Ch. 8, Lesson 1 Early China Quiz

Match each item with the correct statement below:

• Noble who own lands

• pictograph

• Government system with many rules

• aristocrat

• Symbol representing an object

• ideograph

• Descendant of a family

• ancestor

• Symbol representing an idea

• bureaucracy

Why do the Chinese call the Huang He “China’s Sorrow”?

• because it is dirty and polluted

• because it is yellow in color

• because it is now dried up

• because its flooding has drowned many people

What new technology was developed during the Zhou Dynasty?

• melted bronze to make works of art

• channels to block flood waters

• new systems to irrigate the land

• silk worms to make clothing

Which answer gives the best explanation of why the Chang Jiang was so important to the people of ancient China?

• It was a key waterway for trade and transportation.

• It is the third longest river in the world.

• It flows west to east across central China.

• It flows through canyons and plains to the East China Sea.

What dynasty was thought to have built the first cities in China?

• Yü the Great

• the Shang

• the Xia

• the Zhou