Indus Valley, China, Mesoamerica

This is a story that is handed down from an earlier generation

• fiction

• legend

• myth

• fable

The people of the Indus Valley traded with

• Central Asia, the Persian Gulf, and Mesopotamia

• Mesoamerica, Central America, and Mexico

• China and India

• None of these

People of the Indus Valley built villages on large mounds to

• save good land for farming

• show their importance to other cultures

• protect themselves in times of war

• keep themselves above the floodwaters of the river

Where did the people of the Indus Valley store grain?

• Storage unit

• huts built on mounds

• granery

• the public bath house

The Shang people used a system of writing that

• was banned by the king

• developed into the type of writing that the Chinese use today

• changed dramatically in a very short period of time

• used characters that stood for sounds, not words

The Shang Dynasty ended when

• they were overthrown by the Zhou

• the river forced them to move from the area

• the people revolted against the king, and the dynasty collapsed

• The dynasty did not end because of cultural borrowing

How did Olmec culture spread?

• The Olmecs forced their way into other cultures

• The Olmecs migrated to many different areas

• The Olmecs decided to teach their cultural traits to other cultures

• The Olmecs traded with many different cultures

The Olmecs are best known for

• their invention of the wheel

• the rubber ball game

• their artwork and carvings

• their ceremonies

The Mayans had a codex. What was in the codex?

• information about religion and learning

• information about how they were defeated by other cultures

• information about the flooding of the river

• information about trading with other cultures

What is the most important evidence of Shang rule?

• the remains of their buildings

• silk artifacts

• the writing on the animal bones and turtle shells

• bronze tipped spears