Ancient China and Meso-American Review

Reorder the following dynasties into their chronological order

• Zhou

• Xia

• Qin

• Shang

• Han

Match the achievements to the Sage King

• Brought harmony to family and then China

• Yu

• Helped control flooding of Yellow River

• Shun

• Standardized measurements

• Yao

Was the first king of the Xia dynasty and was admired for taming the Yellow River's flooding

• King Yu

• King Yao

• Zhao Zheng

• Liu Bang

How did Xia kings maintain power

• through a strong central government

• through a elaborate tax system

• through control of local leaders

• through military occupation

The Xia dynasty fell due to

• Flood

• Famine

• War

• despotic leadership

The Shang kings secured their power by putting ​ (a)   in control of smaller states.

• family
• advisors
• eunuchs
• scholars
• rich friends

The Shang army were outfitted with (a)   weapons

• bronze
• iron
• obsidian
• steel
• carbon fiber

Shang religion's worship focused on

• ancestors

• Shang Di

• The Jade Emperor

• Buddha

Ancestor worship was at first exclusive to

• the king

• the aristocracy

• the warriors

• the peasants

Oracle bones were created by making heat cracks into which of the following

• Plastrons (tortoise shells)

• Scapulas (ox shoulder blades)

• Tibulas (horse leg bones)

• Craniums (skulls)