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Why was China a very isolated area?
Landforms made it very difficult to access
Mountains and rivers
The Huang He River is also called the _________ River because of the loess around it, which is a fine, windblown soil that is found in the river.
Yellow
The Shang people were polytheistic. This means that they...
Prayed to many gods
What id the Ancient Chinese use to determine what would happen in the future?
Oracle Bones
What was the Silk Road?
An extensive trade network in which people traded goods, ideas, religions, among other things between China and the Mediterranean
The Chinese believed that the gods gave the rulers the right to rule by giving them the ....
Mandate of Heaven
Name 3 Zhou Dynasty accomplishments
Iron weapons and tools, roads and canals for trading, first books, money for the first time
Why did people settle along the Huang He and Yangzi Rivers?
Grow crops and feed large population
Water for irrigation
Transportation
Why was the Huang He River also called the "River of Sorrows"?
Devastating flooding; wipe out crops which lead to starvation and death
What was China's most important and valuable export?
Silk
A warlord is a merchant who controls an area of land. True or False
FALSE...a military leader!
Aristocrats is an upper class citizen who hold wealth and power. True or False
TRUE :)
Ancestors are people that are living, like our parents and grandparents. True or False
False...ancestors are who someone is descended from
Pictographs is a game the ancient Chinese played using pictures. True or False
False! Symbol or picture in a writing system to express an idea
Pictographs is a game the ancient Chinese played using pictures. True or False
False! Symbol or picture in a writing system to represents an object
Ideographs is a symbol or picture in a writing system that combines pictographs to express an idea. True or False.
True!! Key word...idea!!
