Unit 3 Part 1 - Classical India, China, and Persia

How did the Shang Dynasty try to predict the future?

• By producing music

• By using oracle bones

• By reading the stars

• By reading the teachings of Confucius

What was happening in China when Confucius was alive?

• Political unrest and several states competing for control of China

• Peaceful government and Mongolian rule

• Foreign invaders had conquered China and ruled over it

• The aristocracy was revolting

The Silk Road caused what?

• cultural diffusion

• religious existentialism

• free-enterprise system

• dictatorships

Dynasties in China were usually started by strong and capable rulers at first but were followed by?

• Weak rulers

• Kings

• Aristocrats

• Congress

Which group believed in a powerful and efficient government was essential to establishing rule?

• Taoists

• Confucians

• Legalists

• Tibetans

The Mandate of Heaven said a ruler must possess virtues of justice, benevolence, and _________.

• Classic Truth

• Sincerity

• Wealth

• Visions

Confucius beleived in

• Social Order

• Natural order

• Political Order

Lao Tzu believed in

• Social Order

• Natural Order

• Political Order

Which is the correct chronology of Chinese dynasties?

• Qin, Han, Zhou

• Han, Zhou, Qin

• Han, Qin, Zhou

• Zhou, Qin, Han

What contributed to the development of classical civilizations during the Han Dynasty?

• Shintoism

• Confucianism

• Sikhism

• Stoicism