Ancient China Review

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Huang He (Yellow)

• Indus

• Yangtze

• Nile

Why is the Huang He River often called the River the Sorrow?

• It is black in color.
• Many people have died in the floods.
• It moves slowly across the land area.
• It is so large.

Which land feature is represented by the X?

• Plateau of Tibet

• Taklimakan Desert

• Chang Jiang Basin

• Gobi Desert

• North China Plain

Which letter represents the Gobi Desert?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Line of rulers from the same family

• Legalism
• long Chinese line
• filial piety
• dynasty

the belief that the right to rule comes from the gods

• Mandate of Heaven

• philosophy

• aristocrats

• ancestors

What was the name of China's FIRST dynasty?

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

• Han

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

the study of the basic ideas and beliefs of a society

• philosophy

• warlord

• aristocrats

• ancestors

How did geography affect the development of Chinese culture?

• 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, deserts, and the Pacific Ocean isolated China from other nations.