Unit 3 Chapter 2 Ancient China

China is separated from India by the _________ Mountains.

• Himalayas

• Hindu Kush

• Gobi Desert

• Indian Ocean

The first civilizations in China began near the ______________.

• western China

• Huang He

• Tibetan Plateau

• Pacific Coast

_________ was the most important textile in China. Its distribution and trade boosted ancient China's economy.

• silk

• flax

• wool

• cotton

During the Xia Dynasty, Yu the Great spent thirteen years figuring out how to build canals to help with ___________.

• earthquakes

• monsoons

• typhoons

• floods

The __________ began during the Zhou Dynasty. Rulers introduced this concept so that people would believe their kings were given the right to rule by the supreme power of the universe.

• Daoism

• filial piety

• Confucianism

• mandate of heaven

The Zhou Dynasty used a __________ to develop classes of society in their kingdoms.

• feudal system

• caste

• wealth

• clan

Confucius was best known as a ____________ because he studied people and the problems he saw in society.

• warlord

• emperor

• philosopher

• religious leader

Confucius believed in the virtue of filial piety. Filial piety stressed the importance of respecting _________ and __________.

• nature and weather

• parents and rulers

• brothers and sisters

• sons and daughters

Daoism is the belief that the world works according to a __________.

• family being the basic unit of society

• life of service to others

• duty for rulers to care for their people

• natural order

During the Shang Dynasty, oracle bones were used to do what?

• to show respect for a parent

• to express feelings through art

• to support the authority of a leader

• to seek knowledge through a ceremony