Chinese Dynasties & Philosophies

What was the Dynastic Cycle?

• Process by which scholars were chosen for civil service.
• The process where a Dynasty rises, becomes corrupt, and this is a reason for a new dynasty to rise up and overthrow the previous Dynasty.  
• The process of God choosing the ruler.
• The process of children gaining education.

According to the Mandate of Heaven, a ruler would stay in power as long as he...?

• Obeys the priests
• controlled an army
• governed justly and truly
• conquered new territories

The right of a Chinese Dynasty to rule with the blessings of the Gods is called...?

• The Mandate of Heaven
• The Dynastic Cycle
• The Heavenly Commandments
• The Oracle Bones

The Mandate of Heaven

• justified the changing of dynasties
• justified rebelling against the ruling family
• justified waging war against neighboring societies
• justified putting down rebellions with swift violence

Confucius’ teachings developed in China during –

• The Shang Dynasty
• The Zhou Dynasty
• The Qin Dynasty
• The Tang Dynasty

What is a dynasty?

• a succession of rulers from the same family
• A reality TV show
• Monarchy
• a family business

Which dynasty developed a system of writing?

• XIA
• SHANG
• ZHOU
• HAN

The dynasty that ruled China for the longest period of time was the

• Qin Dynasty
• Zhou Dynasty
• Shang Dynasty
• Han Dynasty

China gets its name from which dynasty that conquered and brought all of eastern China  under its control

• Qin Dynasty
• Zhou Dynasty
• Shang Dynasty
• Han Dynasty

During this dynasty Chinese people began to use bronze weapons, worship their    ancestors, use oracle bones to predict the future, and use war chariots

• Qin Dynasty
• Zhou Dynasty
• Shang Dynasty
• Han Dynasty