The Huang Valley & The Zhou Dynasty

1. What is loess?

• a. fine, dustlike material

• b. a grass-covered plain

• c. a dry wind from the Gobi

2. The most valued metalwork produced by Shang artisans were made from what material?

• a. silver

• b. steel

• c. brone

3. The fall of the Zhou dynasty led to

• a. the rise of the shang dynasty.

• b. the start of the dynastic cycle.

• c. a period of warfare and chaos.

4. Zhou rulers claimed that they had won the Mandate of Heaven because they

• a. were chosen as rulers by Shang priests.

• b. were victorious over the Shang dynasty.

• c. brought the Warring States period to an end.

5. Where did China's first civilization develop?

• a. on the North China Plain

• b. on the Plateau of Tibet

• c. along the Nile River

6. How were oracle bones used?

• a. to teach students how to write

• b. to record laws and official decrees

• c. to predict the future

7. "Son of Heaven" was a name given to

• a. the ruler of China.

• b. the most powerful warlord.

• c. the father of a family.

8. What did Zhou artisans discover?

• a. how to mold bronze into farm tools

• b. how to make iron

• c. how to decipher oracle bones

9. By the end of the Shang dynasty, the Chinese had developed a form of writing in which each character represented a

• a. letter.

• b. word or idea.

• c. syllable.

10. How did the Zhou king control his vast kingdom?

• a. He placed family members in charge of regions.

• b. He destroyed all traces of Shang culture.

• c. He shared power with warlords.