Ancient China Test Review

Shells or animal bones used by ancient Chinese priests to receive messages from the gods to predict the future

• tortoise shells
• bone collector
• oracle bones
• wishbones

Problems traders faced along the Silk Road

• rough roads, bugs, dangerous animals

• little water, dangers, robbers, bad weather

• good weather, homeless people, mud

• insects, river crossings, hills

The idea that humans are evil by nature and it is necessary to use harsh laws and punishments

• dictatorship
• fascism
• legalism
• communism

A collection of clay sculptures that were modeled after the armies of Qin Shi Huang to protect him in the afterlife

• Terracotta Navy
• Terracotta Army
• Samurais
• Chinese Warlords

A written collection of ideas and quotes taught by the Chinese philosopher, Confucius

• Dialects
• Daoism
• Confucianism
• Analects

Important trade item during the Zhou Dynasty

• crossbow
• rice
• silk
• gunpowder

A cereal crop ancient Chinese farmers relied on

• barley
• wheat
• millet
• oats

Period of ancient human culture when people began to make tools, weapons, and sculptures using a metal made from copper and tin.

• Copper Age
• Iron Age
• Bronze Age
• Golden Age

One of the world's largest deserts covering part of northern China

• Sahara Desert
• Gobi Desert
• Chinese Outback
• Red Desert

A natural border of western China that separates it from India and protected from invaders from the West.

• Alps
• Altun Mountains
• Himalayan Mountains
• Rocky Mountains