Unit 4 Test: Ancient China (Chapters 19,20,21)

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What is one way Daoism influenced China?

It became a popular religion

Why is the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau called the "Roof of the World"?

It is very high above sea level.

Why is the North China Plain sometimes called the "Land of the Yellow Earth"?

Limestone silt from the Gobi Desert covers the soil.

What was the Legalist view of human nature?

People are basically selfish

How did scholars learn that the Shang dynasty was real and not just a myth?

They found artifacts

What protected Inner China from invasion from the northwest?

barren deserts

In Inner China, which natural events enriched the soil?

floods

Which of these Shang people had the lowest social status?

grain farmers

Later in Chinese history, which of these geographical features made governing China as a unified state most difficult?

its large size

Daoists taught that people could gain happiness by

living in harmony with nature

Of all the countries in the world, China has the

most people

Which of these would Confucius have valued most highly?

respect

What made the Taklimakan Desert one of the most dangerous deserts in the world?

sandstorms and shifting dunes

According to belief in the Mandate of Heaven, earthquakes and floods might be signs that

the king did not govern well.

What most helped Shang kings stay in power?

use of a powerful army

Why did fewer people settle in Outer China than in Inner China?

B. The climate was more extreme in Outer China.

How did the Huang He most influence settlement near its banks?

By fertilizing the soil, it attracted communities of farmers.

Why did ancient people on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau herd yaks rather than grow crops?

The region was too cold for crops.

How may the Shang king and his nobles have weakened their economy?

They spent too much on their palaces.

What often happened to people the Shang captured in wars?

They worked on construction, as slaves.


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