Human Legacy Course/Quiz 14

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1 Historians believe Chinese civilization began in the _______________________ valley where people started growing crops about 9,000 years ago.

Himalaya
Gobi
Huang He
Analects

2 Fine dusty soil called _______________________ in the valley of Huang He contributed to fertile farming conditions in China.

Laozi
Loess
Shang
Analects

3 The _______________________, the world’s tallest mountains, separate China from India and from the rest of southern Asia.

Himalayas
Gobi
Analects
Rockies

4 The _______________________, a vast desert, provided protection from enemies who would invade China from the west.

Shang
Sahara
Laozi
Gobi

5 Most historians date the beginning of early Chinese civilization to the rise of the _______________________ dynasty.

Zhou
Qin
Shang
Laozi

6 The use of _______________________ bones to ask questions of one’s ancestors led to the development of Chinese writing.

Laozi
Oracle
Zhou
Buffalo

7 The Zhou introduced the idea called the _______________________ to explain why the Shang were overthrown.

Mandate of Heaven
Analects
Confucius
Decline of Heaven

8 It was _______________________ who said that a leader should be advised by qualified, well-informed people, which led Chinese emperors to select advisors based on merit rather than on birth.

Laozi
Confucius
Siddhartha Gautama
Daoism

9 Confucian thoughts on how to improve society were later colleced in a book called the _______________________.

Gita
Vedas
Torah
Analects

10 The philosopher __________________________ wrote an influential book about Daoist beliefs called the Dao De Jing.

Laozi
Confucius
Siddhartha
Newton