Question 1

In what way might a ruler lose the "mandate of heaven"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adultery or incest. 
B)  Failing to personally lead his armies in battle. 
C)  Failing to stop invaders. 
D)  Excessive taxation. 
E)  Disrespect to mandarins. 
A)  Adultery or incest. 
B)  Failing to personally lead his armies in battle. 
C)  Failing to stop invaders. 
D)  Excessive taxation. 
E)  Disrespect to mandarins.

Question 2

Explain the influence of the ideal of education on Chinese culture.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a discus

Question 3

The early Chinese dynasties managed to control warfare and the people's religion by

Accepted Answer

A)  maintaining strict surveillance over the people. 
B)  maintaining strict control over both weapons and religious objects. 
C)  convincing the people that they ruled with the blessings of heaven. 
D)  keeping most of the population illiterate and tied to the land. 
E)  monopolizing the trade in metals, salt, and silks. 
A)  maintaining strict surveillance over the people. 
B)  maintaining strict control over both weapons and religious objects. 
C)  convincing the people that they ruled with the blessings of heaven. 
D)  keeping most of the population illiterate and tied to the land. 
E)  monopolizing the trade in metals, salt, and silks.

Question 4

Daoism began as

Accepted Answer

A)  an outgrowth of the Legalist cause. 
B)  a mysterious, supernatural religion. 
C)  a philosophy of the educated classes. 
D)  a superstition of the peasants. 
E)  an attempt to implement Confucian ideas. 
A)  an outgrowth of the Legalist cause. 
B)  a mysterious, supernatural religion. 
C)  a philosophy of the educated classes. 
D)  a superstition of the peasants. 
E)  an attempt to implement Confucian ideas.

Question 5

Highly educated corps of Confucian officials were known as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Highly educated corps of Confucian officials were...

Question 6

____________________ was popularized during the centuries of breakdown in Zhou authority.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was popularized during the centuries of...

Exam 6: Ancient China to 221 BCE

In what way might a ruler lose the "mandate of heaven"?

Explain the influence of the ideal of education on Chinese culture.

The early Chinese dynasties managed to control warfare and the people's religion by

Daoism began as

Highly educated corps of Confucian officials were known as ____________________.

____________________ was popularized during the centuries of breakdown in Zhou authority.

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