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Dakota201 SS5
Social Studies Chapter 5 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Because India is so large, and is separated from Asia by the Himalayan Mountains, it is often referred to as this. | subcontinent |
| What was unusual about many of the cities in the Indus Valley? | They were built on mounds. |
| What mountain range separated India from Asia? | The Himalayan Mountains |
| Give two reasons why cities like Harappa had walls built around them | For protection and to regulate trade |
| Besides Harappa, name another important city in the Indus Valley | Mohenjo-Daro or Lothal |
| As early as 2300 B.C. people in the Indus Valley were trading with people from what areas? | Mesopotamia, Central Asia, and the Persian Gulf |
| What word is used to describe people who were craft workers and produced useful decorative objects? | artisans |
| What did traders and merchants use to let people know they could trust their goods and services? | small tablets with their seal on it; inscriptions |
| Give 2 reasons how cities like Mohenjo-Daro were models of urban planning... | grid system for streets, plumbing, citadel, & granaries |
| What word is used to describe the fort like structure in the center of many Indus Valley cities? | citadel |
| Wealthy families in cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro had indoor plumbing including showers and toilets (T or F) | TRUE |
| The Huang He River runs through the Huang He Valley and is also known by this name... | The Yellow River |
| The word for the sandy yellow soil deposited in the flood plain by the Huang he River is.... | loess |
| According to the ancient Chinese legend, who did King Shun order to control the flooding of the Huang He? | Yu the Great |
| How was Yu the Great rewarded for his successful efforts to control the flooding? | He inherited the throne; was made king |
| Although this dynasty may be China's first, no artifacts have been found to prove its existence. | Xia Dynasty |
| What artifacts have been found to prove that the Shang Dynasty had a powerful army? | bronze weapons and chariots |
| Beside bronze weapons and chariots, name two other artifacts of the Shang Dynasty? | oracle bones, bronze containers, carved marble, silk fabric |
| What did the Shang believe about their ancestors? | That they could talk to spirits and make requests for them |
| What were oracle bones and what were they used for? | animal bones with questions carved on them; they were heated and used to predict the future |
| Early Chinese writing was a lot like Egyptian hieroglyphics. (T or F) | TRUE |
| How did the Shang unite all of the different city-states? | They standardized writing |
| What civilization conquered the Shang Dynasty? | The Zhou |
| Why did the Zhou think they had a mandate, or right, to rule? | They were virtuous |
| to control according to a set of rules | regulate |
| having to do with the buying, selling, or trading of goods | commercial |
| craftworkers who make useful, decorative objects | artisans |
| written messages | inscriptions |
| thoughful design of a city | urban planning |
| a fort like structure | citadel |
| grain storage buildings | granaries |
| seasonal wind shift that brings heavy rains | monsoon |
| a story handed down from earlier times | legend |
| deceased relatives who lived longer ago than ones grandparents | ancestors |
| used in ceremonies to predict the future by reading the cracks | oracle bones |
| symbols that stand for an object or idea | characters |
| to make all things of a certain kind alike | standardize |
| a ruler who controls through cruelty | tyrant |
| right actions or thinking necessary to lead people | virtues |
| right to rule | mandate |
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