Quarter 1 Review

the belief that the right to rule comes from the gods

• Mandate of Heaven

• philosophy

• aristocrats

• ancestors

What is the name for the system of rise and fall of Chinese ruling families?

• Dynastic Cycle

• Mandate of Heaven

• Dynastic Change

• Mandate of Dynasties

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.

A barren, arid region with less than 10 inches of rain per year.

• plateau
• dessert
• plain
• desert

 a high flat area of land

• plateau
• peninsula
• plain
• subcontinent

The _____ system was a strict division of social classes in ancient India

• a. Caste

• b. Citidel

• c. Avatar

• d. Dharma

On what continent did the earliest humans live?

• Africa
• North America 
• Europe
• Asia

Which of the following describes how the earliest humans (paleolithic) lived? 

• by hunting and gathering food
• by herding sheep and other live stock
• alone or in pairs
• in farming villages along streams and rivers

Why is it difficult to study the origins of humankind?

• There are no written records.
• There is not enough money
• No one wants to study them.

Early man led a _________________________ life.

• nomadic

• settled

• boring