Early Chinese Civilizations

What is Loess?

• An insect that lives in the desert

• A dust like material that can form soil

• A wall to hold back water

• To be deprived of or to cease to have or retain

How did the geography of the Huang River valley affect the lives of the Chinese who settled there?

• The Huang River held loess from the Gobi Desert, which it deposited on the North China Plain when it overflowed its banks. Deposits of loess created fertile soil for growing food.

• The Huang River provided a way for the Chinese to fish. They eventually were able to create fish farms so that the fish can reproduce and provide the Chinese with more fish.

• The Huang River split the land in half. The Chinese moved to the side where there was more food.

What is a warlord?

• An ancient Chinese god.

• The president of an entire nation.

• A military ruler of a small state.

• A group of soldiers.

Where did China’s first civilization develop?

• along the Chang River

• on the North China Plain

• on the Plateau of Tibet

• in the Gobi Desert

How were oracle bones used?

• to predict the future

• to teach students how to write

• to record laws and official decrees

• to pass down dynastic history

How did the Zhou king control his vast kingdom?

• He killed all the nobles.

• He destroyed all traces of Shang culture.

• He shared power with warlords.

• He placed family members in charge of regions.

According to Daoism, the symbols of yin and yang represent the ideal of

• authority.

• good government.

• balance.

• material success.

Who was the first emperor of united China?

• Shang Yang

• Han Feizi

• Confucius

• Shi Huangdi

What was the purpose of the Great Wall?

• to separate warring states

• to keep out nomads to the north

• to standardize Chinese roads

• to make trade and transportation easier

Which of these phrases BEST summarizes Legalism?    

• Harsh laws are needed to keep order in society.

• Moral values are the key to social order.

• Citizens are capable of governing themselves.

• Educating people leads to a strong society