China

Chinese civilization is thought to have begun about ______ years ago.

• 1000

• 2000

• 3000

• 4000

The earliest Chinese people probably settled in the ________.

• Huang River Valley

• Himalayan Mountains

• Gobi Desert

• Zhu Jiang River Valley

Because of the loess that blows into China from the Gobi Desert, the Chinese word "Huang," the name of the river, means _____.

• sandy

• muddy

• yellow

• desert colored

"Dragon bones" used as oracle bones were actually _____.

• tortoise shells or animal bones.

• real dragon bones.

• made from ivory.

• jaw bones of whales.

Unlike most other ancient cultures, Chinese culture _______.

• has changed greatly over time.

• didn't develop a written language until 100 B.C.

• has remained mostly unchanged for centuries.

• quickly spread throughout the ancient world.

The Chinese language is written in pictures that represent words. These are called _____.

• pictographs

• hieroglyphs

• cuneiforms

• gifs

The very first dynasty in China was the ________.

• Yu Dynasty.

• Zhou Dynasty.

• Huang Dynasty.

• Shang Dynasty.

Cloth in ancient China was made from either flax or ______.

• millet.

• bamboo shoots.

• silk.

• rice stalks.

During the Shang Dynasty, tools, weapons, cups and goods for trade were made out of a new metal, ____________.

• copper.

• bronze.

• iron.

• brass.

The shells and bones used during the Shang Dynasty to predict the future were called ______.

• Xin bones.

• oracle bones.

• seer bones.

• Shang Dy bones.