China Test #1

Question 1

Prehistoric China - emergence of civilization

Answer 1

clearly documented in the north china plain

but understood that developments in agri and bronze emerged in south china

Question 2

South China to North China

Answer 2

Rice, pigs, chicken, water buffalo, bronze

Question 3

Yellow River (Plain)

Answer 3

loess was inexhaustible if water was present, advantage of north, as great as Nile, Tigris and Euphrates

Question 4

Pottery

Answer 4

Neolithic societies in NORTH China were making pottery early(er) as Southwest Asia.

Suggests necessity of storage, which suggests agriculture, surplus, and division of labor.

Question 5

Agriculture in the North

Answer 5

was probably an independent development.

millet, sheep, goats, pigs, fish
not much rice/water buffalo till 1500 BCE (not much water)

wheat, barley (diffused 4000 - 1000 BCE) and rice replaced millet by 1000 BCE as staple

Question 6

Invention of water techniques

Answer 6

river valley + delta farming by 2000 BCE

Question 7

Painted Pottery Cultures

Answer 7

(banpo people)
Yangshao, Longshao
geometric red/black design, no wheel

lasted until 1500 BCE before merging into the Shang (literate, metal-using, city building)

Question 8

Yangshao

Answer 8

from Gansu to Henan where it overlapped with Black Pottery (Longshan) culture –> wheel made, kiln fired (1000+ C)