1. CHINA’S FIRST CIVILIZATIONS CHAPTER 7 SECTION 1

2. MAIN IDEAS CHINA’S GEOGRAPHY: Rivers, mountains, and deserts helped shape China’s civilization. THE SHANG DYNASTY: Rulers known as the Shang became powerful because they controlled land and had strong armies. THE ZHOU DYNASTY: Chinese rulers claimed that the Mandate of Heaven gave them the right to rule.

3. LOCATING PLACES Huang He: Chang Jiang: Anyang:

4. MEETING PEOPLE Wu Wang:

5. VOCABULARY Dynasty: Aristocrat: Pictograph: Ideograph: Bureaucracy: Mandate: Dao:

6. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SHANG DYNASTYZHOU DYNASTY DATES RULED LEADERSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS

7. QUESTIONS IDENTIFY: Name two rivers important to early Chinese civilizations. EXPLAIN: What was the role of Shang warlords? IDENTIFY: What was the chief duty of Chinese kings?