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Topic 5: The Huang Valley and the Shang Dynasty

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 2hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which landform explains the lack of cultural interaction between ancient China and ancient India?

a)

the Loess Plateau

b)

the Chang River valley

c)

the Gobi Desert

d)

the Himalaya Mountains

2.

Which ancient river valley civilization is shown at D?

a)

Ancient Mesopotamia

b)

Ancient Egypt

c)

Ancient India

d)

Ancient China

3.

True or false. The Huang He river is also known as the Yellow River.

a)

True

b)

False

4.
What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 
a)
Nile and Amazon
b)
Yangtze and Yellow
c)
Mississippi and Ganges
5.
____ is fine, windblown yellow soil
a)
Loess
b)
Clan
c)
Yangzi
6.

Very large, dry area in northern China---has large sand dune (Hills), mountains, and basins (lower elevation)

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Himalayan

Mountains

c)

Huang He

7.

China's earliest written records that often told predictions for the future.

a)

oracle bones

b)

Daoism

c)

dynasty

8.

Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made these objects from

a)

bronze

b)

bone

c)

stone

9.

What did the Shang use for a written language?

a)

Pictographs

b)

Alphabet

c)

They didn't have a written language.

10.

Which dynasty was referred to as the Bronze age where sculptures and weapons were created?

a)

Qin

b)

Zhou

c)

Xia

d)

Shang

11.

Benefit of both the Huang He and the Chang Jiang

a)

a passage to nearby desert

b)

rich soil for farming

c)

trade routes

12.

The Shang dynasty started in what region of China?

a)

Yangtze River Valley

b)

Huang He River Valley

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Tibetan Plateau

13.

What term best describes the religion of the Shang dynasty?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

Ancestral Worship

d)

Nature Worship

14.

Why is jade carving such an important accomplishment of the Shang?

a)

Jade was extremely rare.

b)

Jade is very hard and difficult to carve.

c)

Jade could only be obtained through trade.

d)

Jade was used to keep written records of the Shang.

15.

Which dynasty took over after the fall of the Shang?

a)

Qin

b)

Han

c)

Zhou

d)

Ming