Ancient and Imperial China: Silk Roads East

The religion written by Lao Tzu most directly challenged which ideology?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

Bells and instruments buried with a Nobleman are evidence of the following historical continuities in Ancient China?

• The incorporation of animism into religious practice

• The use of art to support the political power of Society elites

• The spread of trade along the Silk Road

• The practice of ancestor veneration

Currency like this contributed to the following development in early Imperial China

• Growth of the civil service

• Development of a legal system

• Expansion of military power

• Increase of political unity across a large Empire

Sacrificing your own happiness or well-being for your parents demonstrates...

• The influence of Daoism on culture

• The influence of Buddhism on social structures

• The influence of Confucianism on social structures

• the influence of Legalism on government

"...humane-ness cannot be used to achieve order in the state." this philosophy challenges which prevailing Chinese ideology?

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

During the Han Dynasty the rituals of Filial Piety directly contributed to what phenomena?

• The reinforcement of Social Hierarchy

• The spread of Buddhism

• The development of Daoist thought

• The end of ancestor veneration

This philosophy was that a young man's role was to serve his parents, respect his elders, be earnest, truthful and loving always.

• The Tao

• Filial Piety

• Ancestor Animism

• Dharma

Teaching people that they can be good, instead of expecting them to be bad, challenged which philosophy?

• Ancestor veneration

• Legalism

• Manichaeanism

• Shintoism

The passage written by Li Si was reacting to which development in 200 B.C.E.

• The decentralization of authority during the Warring States Period

• The development of Legalist ideas during the Warring States Period

• The centralization of authority during the Qin Dynasty

• The codification of laws during the Qin Dynasty

A debate about economic policy in 81 B.C.E. is evidence of the influence of this belief system.

• Brahmanism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Daoism