Ancient China

Where did civilization FIRST begin in China

• Huang He (Yellow) River

• Yangtze River

• Indus River

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Who did the "mandate of heaven" refer to?

• gods

• The emperor

• peasants

• officials and the emperor

In the Mandate of Heaven, where did the kings' right to rule come from?

• the people

• the army

• the bureaucracy

• the gods

Which dynasty was China's first?

• Zhou

• Shang

• Qin

• Han

What were the 3 most practices religions in Ancient China?

• Confucianism

  Taoism

  Buddhism

• Osiris

  Isis

  Afterlife

• Christianity

  Legalism

  Confucianism

Who was the founder of Daoism (Taoism)?

• Confucius

• Wu Wang

• Laozi

• Hanfeizi

What mountain ranges separates China from India?

• The Alps

• The Himalayas

• The Andes

• The Urals

This belief stressed that people were bad by nature, and needed to be controlled and punished.

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Daoism

What were oracle bones used for?

• Cooking

• Building the Great Wall of China

• Telling stories

• Asking for advice from the gods and predicting the future

How did the Zhou dynasty justify their right to overthrow the Shang dynasty?

• They claimed that the gods had given the Zhou the Mandate of Heaven.

• They said the Shang king no longer honored his ancestors

• They claimed that the oracle bones proved them to be the proper kings

• They said there would be no more floods or famines under their rule.