Ancient China Quiz#1

The right of a Chinese Dynasty to rule with the blessings of the Gods/permission from heaven is called...?

• The Mandate of Heaven

• The Dynastic Cycle

• The Heavenly Commandments

• The Oracle Bones

What was one of the main crops was grown in the Yellow River/Yangtze River region?

• Papyrus

• Silt

• Rice

• Flax

Which dynasty used oracle bones and invented writing to communicate with their dead ancestors?

• Xia

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

What were the time periods in ancient China broken up into?

• Dynasties

• Decades

• Cycles

• Kingdoms

In which region did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Gobi Desert

• Yellow (Huang He) River Valley

• Himalaya Mountains

• Tibetan Plateau

How did China’s geography affect its development in ancient times?

• China was limited in its ability to grow due to the lack of farmland.

• China used the bordering seas to spread its culture to other people.

• China was isolated by the landforms that isolated it from other regions.

• China used its major rivers to spread its power over surrounding people.

Why is the Yellow River also known as China's Sorrow?

• Sometimes the river have the inability to produce silt for people to grow crops.

• The river frequently floods causing millions of deaths over the course of China's history.

• It is where people go when they are sad.

• China lost many battles against the Hun army along the Yellow River.

China is located on which continent?

• North America

• China

• Africa

• Asia

Label A

• Gobi

• Himalayas

• Yellow River

• Mississippi

Label C

• Himalayas

• Gobi

• St. Martin

• Island