Zhou Dynasty P1

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

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Yangtze

• Indus

• Nile

• Huang He (Yellow)

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

• Legalism

• Daoism

• Confucianism

The dynasty that came BEFORE the Zhou was the...

• Shang

• Qin

• Sui

• Dao

The _________ led the government and gave land to the nobels.

• King

• Farmers

• Peasants

If a king has the Mandate of Heaven this means that

• he controls Heaven.

• the god Heaven gave him the right to rule.

• he could rule without Heaven's permission.

• none of the above

The Zhou political system they developed was called

• Democracy

• Feudalism

• Oligarchy.

• Communism.

After the Zhou lost the battle to invaders the Lords started fighting each other this period was known as

• The Warring States Period.

• The Cruel War.

• The Great Civil War.

• World War 1.

Confucius's teachings focused on

• love

• respect

• war

Confucius' golden rule was

• "Love your neighbor as yourself".

• "Don't do to another what you won't have another do to you".

• Love God above all else