Ancient China Review

What makes the North China Plain a good place to grow crops?

• The temperature is always hot.
• Silt from the Huang He makes the soil fertile.
• The rivers on the plain never flood.
• There are no rivers on the North China Plain.

Most of the history of ancient China took place in

• Outer China.
• Inner China.
• Hidden China.
• all of the above.

Which of the following best describes Outer China?

• Outer China is hot year-round.
• Outer China borders the sea.
• Outer China is much smaller than Inner China.
• Outer China is a land of extremes.

The Northeastern Plain has great contrast in its

• vegetation.

• domestic animals.

• food products.

• climate.

What acted as a natural barrier around Inner China, keeping early settlers isolated?

• mountains
• deserts
• cold climate
• all of the above

Which of the following is true of the Gobi Desert?

• It is one of the largest deserts in the world.
• It has giant and dangerous sandstorms.
• It is one of the smallest deserts in the world.
• Many people live in the desert in the winter.

Early settlers chose to live in Inner China rather than Outer China because

• Inner China was mostly mountainous.
• Inner China was farther from the sea.
• Inner China had rivers and rich soil.
• Inner China did not have floods.

What physical feature is also known as the "Roof of the World"?

• Gobi Desert
• Tibet-Qinghai Plateau
• Chang Jiang Basins
• Northeastern Plain

The Shang Dynasty ruled from 1700 to 1122 B.C.E in an area in the

• Huang He valley.
• Chang Jiang River.
• East China Sea.
• Jade Oracle city.

What is significant about the Chinese city Anyang?

• It was where many Shang artifacts were found.

• It is the mythical city in ancient Chinese stories.

• It was the Shang dynasty's most rural area.

• It was where the Shang peasants were confined.