1. Checkpoint #42 (1-8) Standard 6.31 – locate and describe the origins of Chinese cultures.

2. 1.Earliest civilizations in China are found in the ____________. a.Pearl river valley b.Yellow river valley c.Yangtze river valley d.Plateau of Tibet 2.According to legend, who built the canals that helped control the flooding in China? a.Emperor Qin b.Lui bang c.Yu the Great d.Shi Huangdi 3.Which dynasty is the first Chinese dynasty that artifacts have been discovered? a.Xi b.Shang c.Zhou d.Han 4.What was a common food grown in northern China? a.Rice b.Tea c.Wheat d.maize

3. 4. Identify the object to the right and explain its purpose. a.Oracle bone, used by kings to receive answers from the gods b.Fortune cookies, little messages received from the cooperation after dinner. c.Ancient decoder used to decipher hidden treasures d.A map to emperor Qin’s not-so-secret guarded tomb 5. How are pictographs and ideographs different? a.Ideographs are singular symbols b.Pictographs are singular symbols c.Pictographs are multiple symbols used to represent ideas d.Ideographs are used to create pictographs

4. 6. Who were the aristocrats in the social pyramid to the right? -6.32 a.Traders b.Slaves c.Landowners d.craft workers 7. To help control the ever growing kingdom, the Chinese king set up regents to oversee the appointed land. What best describes the regents? a.Political leaders b.Religious leaders c.Warlords d.Businessmen Kings Aristocrats Artisans, merchants, farmers 8. Shang artisans were known for their great craftsmanship with _________ a.Iron b.Stone c.Bronze d.steel

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6. 1.Earliest civilizations in China are found in the ____________. a.Pearl river valley b.Yellow river valley c.Yangtze river valley d.Plateau of Tibet 2.According to legend, who built the canals that helped control the flooding in China? a.Emperor Qin b.Lui bang c.Yu the Great d.Shi Huangdi 3.Which dynasty is the first Chinese dynasty that artifacts have been discovered? a.Xi b.Shang c.Zhou d.Han 4.What was a common food grown in northern China? a.Rice b.Tea c.Wheat d.maize

7. 4.Identify the object to the right and explain its purpose. a.Oracle bone, used by kings to receive answers from the gods b.Fortune cookies, little messages received from the cooperation after dinner. c.Ancient decoder used to decipher hidden treasures d.A map to emperor Qin’s not-so-secret guarded tomb 5.How are pictographs and ideographs different? a.Ideographs are singular symbols b.Pictographs are singular symbols c.Pictographs are multiple symbols used to represent ideas d.Ideographs are used to create pictographs

8. 6. Who were the aristocrats in the social pyramid to the right? -6.32 a.Traders b.Slaves c.Landowners d.craft workers 7. To help control the ever growing kingdom, the Chinese king set up regents to oversee the appointed land. What best describes the regents? a.Political leaders b.Religious leaders c.Warlords d.Businessmen Kings Aristocrats Artisans, merchants, farmers 8. Shang artisans were known for their great craftsmanship with _________ a.Iron b.Stone c.Bronze d.steel