The Yellow River Culture &
The Shang Dynasty (1)
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1
The ancient Chinese and Egyptian civilizations were similar in that they?:
had little impact on later societies.
had democratic forms of government.
developed in river valleys.
shared a universal language.
2
Chinese civilization developed without major influence from the West mainly due to?:
racial prejudice against the Chinese people.
geographical isolation.
Chinese poverty and backwardness.
traditional Chinese hatred of foreigners.
3
Scholars note that the earliest of China's dynasties, the Shang, exercised control through a feudal system. This involved the exchange of military service for a?:
grant of land.
ceremony to pacify angry gods.
contract to build great temples.
central bureaucracy.
4
In which river valley did the first Chinese civilization develop?:
Mekong.
Xi.
Yangtze.
Huang He.
5
The Shang writing system?:
was very different from Egyptian writing.
is the earliest known Chinese writing.
used 25,000 characters.
has no connection to modern Chinese.
6
The origins of Chinese writing?:
are deeply rooted in the Shang religion.
are found in Indian Sanskrit.
are much older than that of other civilizations.
arose with the adoption of settled agriculture.
7
Aspects of the geography in Shang China that had lasting influence on the people who settled there included?:
rich deposits of loess.
isolation from other civilizations.
the necessity for irrigation and water control.
all of these choices are correct.
8
Shang dynasty kings tried to predict the future by?:
writing in vertical columns.
consulting Osiris.
scratching on oracle bones.
making sacrifices to Aton.