Unit 6: Ancient & Classical China Vocabulary Quiz

The Shang dynasty appointed people called ___________ to govern local territories.

• censors
• warlords
• aristocrats
• none of the above

A person that someone is descended from is called ___________.

• rulers
• family
• ancestors
• kingdom

True or False: The Huang He river had a dusty material that changed the color of the river called loess that formed into soil along the river banks.

• True
• False

Ancient Chinese writing began with a(n) ____________, a character that represents an object.

• ideograph
• hieroglyphics
• cuneiform
• pictograph

A member of an upper class of society, usually made up of hereditary nobility.

• aristocrat
• Royalty
• Rulers
• nobles

True or False: Several objects were used as currency throughout the different regions of China.

• True
• False

Zhou rulers claimed that the ____________ gave them the right to rule China.

• four noble truths
• eight fold path
• Mandate of Heaven

True or False: Confucianism was based n the teachings of a man name Laozi

• True
• False

Group of rulers from the same family

• empire
• royalty
• dynasty

True or False: Silk was an important trade good, which was harvested from the cocoons of silkworms.

• True
• False