Social Studies Chapter 8 Sections 1-2

Question 0

Which of the two rivers is the longest?

Answer 0

Chang

Question 1

What are the two main rivers in China?

Answer 1

Chang and Huang

Question 2

What’s another name for the Huang River?

Answer 2

The Yellow River

Question 3

What are the physical barriers of China and where are they located?

Answer 3

North- Taklimakan Desert, South- Himalayas, East- Pacific Ocean, West- Gobi Desert

Question 4

Along which river did the Shang dynasty grow?

Answer 4

The Huang

Question 5

The earliest dynasty within written records is the Zhou dynasty, true or false?

Answer 5

False. The earliest dynasty within written records is the Shang dynasty.

Question 6

How long did the Shang dynasty last?

Answer 6

600 years

Question 7

What are the earliest written records?

Answer 7

Oracle bones

Question 8

What were oracle bones used for?

Answer 8

To tell the future

Question 9

Which metal was most valued by the ancient Chinese?

Answer 9

Bronze

Question 10

How did the rule pass along in the Shang dynasty?

Answer 10

From brother to brother

Question 11

What were human and animal sacrifices prepared with?

Answer 11

Bronze blades

Question 12

What was the Shang dynasty best known for?

Answer 12

Their bronze metalwork

Question 13

Who attacked Shang and established a new dynasty?

Answer 13

The Zhou dynasty

Question 14

How long did the Zhou dynasty last?

Answer 14

800 years

Question 15

If a dynasty didn’t act properly then it lost its right to rule. True or false?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Victory in taking control from another dynasty was seen as what?

Answer 16

As proof that heaven supported the change in leadership

Question 17

What was the ruler considered?

Answer 17

The son of heaven

Question 18

Uprising and disasters were seen as what?

Answer 18

As omens that the current dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven

Question 19

Who were in charge of regions in the Zhou dynasty?

Answer 19

Kind placed family members

Question 20

Who tried to overthrow the king in the Zhou dynasty?

Answer 20

Nobles and invaders

Question 21

How long did the Warring States period last?

Answer 21

250 years

Question 22

What changed in Zhou society that wasn’t in the Shang dynasty?

Answer 22

Kings gave up human sacrifices, they stopped using the oracle bones, and family was highly valued

Question 23

What were some advances in society? List five

Answer 23

They invented the crossbow, artisans made iron, they built roads, they used coins, and they used irrigation and fertilizer for crops.