SS Chapter 7 Section 1 Quiz Review

Which was the earliest Chinese dynasty for which evidence exists?

What is another name for the Huang He River?

What bodies of water separated China from its nearest neighbors, Japan and Korea?

Which Chinese philosophy focuses on living in harmony with nature and the Way?

What term refers to a line of rulers from the same family?

Where did China's first dynasty develop?

One of the natural barriers that isolated China was what desert to the west?

China's civilization arose on the land between what two rivers?

One of the natural barriers that isolated China was what desert to the north?

Whose teachings were collected in a book called the Analects?

China fell into disorder at the end of the Zhou dynasty in a period referred to as what?

The Himalaya, Tian Shan, and Pamir mountain ranges formed an obstacle to what direction of China?

What led to a pattern in the rise and fall of dynasties in China called the dynastic cycle?

What philosophy promoted education, filial piety, and family unity?

According to the Dynastic Cycle Diagram, what occurrences indicate that a dynasty has lost approval of the gods?

What philosophy emphasized order through strictly enforced laws?

Where did the earliest known Chinese writing first appear?

What long-ruling dynasty overthrew the Shang Dynasty and marked the start of China's Classical Period?

What is the name of the area between two rivers which was the birthplace of Chinese civilization?

What is another name for the Chang Jiang River?