ASIA 2260 - Quiz 8

Chinese myth-history often claims that...

• Chinese civilization began on the central plains of north China.

• Chinese culture and civilization spread outward from north China to other peoples.

• Chinese rulership has continued without stop from the time of the Sage Kings to the present.

• All of these.

Recent archeological discoveries in China...

• Do not support the traditional narrative that the Xia, Shang, and Zhou kingdoms developed on the central plains of north China.

• Support the traditional Chinese account that the central plains of north China are the sole source of Chinese culture.

• Suggest that the Xia, Shang, and Zhou kingdoms developed and competed with one another on the central plains of north China.

• All of these.

The concept of a pure, unified Chinese civilization that arises from a single source is expressed most clearly in the mythology of...

• The Purusha.

• The Yellow Emperor.

• Yu the Great.

• None of these.

Chinese mythology describes the Yellow Emperor as...

• A warrior.

• The inventor of medicine.

• A model Confucian ruler.

• All of these.

The mythology of Yu the Great attempts to answer the fundamental human question...

• How were humans created?

• How should humans worship gods and goddesses?

• What happens when humans die?

• How should humans live in the world?