Ancient China

Along which rivers did Chinese civilization first develop? Choose 2 answers.

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• Nile River

• The Huang He (Yellow River)

• Chang Jiang (Yangtze)

• Ganges River

Confucianism

• A Chinese philosophy concerned with long life and living in harmony and nature.

• A philosophy that teaches respect for others will result in peace

• A symbol in writing system that represents a thing or idea.

• The responsibility of children to respect, obey, and care for their parents.

How was Chinese civilization affected by mountains and deserts?

• They became wealthy.
• They were isolated from other civilizations.
• They made it easier to travel.
• They made China easy to be attacked.

The structure that was built to keep nomads out of China was

• the Great Pyramid

• the Grand Canal

• the Great Wall of China

In the Mandate of Heaven, a king's right to rule came from

• the people

• the army

• the gods

• a council of nobles

pictures that stand for words or ideas; picture writing

• pictograph

• Daoism

• heiroglyphics

• Legalism

Line of rulers from one family.

• Legalism

• Daoism

• Dynasty

• Network

1st dynasty 1500's BC Ruled in Northern China. Social order became more organized under rule. Known for jade and oracle bones.

• Shang Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty

• Neer Dynasty

• Tut Dynasty

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

• writing bones

• oracle bones

• skeleton bones

• pictograph bones

Also means the yellow river, it is a river in China named for the vast quantities of yellow silt it carries to its delta

• Nile River

• Chang Jiang River

• Huang He River

• Euphrates River