--- title: China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 51 «China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / China: five thousand years and the old… # China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties The 15 questions of lesson 51 «China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 82 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t1/) — Mei says China is the oldest country, the teacher says Egypt is older. What is the wisest answer? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t2/) — mei says shes got a 3000 year old bone with writing and she can read it lol. can she? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t3/) — The teacher says «the Xia didn't exist», Mei says «it did». What should a careful historian say? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t4/) — Grandpa says the Yellow Emperor is our ancestor, the teacher says he's a myth. Which is fairest? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t5/) — If floods, famine and revolts all came in the same years, what would people under the Zhou think? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t6/) — Ugh, Mei won't shut up — «every general in the world learns Sun Tzu». True? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t7/) — A cartoon shows Laozi living to 200 and riding an ox to the stars. What is closer to history? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t8/) — Mei says China was always one big country. What would the teacher point to? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t9/) — Why did merchants once sell oracle bones in medicine shops? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t10/) — Mei says China kept silk secret for exactly 3,000 years. What is wiser to say? — right ✓ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t11/) — What would we need to prove the Xia dynasty for sure? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/e1/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the antiquity of Chinese civilisation. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/e2/) — Identify the material upon which the earliest known Chinese writing was inscribed. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the scholarly position in respect of the Xia dynasty? — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/e4/) — State the principle enunciated by Confucius hereinafter termed the golden rule. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [50. 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