Zhou dynasty

What were the time periods in ancient China broken up into?

• Dynasties

• Decades

• Cycles

• Kingdoms

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

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Huang He (Yellow)
• Indus
• Yangtze
• Nile

What is the name for the system of rise and fall of Chinese ruling families?

• Dynastic Cycle
• Mandate of Heaven
• Dynastic Change
• Mandate of Dynasties

The Chinese developed a plow made out of what material that helped them to farm?

• bronze
• gold
• iron
• silver

Where is China?

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia

• South America

This belief stressed the importance of living in harmony, and staying out of government.

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism

This belief stressed that people were bad by nature, and needed to be controlled and punished.

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism