Chapter 5.1 China’s First Civilizations

Name two rivers important to early Chinese civilizations.

• Huang He

• Chang Jiang

• Both Huang He and Chang Jiang

• None of the above

What was the role of Shang warlords?

• They were military leaders who commanded their own armies

• They grew millet, wheat, and rice

• They gained wealth from the land they own

• All of the above

How did Zhou kings defend their right to rule?

• large armies

• Mandate of Heaven

• The Dao

• aristocrats

True or False: Wu Wang did not lead a rebellion against the Shang.

• True

• False

How long did the Zhou dynasty last?

• more than 800 years

• more than 900 years

• more than 700 years

• more than 500 years

River that flows for 2,900 miles. It has rich yellow soil

• Chang Jiang

• Huang He

• Yellow River

• Yangtze River

One of the first Chinese cities in northern China

• Wu Wang

• Anyang

• Dao

• Xia

An aristocrat that led a rebellion against the Shang

• Chang Jiang

• Wu Wang

• Anyang

• Huang He

A line of rulers in the same family

• Mandate

• Dynasty

• Bureaucracy

• Aristocrats

Joins two or more pictographs to represent an idea

• Pictograph

• Ideograph

• Mandate

• Dao