World History

Loess was...

• Dust from gold ore, which was used for paint

• A leafy green vegetable used for food

• A rich dust blown in from Central Asia

• A kind of moss used for fuel

The Chinese acquired silk by...

• Raising silkworms and pioneering silk cloth production

• Importing raw silk from Europe

• Conquering the neighboring Mongol regions

• Hiring Japanese labor to work in textile mills

The first writing in China that survived was...

• Etched in oracle bones

• Etched in clay tablets

• Written on paper

• Inscribed on buildings

During the Shang period, ancestor worship became important because...

• Ancestors had special influence with the gods

• It was a way of spreading Chinese rule to other East Asian societies

• Ancestors were necessary to ensure the birth of male children

• It allowed people to claim specific inheritance of property

The Shang elite were which part of society?

• Warriors

• Priests

• Scholars

• Merchants

The Mandate of Heaven meant that the ruler retained the right to rule as long as...

• He remained the strongest in the kingdom

• He remained a wise and principled guardian of his people

• He produced a male heir

• He kept the loyalty of the military

Significant insight into the lives, activities, and feelings of early Chinese people of the Zhou period is available to scholars because of...

• Oracle bones

• Long-lasting archaeological remains

• The Mandate of Heaven

• The Book of Songs

Confucius' writings were handed down orally for several generations before it was compiled in written form as...

• Book of Documents

• Book of Songs

• Book of Changes

• Analects

To Confucius, the fundamental element of society was the...

• King

• City

• Maintenance of Tradition

• Family

The greatest rival of Confucianism was...

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Rationalism

• Moism