10-1 Birth of Chinese Civilization

The Chinese sometimes call the Huang He

• the Middle Kingdom

• China's Sorrow

• the Gobi

• Chang Jiang

Ancient China had frequent contact with the rest of the world.

• True

• False

China's first dynasty was the

• Shang

• Han

• Qin

• Zhou

Early Chinese kings would ask for advice from the gods using

• pictographs

• ideagraphs

• bronze objects

• oracle bones

Rebels lead by Wu Wang overthrew the Shang government in 1045 B.C.

• True

• False

The Huang He flows from north to south through China.

• True

• False

Shang artists made beautiful objects out of bronze.

• True

• False

The Mandate of Heaven meant that

• Chinese kings had a divine right to rule.

• following the Dao was the only way to govern.

• the Chinese army was destined to succeed in battle.

• the bureaucracy and the king were required to work together.

The Period of the Warring States began in the 400s B.C. as a result of the

• fall of the Shang dynasty.

• division of China into smaller territories.

• death of Wu Wang.

• collapse of the Zhou dynasty.

Under Zhou kings, China was divided into smaller territories, each one ruled by an aristocrat.

• True

• False