10.1 The Birth of Chinese Civilization

The Chinese sometimes call the Huang He ____________.

• the Middle Kingdom

• China's Sorrow

• the Gobi

• Chiang Jiang

Ancient China had frequent contact with the rest of the world.

• True

• False

China's first dynasty was the ___________.

• Shang

• Han

• Qin

• Zhou

Early Chinese kings would ask for advice from the gods using ___________.

• pictographs

• ideographs

• bronze objects

• oracle bones

Rebels lead by the Wu Wang overthrew the Shang government in 1045 B.C.

• True

• False

The Huang He flows from north to south through China.

• True

• False

Shang artists made beautiful objects out of bronze.

• True

• False

The Mandate of Heaven meant that ___________.

• Chinese kings had a divine right to rule

• following the Dao was the only way to govern

• the Chinese army was destined to succeed in battle

• the bureaucracy and the king were required to work together

The Period of Warring States began in the 400s B.C. as a result of the ___________.

• fall of the Shang dynasty

• division of China into smaller territories

• death of Wu Wang

• collapse of the Zhou dynasty

Under the Zhou kings, China was divided into smaller territories, each one ruled by an aristocrat.

• True

• False