Ancient China Unit Test Review

Why do the Chinese call the Huang He “China’s Sorrow”?

• The river is dirty and polluted.

• The river is yellow, the color of sorrow.

• The river is dried up and cannot benefit the people of China.

• The river floods and has destroyed many crops

Which geographical features helped isolate the Chinese civilization?

• The Huang He and the Chang Jiang Rivers

• The mountain ranges and the Gobi Desert

• The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• The Yellow Sea and the Sahara Desert

How does a pictograph differ from an ideograph?

• A pictograph expresses many thoughts while an ideograph is simply one idea.

• A pictograph is written on oracle bones and ideographs are the responses from the oracles.

• A pictograph represents an object and an ideograph expresses an idea linking two or more characters.

• A pictograph is a synonym for an ideograph.

Which of these would be considered a Chinese character?

• Symbol resembling a person walking.

• Roman numeral IV.

• Symbol resembling a snowflake or asterisk.

• Symbol resembling a brush stroke.

A group of non-elected government officials is known as....

• aristocracy

• bureaucracy

• monarchy

• warlords

Which group of people made up the largest social class in Shang China?

• aristocrats

• merchants

• artisans

• farmers

Under which ruler did censors ensure government workers performed well?

• Shang Tang

• Wu Wang

• Qin Shihuangdi

• Han Wudi

Under which dynasty did technology advance the most?

• Shang dynasty

• Zhou dynasty

• Qin dynasty

• Han dynasty

What new technology was developed during the Zhou Dynasty?

• Melted bronze was made into works of art.

• Channels were built to block flood waters.

• New systems to irrigate the land were created.

• Silk worms were used to make clothing.

What was the purpose of the oracle bones?

• Used as a form of currency for trading.

• Ground up to make a paste for healing.

• Used for religious ceremonies to pray to ancestors.

• Used to predict the future and assist the king in decisions.