ancient china

what is a dynasty?

• rulers from the same family

• rulers from different families

• a desert in china

• a river in china

loess gave this river a specific color. what is the name of this river?

• yangtze river

• yellow river / huang he river

what was the major crop grown in the huang he (yellow) river valley?

• tea

• rice

• wheat

• mulberry

which river flooded alot was nicknamed "china's sorrow"?

• yellow / huang he

• yangtze / chang jiang

what crop was grown along the yangtze river?

• tea

• wheat

• rice

• mulberry

rice was grown by digging what into hillsides?

• steps

• canals

• ponds

• terraces

what is the oldest dynasty that we have record of?

• han

• qin

• shang

• zhou

emperors would use what to make predictions?

• dice rolling

• scrying

• astrology

• oracle bones

the Chinese though their kingdom was the center of the universe, so they called it what?

• high kingdom

• middle kingdom

• low kingdom

• best kingdom

the ancient Chinese worshipped gods and ___

• the desert

• the rivers

• gods / goddesses

• ancestors