Early China 10-1

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

• bureaucracy

• aristocrat

• pictograph

A drawn character that stands for objects.

• ancestor

• aristocrat

• pictograph

A person who someone is descended from____________

• ancestor

• ideograph

• aristocrat

A character that represents a thought used in Chinese writing.

• ideograph

• bureaucracy

• ancestor

Appointed officials who run different parts of the government.

• ideograph

• bureaucracy

• pictograph

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

• because it is dirty and polluted

• because it is yellow in color

• because it is now dried up

• because its flooding has drowned many people

What 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

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 across cough canyons and plains to the East China Sea.

• It flows west to east across central China

Who built the first cities in China?

• Yu the Great

• the Shang

• the Xia

• The Zhou