Chapter 6 - Quiz 1

Question 0

What did the Chinese call their kingdom, and why?

Answer 0

Middle Kingdom. (They thought they were the center of the Earth)

Question 1

Why was the Huang He often called “China’s Sorrow”?

Answer 1

It flooded a lot and killed thousands of people and destroyed farms

Question 2

What protected China from its enemies and made it so isolated?

Answer 2

Mountains
jungles
desert
ocean

Question 3

What were China’s four early Dynasties?

Answer 3

Shang - 1500B.C
Chou - 1000 B.C.
Qin - 250 B.C.
Han - 250 A.D.

Question 4

Along what river did the Shang Dynasty people live?

Answer 4

Huang He (Yellow River)

Question 5

What was the nickname for the Huang He River, and why?

Answer 5

“China’s Sorrow” - because its floods killed thousands of people and ruined harvests.

Question 6

What type of religion did the Shang people practice?

Answer 6

ancestor worship.

Question 7

What give the Huang He River its yellow color?

Answer 7

The silt (dirt)

Question 8

Who did the Shang people believe controlled the weather, floods, and had magic powers over them?

Answer 8

Their ancestors

Question 9

What did the Shang people give their ancestors to please them?

HINT: bronze cups to cook meat for a sacrifice.

Answer 9

Tings (or dings)

Question 10

The Shang people were very superstitious. Besides ancestor worship, they also used these things to predict the future:

Answer 10

Oracle bones

Question 11

What advisors did Kings talk with before making big decisions about planting, fighting and building? How did these “advisors” make decisions?

Answer 11

Priests

Heated an oracle bone and interpreted cracks

Question 12

What did rulers write on oracle bones?

Answer 12

Questions

Question 13

Why is it difficult for many Chinese people to become Christians?

Answer 13

Chinese: family over God. They think they must perform certain duties for their ancestors to have the proper afterlife.

Question 14

What three metals were used to make bronze?

Answer 14

copper, tin, and lead

Show map: where to build a bronze plant

Question 15

What did the Chou leaders use to justify their rebellion against the Shang dynasty?

Answer 15

The Mandate of Heaven

The mandate allowed the people to seize control from a bad ruler

Question 16

What type of art were ancient Chinese very skilled in crafting?

Answer 16

Metalwork

Question 17

Besides bronze, what other products did the Shang people create?

Answer 17

Jade, Silk, clay dishes and vases, chopsticks

Question 18

Where did archeologists learn a lot about the Shang Dynasty?

Answer 18

royal tombs discovered in Anyang

Question 19

In many ancient dynasties, the throne was usually passed from father to the son. How was it different in the Shang dynasty?

Answer 19

rule passed from older brother to younger brother

Question 20

Around 1,000 B.C. they conquered the Shang Dynasty and lasted longer than any other dynasty in
China history.

37 kings in eight hundred years

Answer 20

Chou

Question 21

This is a time in a civilization’s history that is thought to be its high point of cultural development and achievement

Answer 21

Classic age

Question 22

What dynasty was in power during China’s “Classical Age”?

Answer 22

Chou

Question 23

The Chou believed that heaven, the supreme force of nature, gave the king his right to rule. What is this belief called?

Answer 23

Mandate of Heaven

Question 24

What is a Mandate of Heaven?

Answer 24

Says heaven gave the king his right to rule.

If a king failed to act properly, he lost his right to rule.

Question 25

True or False: the Chou rulers gave land and property to peasants to farm if they gave some of the crops and goods back to the rulers

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What Chou ruler conquered the Shang?

Answer 26

King Wu

Question 27

How has Chinese culture lasted so long over the years?

Answer 27

Strong Family

Question 28

Under what dynasty did the Chinese start writing system?

Answer 28

Chou (remember Classic Age)

Question 29

How is Chinese writing different than English writing?

Answer 29

It’s more Art than text. (paint brush)

Chinese writing is not based on a simple alphabet. Instead, it consists of over 65,000 characters that represent ideas, objects, and sounds. Writers well respected because most only know 4,000 characters

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