Topic 5 Mid-Chapter Checkpoint Quiz Review

Where did China's first civilization develop? (a)  

• along the Chang River
• in the Gobi Desert
• on the North China Plain
• on the Plateau of Tibet

What is loess? (a)  

• a dry wind from the Gobi
• a fine, dustlike material
• a grass-covered plain
• silt that settles on a hilltop

By the end of the Shang Dynasty, the Chinese had developed a form of writing in which each character represented a ______.

• letter

• sound

• syllable

• word or idea

How were oracle bones used?

• to pass down dynastic history

• to predict the future

• to record laws and official decrees

• to teach students how to write

The most valued metalwork produced by Shang artisans were made from what material?

• bronze

• copper

• silver

• steel

Zhou rulers claimed that they had won the Mandate of Heaven because they ____.

• brought Warring States period to an end.

• served the interests of powerful warlords.

• were chosen as rulers by Shang priests.

• were victorious over the Shang Dynasty.

"Son of Heaven" was a name given to ____.

• the father of a family.

• an influential Zhou thinker.

• the most powerful warlord.

• the ruler of China.

How did the Zhou king control his vast kingdom?

• He destroyed all traces of Shang culture.

• He killed all the nobles.

• He placed family members in charge of regions.

• He shared power with warlords.

The fall of the Zhou Dynasty led to ________.

• a period of warfare and chaos.

• the growth of new cities.

• the rise of the Shang Dynasty.

• the start of the dynastic cycle.

What did Zhou artisans discover?

• how to decipher oracle bones

• how to make iron

• how to make silk cloth

• how to mold bronze into farm tools