China 1

Question 0

Longshan pottery and their fragments were first excavated in 1928 in what province?

Answer 0

Shandong provonce

Question 1

Produced black pottery (egg-shell pottery) using pottery wheels

Answer 1

Longshan

Question 4

Named after the village in Henan province where its pottery were found

Answer 4

Yangshao

Question 5

Inscriptions on some of the pottery suggest the beginning of Chinese writing; but this remains a subject of scholarly debate

Answer 5

Yangshao

Question 7

Marked the transition from agricultural village to cities surrounded by rammed or stamped earth and moats

Answer 7

Longshan

Question 8

Neolithic culture from 3,000-2,000 BCE; sometimes divided into early period (3,000-2,600 BCE) and late period (2,600-2,000 BCE)

Answer 8

Longshan

Question 9

Agriculture was based on rice cultivation

Answer 9

Longshan

Question 10

Small scale silk production (sericulture) also commenced

Answer 10

Longshan

Question 11

People engaged in a form of divination based on the interpretation of crack patterns formed on heated cattle bones

Answer 11

Scapulimancy during Longshan

Question 12

Agricultural society that grew millet, rice and wheat and domesticated animals like dogs, pigs, sheep, goat and cattle

Answer 12

Yangshao

Question 13

Yellow Emperor

Answer 13

Huangdi

Question 14

Opposed shamanism, imposed patriarchy and forbade close-kin marriage

Answer 14

Zhuanxu

Question 16

His wife taught sericulture to Chinese women

Answer 16

Huangdi

Question 19

3 Divine Emperors

Answer 19

Suiren, Fuxi, and Shennong

Question 20

Discover fire

Answer 20

Suiren

Question 21

Great grandson of Huangdi who established schools and was the first to practice polygamy

Answer 21

Ku

Question 22

Morally perfect sage-king; along with Shun and Yu were known as the Three Sovereigns

Answer 22

Yao

Question 23

Known as the Emperor of the Five Grains or the Father of Chinese Agriculture; known as the Father of Medicine as well

Answer 23

Shennong

Question 24

Previously regarded as a legendary dynasty until direct information about the period from inscriptions on bronze and oracle bones confirmed its historicity

Answer 24

Shang dynasty

Question 25

Invented the first Chinese calendar, south-pointing chariots (compass), and discovered the magnet

Answer 25

Huangdi

Question 26

Also known as Yin dynasty, after the name of its second capital

Answer 26

Shang dynasty

Question 27

Considered a legendary dynasty by many scholars but archeological evidence points to its historicity

Answer 27

Xia dynasty

Question 28

Buried children in painted pottery jars

Answer 28

Yangshao

Question 29

Neolithic culture from 5000-3000 BCE

Answer 29

Yangshao

Question 31

May represent leaders of allied tribes who established unified and hierarchical governments

Answer 31

Yao

Question 32

Renowned for his modesty and filial piety

Answer 32

Shun

Question 33

Founded the legendary Xia dynasty

Answer 33

Emperor Yu

Question 34

Dynastic period (2205-1766 BCE)

Answer 34

Xia dynasty

Question 35

Abandoned the tradition of giving the throne to the most deserving by anointing his son, Qi

Answer 35

Emperor Yu

Question 36

An Emperor, who was corrupt and evil, was overthrown by Tang

Answer 36

Emperor Jie

Question 37

Founder of the Shang dynasty

Answer 37

Tang

Question 38

Dynastic period (1766-1222 BCE)

Answer 38

Shang dynasty

Question 40

Considered as ancestor of all Han Chinese

Answer 40

Huangdi

Question 41

Grandson of Huangdi who helped create a unified calendar and contributed to astrology

Answer 41

Zhuanxu

Question 44

Produce hand-made red, white, and black pottery adorned with human facial, animal and geometric designs

Answer 44

Yangshao

Question 50

Agriculture was based on either slash and burn farming or irrigated farming

Answer 50

Yangshao

Question 52

Inventor of writing, fishing, and hunting (trapping); instituted marriage, offered the first sacrifices to heaven, and originated the I Jing

Answer 52

Fuxi

Question 53

Divine Emperors were succeeded by the Five Emperors. Who were the Five Emperors?

Answer 53

Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Ku, Yao, and Shun

Question 54

Known as China's Bronze Age because of its sophisticated and beautifully worked bronze vessels

Answer 54

Shang dynasty

Question 55

Capital of Shang dynasty

Answer 55

Its capital was at Zhengzhou and later at Yin

Question 56

Yin were surrounded by massive rammed earth walls up to _____ thick

Answer 56

55 feet

Question 57

During Shang dynasty, society was ruled by ___

Answer 57

Wealthy and powerful ruling class

Question 58

Practiced animism; worshipped the sun, moon, wind, and other forces of nature in rituals led by the king to guarantee agricultural prosperity

Answer 58

Shang dynasty

Question 59

Used as a fabric

Answer 59

Silk

Question 60

Ensured a steady supply of silk

Answer 60

Sericulture

Question 61

Used bows and arrows with bronze heads, and horse-drawn chariots

Answer 61

Shang army

Question 62

Dynastic period (1122-221 BCE)

Answer 62

Zhou dynasty

Question 63

Rulers of a border kingdom under the Shang but was recognized by other feudal states as a heir to the Shang

Answer 63

Zhou dynasty

Question 64

Commenced China's feudal age

Answer 64

Zhou dyansty

Question 65

Longest period in the dynastic age

Answer 65

Zhou dynasty