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Ancient China VOCABULARY 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a fine dust-like material that can form soil

a)

dirt

b)

mud

c)

silt

d)

loess

2.

walls to hold back water

a)

fence

b)

dikes

c)

gate

d)

irrigate

3.

to explain or give meaning to

a)

confuse

b)

direct

c)

interpret

d)

cloud

4.

pictures that represent words or ideas

a)

pictograph

b)

photograph

c)

phonograph

5.

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

a)

dinosaur bones

b)

oracle bones

c)

animal bones

d)

human bones

6.

a written character (symbol) that represents a complete word or phrase

a)

logotypes

b)

logogriph

c)

logograph

d)

logomach

7.

something that is difficult or demanding to do

a)

challenge

b)

contest

c)

competition

d)

opportunity

8.

Zhou leaders who believed to have heaven's support is called Mandate of Heaven

a)

False

b)

True

9.

To last, to continue to live

a)

Warlords

b)

Minor

c)

Survived

d)

Chaos

10.

Military rulers of small states

a)

Governors

b)

Mayors

c)

Generals

d)

Warlords

11.

Total disorder

a)

Pandemonium

b)

Mayhem

c)

Chaos

d)

Order

12.

Not serious, Not important

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Extreme

d)

Severe

13.

this is an example of

a)

mountain

b)

loess

c)

dikes

d)

chaos

14.

this is an example of a

a)

cliff

b)

wall

c)

dike

d)

mountain

15.

This is an example of

a)

a fossil

b)

oracle bones

c)

carnivorous bones

d)

herbivorous bones

16.

Geographically, Ancient China was

a)

available to anyone from nearby countries

b)

isolated to anyone from nearby countries

c)

populated by anyone from nearby countries

d)

abandoned by anyone from nearby countries

17.

The landform that protected the northern region of Ancient China was

a)

the Himalayan Mountains

b)

the Taklimakan Desert

c)

The Gobi Desert

d)

the Huang He (Yellow River)

18.

The landform that protected Ancient China from the east was the

a)

Yellow Sea

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Tibetan Plateau

d)

Taklimakan Desert

19.

The Ancient Chinese first lived along these two rivers:

a)

Tigris and Euphrates

b)

Nile and the Amazon

c)

Yangtze and Tigris

d)

Huang He and Yangtze

20.

The dynasty that came to rule China around 1650 BCE

a)

Shang Dynasty

b)

Zhou Dynasty

c)

Qin Dynasty

d)

Han Dynasty

21.

Just like Sumerians and Egyptians, the Chinese were ___________ because they prayed to many gods and nature spirits.

a)

monotheistic

b)

polytheistic

c)

atheistic

d)

theistic

22.

The Chinese believed that their gods would listen to prayers from the

a)

ancestors of common people

b)

ancestors of gods

c)

ancestors of the king

d)

ancestors of deceased Chinese descendants

23.

CHINA IS LOCATED IN THIS CONTINENT

a)

AFRICA

b)

NORTH AMERICA

c)

ASIA

d)

SOUTH AMERICA

24.

ANCIENT CHINA RIVER CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOPED ALONG THESE TWO RIVERS

a)

HUANG HE AND CHANG JIANG

b)

TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES

c)

NILE AND AMAZON

d)

YANGTZE AND TIGRIS

25.

CHINA'S NATURAL BARRIERS ARE (CLICK ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

PACIFIC OCEAN

b)

GREAT WALL

c)

HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS

d)

GOBI & TAKLAMAKAN DESERTS