What is bronze casting?

• A process used in ancient times to create bronze sculptures.

• Throwing bits of bronze into a fire for a ceremony.

• Using bronze to catch fish.

• Creating a cast to heal broken bones out of bronze.

What is a valuable cloth that was originally only made in China?

• Brocade

• Velvet

• Lace

• Silk

What was the longest lasting Chinese dynasty?

• Shang

• Zhou

• Quin

• Han

The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled.

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Taoism

• Mandate of Heaven