1. The notion of Prehistoric Chinese Interaction Sphere is important for understanding the rise of the early Chinese civilization because:
A. It addresses the contribution of pluralistic cultural traditions in the formation process; B. it assumes the importance cradle of the civilization; C. it addresses the issue of Western diffusion D. it addresses the role of agriculture
2. Which of the following domesticate animals was brought in through trans-Eurasian interaction?
A. cattle; B. horse; C. sheep; D. All of above
3. The Luoyang basin saw the rise of political authority for the first time in Chinese
history during:
A. the Longshan period; B. the Erlitou period; C. the Peiligang; D. the Yangshao period.
4. The first workshop for the production of bronze vessels appeared at:
A. Erlitou; B. Liangzhu; C. Taosi; D. Shimao
5. According to K.C. Chang's book Art, Myth, and Ritual, the path to political authority in early China was achieved through:
A. the monopoly of mediums of religious communication; B. advanced irrigation technology; C. classical learning; D. kingship and state derived from the exclusive control of a professional army.
6. The first systematic use of Chinese writing appeared in _______ during the late 2nd
millennium BC in the form of Oracle Bone inscriptions
Zhengzhou; B. Luoyang; C. Anyang; D. Liangzhu
7. Zhengzhou and its associated Erligang culture was considered the royal center of the Early Shang state because:
A. stylistic and technological continuity of its ceramic assemblage with Late Shang royal center of Yinxu, Anyang;
B. the temporal frame coincide with the rise of the Shang state in later historical narrative; C. its enormous scale and complexity; D. all of above.
8. The Late Shang oracle bone inscriptions was intended as
A. record keeping by the diviners and their royal patron;
B. ritual texts to be read by the gods and ancestors
C. census data
D. none of above.
9. the discovery at Sanxingdui in the Sichuan basin represents
A. An independent peer polity to the Late Shang royal power in Anyang
B. An outpost of Shang expansion
C. A lost city of the Longshan period
D. A post-Shang legacy
10. The discovery of early Homo erectus site in China
A. was made in Zhoukoudian near Beijing
B. was initially thought to be migrants from Africa
C. was rejected as a hoax
D. was associated with Acheulean hand-axes.
11. From the mortuary data, the social structure of the Yangshao society can be characterized as
A. a highly stratified society
B. a society highlighting egalitarian and communal ethos
C. an urban society
D. a pastoral society
12. The Liangzhu society can be characterized as
A. a mound building society
B. displayed a great concentration of wealth
C. a major political power of the lower Yangzi river basin in the 3rd millennium BC
D. all of above
13. these are the major changes during the Longshan period in early China EXCEPT
A. introduction of metallurgy
B. expanded connections with Middle and Northern Asian society
C. political experimentation in major Longshan centers
D. the rise of first centralized empire
14. As a distinctive culinary form, the li vessels used by the Shang society in the Zhengzhou and Anyang regions during the second half of the 2nd millennium BC connected these communities to
A. Eastern Taihang plains; B. the Sichuan basin; C. the east coast; D. the Huai River basin
15. These early domesticates were discovered in the early Neolithic site of China EXCEPT
A. rice; B. millet; C. wheat; D. pigs