Ancient China AMI

What continent is China located on?

• Asia
• Europe
• Australia
• Africa
• South America

What does early Chinese civilization have in common with early civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia?

• All were organized into city-states.
• All were quickly conquered.
• All developed first along rivers.
• All lacked strong rulers.

What route could a merchant use to move goods to other places?

• the Huang He
• the Silk Roads
• the Great Wall
• the Grand Canal

Shang kings received messages from the gods through ________________.

• dreams.
• pictographs.
• oracle bones.
• psychics who could speak to ancient ancestors.

Pictographs are:

• a system of writing that used simple drawings for words or ideas.
• cave drawings by ancient people.
• ancient artwork that has been passed down for generations in China.
• a series of scrolls with drawings on them that were discovered in a tomb in 1974.

Ruling by generations of one family line. Major dynasties included the Han, Qin, Zhou.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Dynasty

• Philosophy

• Confucius