Ancient China Part #1

Outer China featured...

• high Mountains, Plateau, and Deserts

• plains and basin

• the yellow river

• good farmland

Inner China included

• volcanos

• the yellow river

• cold mountains and plateaus

• plains and basins

The first inhabitants of Ancient China were most likely

• men who lived in the mountains

• cave dwelling nomads

• emperors

• farmers near the river

Later farmers established the first Chinese settlements along the

• rocky plateaus

• large deserts

• Yellow River

• great basins

Farmers in Inner China grow a lot of

Ruins and artifacts found at the Shang capital show that Shang believed in

• an afterlife

• god

• buddha

• fighting and war

What were Kings NOT buried with?

• animals

• art

• goods

• people

Shang government consisted of kings who inherited their power and kept it through family ties and military might.

• True

• False

Shang social class:

king's clan, nobles, artisans, traders, _______, slaves

Which ones apply to Shang religion?

• human sacrifice

• buddhism

• polytheism

• ancestor worship