SS 6th 8.1 Early China

Why do the Chinese call the Huang He "China's Sorrow"?

• because if it dirty and polluted

• because it is yellow in color

• because it is now dried up

• because its flooding has drowned many people

A noble whose wealth comes from the land he or she owns

• ancestor

• aristocrat

• bureaucracy

• ideograph

a character that represents a thought used in Chinese writing

• ancestor

• pictograph

• bureaucracy

• ideograph

appointed officials who run different parts of the government

• ancestor

• pictograph

• bureaucracy

• ideograph

Which answer gives the best explanation of why the Chang Jiang was so important to the people of ancient China?

• It was a key waterway for trade and transportation

• It is the third longest river in the world

• It flows west to east

• It flows through canyons and plains to the East China Sea.

a drawn character that stand for objects

• ancestor

• pictograph

• bureaucracy

• ideograph

a person who someone is descended from

• ancestor

• pictograph

• bureaucracy

• ideograph

Who built the first cities in China?

• Yu the Great

• The Shang

• the Xia

• The Zhou

What new technology was developed during the Zhou Dynasty?

• melted bronze to make works of art

• channels to block flood waters

• new systems to irrigate the land

• silk worms to make clothing