Ancient China Vocabulary and Concepts

What is 'Loess'?

• A) A type of plant

• B) A fine, dustlike material that can form soil

• C) A kind of animal

• D) A type of rock

What are 'dikes' used for?

• To hold back water

• To grow crops

• To build houses

• To mine minerals

Oracle bones were used by the Shang kings to: A) Build structures B) Tell the future C) Write stories D) Trade goods.

• Build structures

• Tell the future

• Write stories

• Trade goods

Pictographs are: A) Pictures that represent words or ideas B) Ancient tools C) Types of food D) Musical instruments.

• Pictures that represent words or ideas

• Ancient tools

• Types of food

• Musical instruments

The Mandate of Heaven in ancient China was: A) A type of food B) A presumed right to rule given to a dynasty by heaven C) A kind of weapon D) A festival.

• A type of food

• A presumed right to rule given to a dynasty by heaven

• A kind of weapon

• A festival

Warlords were: A) Farmers B) Military rulers of small states C) Merchants D) Artists.

• Farmers

• Military rulers of small states

• Merchants

• Artists

The Warring States period was a time of great __________ in ancient China.

• Peace

• Chaos

• Prosperity

• Unity

total disorder and confusion

• Loess

• Chaos

• Pictographs

• Mandate of Heaven

animal bones or turtle shells carved with written characters that the Shang kings used to try to tell the future.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Loess

• Oracle Bones

• Warring States period

walls to hold back water

• Dike

• Loess

• Chaos

• Pictograph