UT#4 ~ Ancient China Review

Why do the Chinese call the Huang He "China's Sorrow"?

• because it is dirty and polluted

• because it is yellow in color

• because its flooding has drowned many people

• because it is not dried up

Confucius was an emperor during the Han Dynasty.

• True

• False

Which river in China is called nicknamed the "Yellow River" due to the amount of loess which gets into the river?

• Chang Jiang

• Huang He

• Xi Jang

• Yellow Sea

Oracle bones were used by the Shang people to

• record history

• cure illnesses

• win wars

• predict the future

During the Shang Dynasty, land was owned by the

• farmers

• nobles/aristocrats

• monks

• peasants

In what dynasty was there a time period called the "Period of the Warring States"?

• Shang

• Qin

• DI

• Zhou

• Han

Who was the BACKBONE of the economy during the Qin Dynasty?

• Emperor

• Nobles

• prisoners of war

• farmers

Which emperor ordered the farmers to build a tomb of Terracotta soliders to protect him after he died?

• Qin Shihuangdi

• Han Wudi

• Confucius

• Fu Hao

Designing the Terracotta soldiers helped improve the the Qin Dynasty because it employed many people.

• division of provinces

• loess clogging issues

• economy

• food shortage concerns

Which emperor set up a single system of writing and currency to unite China?

• Han Wudi

• Zhang Qian

• Qin Shihuangdi

• Confucius