Which landform forms a natural border between India and China?
Himalayan Mountains
What did the Ancient Chinese use to control flooding of their agricultural land?
dikes, dams, and irrigation canals
What type of government was present in Ancient China?
Monarchy
Why did the Ancient Chinese refer to their land as "All Under Heaven"?
They believed China to be the only civilization in the entire world
True or False: Confucious believed a ruler should take care fo their people.
True
Which landform stretches across southern Mongolia and northern China?
Gobi Desert
What animal did the Ancient Chinese use that increased the number of crops that could be grown?
Oxen
A series of kings within one ruling family was referred to as what?
A Dynasty
What physical features isolated China from the rest of the world?
Himalayan Mountains, Gobi Desert, Pacific Ocean
During which dynasty did the Great Wall of China begin?
the Qin Dynasty
Which landform is a highland region covering a large portion of western China?
Plateau of Tibet
What was the name of the practice that allowed the Ancient Chinese to farm on hills and mountainsides?
Terrace farming
What was the first Chinese Dynasty that historians know much about?
Shang Dynasty
The system of trading political loyalty for land is called what?
feudalism
When the rulers of Zhou territories stopped obeying the Zhou king, what period ensued?
Period of the Warring States
The largest and longest river in China; located in southern part of China
Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River
What Chinese product was produced by worms, and developed into one of their most valuable products?
Silk
In which river valley was the Shang dynasty?
Yellow River Valley
What was the Ancient Chinese belief that their leader was chosen to rule by their gods in heaven?
Mandate of Heaven
What are the three classifications of people under feudalism?
King, nobles, peasants
second-longest rover in China; located in northern part of China
Yellow (Huang He) River
Advancements in agriculture created a ______ of food that allowed civilizations to develop because fewer people were needed for farming.
surplus
What technologies allowed Tang the Successful to gain control of a large kingdom?
war chariots and bronze-tipped spears
When the mandate of heaven was introduced, this added a characteristic of what type of government?
Theocracy
What major problem did Yu the Great solve when he began the Xia Dynasty?
terrible flooding