Topic 5 Lesson 1 Reading Quiz

What is China’s longest river?

• Yellow River

• Mekong River

• Yangtze River

• Pearl River

Why did Chinese kings write on animal bones and turtle shells?

• To record history

• To communicate with ancestors

• To predict the future

• To teach writing

China is almost the same size as what country today?

• India

• United States

• Brazil

• Russia

Chinese civilization began along the __________ River.

• Yangtze

• Yellow

• Mekong

• Ganges

This desert separated China from its neighbors to the north:

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Kalahari

• Atacama

Which family in China were the first to control a large kingdom about 3700 years ago?

• Zhou

• Qin

• Shang

• Han

This fine, dust-like material can form soil:

• Clay

• Sand

• Loess

• Silt

The Shang are known for making this metal:

• Iron

• Bronze

• Silver

• Gold

Early rulers built _______ to help hold back the floodwaters of the Huang River.

• Bridges

• Dams

• Canals

• Dikes

A written character that stands for a complete word or phrase:

• Alphabet

• Hieroglyph

• Pictogram

• Logogram