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River Dynasties in China

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

2. The Yellow River is the ____________ in Chinese.

a)

Yangtze

b)

Huang He

c)

Chang Jiang

2.

The first Chinese Dynasty to leave written records.

a)

Shang

b)

Yu

c)

Xia

3.

What was it called when the people believed that the emperor of China was given the right to rule by the gods?

(a)  

4.

China’s heartland, the center of its civilization

a)

North China Plain

b)

Middle Kingdom

c)

Taklimikan Desert

d)

Plateau of Tibet

5.

The name the Chinese used to describe their own country as the center of the civilized world

a)

Middle Kingdom

b)

Middle World

c)

Mandate of Heaven

d)

Manifest Destiny

6.

A political system in which nobles, or lords, are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king

a)

monarchy

b)

theocracy

c)

dictatorship

d)

feudalism

7.

The pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of ruling families in China

a)

democracy

b)

evolution

c)

feudalism cycle

d)

dynastic cycle

8.

Which new dynasty defeated the Shang?

a)

Hyksos

b)

Zhou

c)

Han

d)

Confucius

9.

______ was used to manufacture weapons such as daggers and swords.

a)

Iron

b)

Silk

c)

Bamboo

d)

Diamond

10.
In the Shang Dynasty, Anyang was
a)
chief ruler
b)
capital city
c)
royal army
d)
state religion
11.
True or False - Citizens could overthrow the king if there was a bad harvest or natural disaster.
a)
true
b)
false
12.
The Chinese developed a plow made out of what material that helped them to farm?
a)
bronze
b)
gold
c)
iron
d)
silver
13.
What were the time periods in ancient China broken up into?
a)
Dynasties
b)
Decades
c)
Cycles
d)
Kingdoms
14.
Why was the Huang He nicknamed "China's Sorrow"?
a)
The emperor drowned in it.
b)
It often flooded and destoyed crops and villages.
c)
Its waters were the tears of a god.
d)
It often dried up.
15.
Which was the first Chinese dynasty?
a)
Shang
b)
Xia
c)
Han
d)
Zhou