Ancient China/Lesson 1 Quiz

What two features best describe Ancient China's landscape?

• Lakes and rivers

• Mountains and deserts

• Valleys and mountains

• Canyons and rivers

China's mountain ranges protected them from...

• The Mongols

• The Egyptians

• Early Man

• Monsoons

The upper class in China were known as ​

• ancestors

• warlords

• aristocrats

Pictographs are characters that represent

• letters

• ideas

• objects

• words

Oracle bones were used to predict

• the future

• weather

Taotie masks were made of

• clay

• plastic

• bone

• bronze

The belief that the right to rule came from the gods is known as the

• Dao

• Ruler's Law

• Mandate of Heaven

Which dynasty lasted the longest?

• Zhou

• Xia

• Shang

• Qin

Taotie masks were made to

• hang on the wall

• wear to work

• ward off evil spirits

Little is known about this dynasty lasting about 500 years

• Xia

• Qin

• Zhou

• Shang