Chapter 10 Lesson 1 Early China

1.The Chinese sometimes call the Huang He ______.

• .the Middle Kingdom

• the Gobi

• Chang Jiang

• China's Sorrow

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

• ideographs

• bronze objects

• oracle bones

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

• the collapse of the Zhou dynasty

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

• true

• false

Shang artists made beautiful objects out of bronze.

• true

• false

The Huang He flows from north to south through China.

• true

• false

Rebels lead by Wu Wang overthrew the Shang government in 1045 b.c.

• true

• false