Ancient China Review

The two rivers the ancient Chinese settled along were

• Yellow and the Nile
• Yellow and the Yangtze
• Ganges and Yangtze
• Tigris and Euphrates

Ancient China was isolated by

• mountains
• deserts
• ocean
• all of the above

This was constructed to protect land from nomads

• Silk Road
• The Great Wall
• City Walls
• Temples

An oracle bone was

• the bone of an ancestor sacred to ancient Chinese families
• an animal bone or turtle shell on which priests wrote to the gods
• a bone of the great Chinese thinker Confucius worshiped by his followers
• a decoration worn by Shang emperors as a sign of the Mandate of Heaven

Historians use the term dynastic cycle to describe

• pattern of the rise and fall of Chinese dynasties
• order in which an emperor's relatives claim the throne
• process by which emperors chose who followed them
• steps emperors took to make sure their dynasty never ended

The Chinese people believed that their ruler had the approval of the gods. This is called

• Philosophy
• Mandate of Heaven
• Dynastic Cycle
• Bureaucracy

What kind of writing system did the Shang develop?

• Hieroglyphics
• Cuneiform
• Pictographs
• Oracle Bones

Legalism, Confucianism and Daoism are examples of

• dynasties
• heavenly mandates
• philosophies
• religions

According to __________, people need harsh punishments to make them afraid to do wrong.

• Buddhism
• Daoism
• Jainism
• Legalism

__________, or treating parents with respect, is one of the most important teachings of Confucianism.

• The Mandate of Heaven
• Filial Piety
• The Mandate of the Gods
• Ancestor Worship