Ancient China

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

____ is fine, windblown yellow soil

• Loess
• Clan
• Oracle Bone
• Yangzi

Confucius believed respect for parents, or _____, was very important to the relationships.

• civil service system
• mandate of heaven
• filial piety
• dynastic cycle

What was the name of China's FIRST dynasty?

• Shang
• Zhou
• Hanfeizi
• Huang He

Line of rulers from the same family

• Legalism
• long Chinese line
• filial piety
• dynasty

A symbol in a writing system based on pictures

• ideograph
• pictograph
• bureaucracy
• currency

A philosophy based on respect for elders and authority. 

• Daoism
• Legalism
• Confucianism
• Qin

What were oracle bones used for?

• Cooking

• Telling stories

• Building the Great Wall of China

• Predicting the future

What is the central idea of Daoism

• Duty to community

• Living a simple and natural existence

• Enforcing laws with harsh punishments

• Humans are naturally evil

Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns

• Daoism
• Legalism
• Confucianism
• Zhou