Geography
True or false? China is a very small country in Asia
False. China is in Asia, but it is quite large: covering almost 4 million square miles.
The early Chinese were ruled for centuries by a succession of ____________.
dynasties
The fertile soils around China's two main rivers allowed the ancient Chinese to develop this.
farming or agriculture
Over 300,000 of these were forced to help build the Great Wall.
peasants
A type of fabric that is made from the cocoons of a type of caterpillar developed in ancient China.
silk
What is the name of the desert found in China?
The Gobi Desert
Because of a lack of written evidence, historians have believed that the Xia Dynasty could be this.
a legend
The lowest level of Chinese society. They could not own land.
peasants
One of China's early accomplishments was the development of this explosive substance.
gunpowder
DNA testing has proven that the panda is most closely related to this animal.
bear
What type of grassland is typically found in China?
Steppes
Considered by historians to be the first true dynasty of China.
The Shang Dynasty
Findings at burial sites suggest that the ancient Chinese believed in an _____________ and had a complex social order.
This was a series of trails and roads that stretched across nearly 5000 miles of land and water which allowed China to trade with the West.
The Silk Road
This is maintained today by the tourism sector of China.
The Great Wall
This Chinese river is named after a color.
The Yellow River
The Zhou Dynasty shared power with these members of their society and gave them absolute authority over their lands.
noblemen
The ancient Chinese culture put a great deal of emphasis on respect for their ____________.
ancestors or elders
The Han Dynasty managed to create a plan for this which allowed the people to avoid famine during diffuicult times.
food storage
This dynasty began using tests that anyone could take to be assigned posts in the government.
The Han Dynasty
The geography of China; mountains, desert, and sea that were difficult to pass through, meant that China was this for much of its early history.
isolated from the rest of the world
The Qin Dynasty was the shortest of the Chinese dynasties, but, unlike the Zhou Dynasty, everything was under the direct control of the ____________ with military enforcement.
emperor
The name of China is derived from the name of this dynasty.
The Qin Dynasty
Much like other ancient societies, a major development was the invention of this during the Shang Dynasty.
writing
The Xia Dynasty is believed to have been these, meaning those of non-asian descent.
Aryans