APMWH Ch. 3 Quiz 2 2020 China First Dynasties Quiz

The Chinese acquired silk by

• encouraging Chinese “silk pirates” who raided merchant shipping.

• importing raw silk from Europe.

• hiring Japanese labor to work in textile mills.

• conquering the neighboring Mongol regions.

• raising silkworms and pioneering silk cloth production.

What does the practice of feng shui accomplish?

• it is part of the process of silk production

• it orients buildings in harmony with the terrain and the forces of nature

• it scares away ghosts of the ancestors

• it is a treatment in traditional Chinese medicine

• it is a term for “Divine Judgment,” a kind of karmic response from Heaven

The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1766–1045 BCE) were the

• Shang

• Zhou

• Xia

• Magyars

Characteristics of the supreme god Di in Shang religion include all of the following EXCEPT

• Di is not approachable by humans.

• Di unleashes the power of storms.

• Di is concerned with the fate of humans.

• Di will be in the same supernatural sphere as other spirits when humans die.

• Di will intervene on behalf of humans by the pleas of their ancestors.

he Shang elite were what part of society?

• warriors

• priests

• scholars

• merchants

• farmers

Other than oracle bones, one of the main sources of information on Shang China is/are

• records from western traders reporting the wealth of north China.

• The Book of Records.

• mummies

• royal and elite tombs

• excavation of cities

The people and dynasty that created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule were the

• Shang

• Zhou

• Xia

• Magyars

The Mandate of Heaven meant that the ruler retained the right to rule as long as

• he remained the strongest in the kingdom.

• he remained a wise and principled guardian of his people.

• he performed the correct ritual sacrifices.

• he produced a male heir.

• he kept the loyalty of the military.

Compared with the Shang dynasty god, Di, the Zhou main god Tian was

• much more demanding and harsh.

• compassionate and understanding.

• equally uninvolved in the affairs of humans.

• punishing and moody.

• generous and wise

Who wrote the Art of War?

• Luoyang

• Wu

• Cheng

• Sun Tzu