Ancient China Dynasty Review

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

• The belief that a dynasty's "right to rule" is granted by the gods

• A set of laws written by the Emperor and priests

• The belief that China is the world's only great civilization

What is a dynasty?

• A group of rulers from the same region

• A government that lasts a long time without revolt

• A group of the Emperor's advisors

• A series of rulers from the same family

How could a dynasty lose the Mandate of Heaven?

• Losing the support of the priests

• A weak emperor combined with a major crisis

• The emperor did not have a son

• Peasants voted every 15 years on the emperor's religious status

How was China's social structure organized during the Zhou dynasty?

• The Emperor was in charge of everything and everyone

• Priests were so highly respected that they were more powerful than the Emperor

• A system in which lords paid taxes and provided soldiers to the emperor, while ruling and protecting plots of land

What was the main reason ancient Chinese lived near the rivers?

• Easy transportation near the Silk Road

• To protect against bandits in the mountains

• The rivers' periodic flooding helped farming

How could a group of people benefit under a feudal system?

• The emperor would be in complete control

• Regional lords would pay more taxes

• Peasants had to swear loyalty to lords, but lived under their protection

Why would a crisis (such as earthquakes and floods) cause a dynasty to collapse?

• Unsatisfied and angry people would blame a weak Emperor for disasters

• The emperor would lose interest in ruling people during bad times

• The priests would overthrow the emperor to satisfy the gods

Which of these is the correct order of Zhou China's basic social structure?

• Emperor, nobles, farmers

• Priests, Emperor, farmers

• Farmers, Emperor, lords

• Lords, Emperor, farmer, priests

Which dynasty used oracle bones and created a written language?

• Han

• Qin

• Shang

• Zhou

Wu Wang led a rebellion to begin this dynasty.

• Han

• Qin

• Shang

• Zhou