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By exalting the legendary sage kings (Yao, Shun, and Yu) as exemplars of virtue, Chinese moralists promoted the values of
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| | C) | social harmony, selflessness, hard work.
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| | D) | matriarchy and the home.
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The Yellow River earned its nickname "China's Sorrow" because
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| | A) | it was a turbulent river.
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| | B) | its frequent floods were very destructive to agricultural society.
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| | C) | it carried a heavy load of loess.
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| | D) | it was a common place for people to commit suicide.
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In Yangshao society (5000--3000 B.C.E.), the people
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| | A) | had fine pottery and used bone tools.
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| | B) | cultivated rice through irrigation.
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| | C) | began to use bronze tools.
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| | D) | formed the first dynasty in Chinese history.
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| | E) | none of the above.
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Many scholars believe that the dynasty of China, Xia, was not a mere legend but a real state, because
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| | A) | Erlitou, the capital of Xia, has been excavated.
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| | B) | the oracle bones of Shang mentioned the Xia kings.
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| | C) | Chinese writing has been traced back that far.
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| | D) | the Chinese legends associated the founder of Xia with flood control.
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| | E) | all of the above.
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The Shang rulers monopolized bronze technology for the purpose of
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| | A) | making superior weapons against potential competitors.
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| | B) | distributing bronze tools among the farmers.
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| | C) | preventing proliferation of weapons.
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| | D) | making works of art.
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| | E) | all of the above.
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Which of the following were not found in the Shang tomb of Fu Hao?
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According to Zhou political theory, the Zhou king overthrew the Shang dynasty because
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| | A) | the Shang lost the mandate of heaven.
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| | B) | the subjects of Shang shifted their loyalty to Zhou.
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| | C) | the last Shang king was a criminal fool.
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| | D) | the Zhou was a much larger state than the Shang.
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The Chinese king was called the "son of heaven" and served as
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| | A) | a ruler who could not be challenged.
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| | B) | a link between heaven and earth.
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| | C) | a divine king.
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| | D) | the living son of the first emperor.
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To rule an extensive territory without advanced transportation and communication technology, Zhou rulers relied on decentralized administration, which meant that
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| | A) | they entrusted power to locally elected authorities.
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| | B) | they entrusted their relatives to rule the regions of their kingdom.
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| | C) | they divided powers into three parts: legislative, judicial, and administrative.
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| | D) | the local authorities did not have to collect taxes or tribute.
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The Zhou central government was unable to monopolize the production of iron because
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| | A) | iron ore was too cheap and abundant.
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| | B) | iron weapons were of such poor quality that no one really wanted them.
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| | C) | the Zhou rulers spent too much money on bronze weaponry.
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| | D) | the production of iron was kept a secret.
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All of the following were social classes of Xia, Shang, and Zhou, except
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| | A) | hereditary aristocrats.
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| | B) | scholars and bureaucrats.
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| | C) | craftsmen and merchants.
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The tradition of venerating ancestors was firmly established during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. According to this tradition,
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| | A) | one must treat the ancestors as gods or deities.
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| | B) | one worshipped the departed ancestors for protection and good fortune.
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| | C) | one only venerated those ancestors who performed good deeds for the family.
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| | D) | one worshipped the emperor as the incarnation of one's ancestors.
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| | E) | all of the above.
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In practice, the veneration of ancestors reinforced the authority of the patriarchal head of the family because
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| | A) | only male ancestors were the subjects of worship.
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| | B) | female members of the family did not participate in honoring ancestors.
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| | C) | it was the patriarch who presided at the rites honoring ancestors.
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| | D) | only male ancestors were reincarnated.
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| | E) | all of the above.
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During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties China experienced the shift from a matrilineal society to a patrilineal society. This shift was caused by
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| | A) | settled agriculture.
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| | B) | the rise of large states.
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| | C) | bronze metallurgy.
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| | D) | the appearance of writing.
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During the early dynasties, Chinese diviners used oracle bones
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| | A) | as objects of art.
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| | B) | as drugs to cure people's diseases.
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| | C) | to record manuals of etiquette.
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| | D) | to predict the future and answer questions.
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| | E) | none of the above.
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From Shang times until today, Chinese writing is primarily |
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| | B) | pictographic. |
| | C) | phonetic. |
| | D) | untranslated. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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All but one of the following were part of Zhou literature: |
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| | B) | manuals of divination and ritual |
| | C) | books of etiquette |
| | D) | books of religious teaching |
| | E) | political histories |
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The nomadic peoples to the north and west of China did not imitate Chinese ways because
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| | A) | they did not speak Chinese.
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| | B) | the grassy steppe lands were not suitable for agriculture or permanent settlement.
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| | C) | the Chinese were their enemies.
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| | D) | they had little exposure to the Chinese society.
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During the Zhou dynasty China expanded into the Yangzi River valley primarily through
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| | A) | military conquest and colonization.
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| | B) | migration and assimilation.
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| | C) | interracial marriage.
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| | D) | sending missionaries to convert them.
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| | E) | all of the above.
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The state of Chu
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| | A) | was an autonomous state to the south of the Zhou state.
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| | B) | refused to accept Chinese traditions and writing system.
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| | C) | established a society radically different from that of north China.
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| | D) | conquered the Zhou, ending the dynasty.
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| | E) | none of the above.
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