Ch. 10 China Les 1 Quiz Review

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

• Because it is dirty and polluted

• Because it is yellow in color

• Because its floods have drowned many people

What new technology was developed during the Zhou Dynasty?

• channels to block flood waters

• new systems to irrigate 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 central China

Who built the first cities in China?

• Yu the Great

• The Shang

• The Xia

The people of Shang China were

• artisans

• farmers

• merchants

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

• ancestor

• ideograph

• pictograph

• aristocrat

A character that stands for objects, such as the moon and the sun

• pictograph

• ideograph

• bureaucracy

• ancestor

A person that someone is descended from

• aristocrat

• ancestor

• relative

• pictograph

A character that represents an idea used in Chines writing

• ancestor

• bureaucracy

• ideograph

• pictograph

A system of appointed officials wo run different parts of the government

• aristocrat

• bureaucracy

• pictograph

• ancestor