Spiral Review Topic 7 - Early China

Which of the following Chinese inventions helped the sea shipping merchants?

• harness for horses

• iron plow

• rudder

• stirrup

Why was the Chinese invention of the waterwheel important?

• to help steer ships

• to drain flooded farmland

• to press paper

• to grind corn and other grains

In the Mandate of Heaven, a king’s right to rule came from ___________.

• the gods.

• the people.

• the army.

• a council of nobles.

What did Emperor Qin have built to protect his burial tomb?

• Great Wall of China

• Terracotta Army

• a pyramid

• a bunker

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Huang He (Yellow) River

• Nile River

• Yangtze River

• Indus River

Which Chinese dynasty came up with the first system or writing?

• Xia Dynasty

• Tang Dynasty

• Zhou Dynasty

• Shang Dynasty

Match each item with the correct statement below.

• Chinese system of beliefs that describes the way a king must rule

• Dao

• dynasty under which culture flourished

• Shang

• ruled China longer than any other dynasty

• Zhou

• a religion that spread from India to China

• Han

• China’s first dynasty

• Buddhism