6.01: Geography and Early China (Shang Dynasty) Review

Which geographical feature south of the Tibetan Plateau forms part of China's southern border?

• Gobi Desert

• Huang He River

• Himalayan Mountains

• Pacific Ocean

Throughout much of China's history, the _________ , or Yellow River, has caused severe flooding, resulting in the deaths of millions of Chinese people.

• Nile River

• Huang He River

• Euphrates River

• Amazon River

Which crop did Chinese farmers discover grew well in the Chang Jiang Valley?

As farming communities grew, Chinese people raised ____ to provide them with a more varied diet.

• fish

• trade

• sheep and pigs

In Shang society, who paid the most taxes?

• Nobles

• Artisans

• Farmers

• Women

Shang society valued the connection between one generation and the next and therefore, people worshiped their ancestors.

• True

• False

• False

• False

How has geography influenced the development of China?

• China was protected and isolated by natural barriers like mountains, jungles, oceans, and desert

• Physical Geographic Barriers cut China off from the rest of the world & limited contact

• Believed China was the center of the earth and only civilization

• All choices are correct

How were ancient Chinese and Egyptian burial practices similar?

• Like the Egyptians, ancient Chinese people believed in an afterlife. Pottery with valuables were buried with the dead that may have been for use in the afterlife.

• There were not the same.

What type of writing system developed during the Shang period? (Choose 3 correct answers)

• Used symbols to represent words and ideas called pictographic writing.

• 1.  The modern Chinese language still uses many of the symbols first created during the Shang period.

• Developed a 26 letter alphabet.

• The writing system had about 2,000 symbols to represent words or ideas.

Ancient Chinese Civilization grows along the Huang He (Yellow) River & the Yangtze River

• True

• False