A) Xiongnu
B) Shang
C) Zhou
D) Yangzi
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A) They were often men and women taken as war captives.
B) They were people who were in debt to the king.
C) They were orphans who were taken by the king and sold into slavery.
D) They were the king's former concubines, who were often sold into slavery.
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A) Merchants' shops
B) Farms
C) Temples
D) Industrial areas
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A) Iron
B) Steel
C) Bronze
D) Bone
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A) people will always be corrupted by experience.
B) human nature is fundamentally good.
C) there is no point in trying to change human nature.
D) people are born selfish and greedy but can be trained to be good.
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A) Proof of education
B) Labor service
C) Worship of the emperor
D) Animal sacrifice
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A) A concept of complementary poles, one of which represents the feminine, dark, and receptive, and the other the masculine, bright, and assertive.
B) One of the earliest Chinese books, containing documents, speeches, and historical accounts about early Zhou rule.
C) A powerful mechanical bow developed during the Warring States Period.
D) A stylized animal face commonly seen in Chinese bronzes.
E) Political theorists who emphasized the need for rigorous laws and laid the basis for China's later bureaucratic government.
F) The theory that Heaven gives the king a mandate to rule only as long as he rules in the interests of the people.
G) The earliest collection of Chinese poetry; it provides glimpses of what life was like in the early Zhou Dynasty.
H) Soil deposited by wind; it is fertile and easy to work.
I) Humanity, the ultimate Confucian virtue; it is translated as perfect goodness, benevolence, humanity, human-heartedness, and nobility.
J) Reverent attitude of children to their parents extolled by Confucius.
K) The Way, a term used by Daoists to refer to the natural order and by Confucians to refer to the moral order.
L) A system of writing in which each word is represented by a single symbol, such as the Chinese script.
M) One of the Shang Dynasty capitals from which the Shang kings ruled for more than two centuries.
N) The lower ranks of Chinese aristocracy; these men could serve in either military or civil capacities.
O) The time in Chinese history between 403 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E. when states fought each other and one state after another was destroyed.
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A) It serves as the best source for understanding everyday life at various social levels.
B) It explains the complexity of the Mandate of Heaven.
C) It tells the story of China's first musicians.
D) It is a political manual much like India's Arthashastra.
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A) Traveled more
B) Knew less
C) Learned to read
D) Developed new tools
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A) All were constructed from wood and few exist today.
B) They were quite simple compared with those of other ancient civilizations.
C) Their contents reveal that the Shang practiced human sacrifice.
D) The coffins indicate that bodies of nobility were partly mummified.
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A) The second text written by Laozi that discussed politics
B) A work that questioned whether life was better than death
C) A text written to refute the ideas of Confucius
D) An essay that concerned itself mostly with political thought
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A) A concept of complementary poles, one of which represents the feminine, dark, and receptive, and the other the masculine, bright, and assertive.
B) One of the earliest Chinese books, containing documents, speeches, and historical accounts about early Zhou rule.
C) A powerful mechanical bow developed during the Warring States Period.
D) A stylized animal face commonly seen in Chinese bronzes.
E) Political theorists who emphasized the need for rigorous laws and laid the basis for China's later bureaucratic government.
F) The theory that Heaven gives the king a mandate to rule only as long as he rules in the interests of the people.
G) The earliest collection of Chinese poetry; it provides glimpses of what life was like in the early Zhou Dynasty.
H) Soil deposited by wind; it is fertile and easy to work.
I) Humanity, the ultimate Confucian virtue; it is translated as perfect goodness, benevolence, humanity, human-heartedness, and nobility.
J) Reverent attitude of children to their parents extolled by Confucius.
K) The Way, a term used by Daoists to refer to the natural order and by Confucians to refer to the moral order.
L) A system of writing in which each word is represented by a single symbol, such as the Chinese script.
M) One of the Shang Dynasty capitals from which the Shang kings ruled for more than two centuries.
N) The lower ranks of Chinese aristocracy; these men could serve in either military or civil capacities.
O) The time in Chinese history between 403 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E. when states fought each other and one state after another was destroyed.
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A) A concept of complementary poles, one of which represents the feminine, dark, and receptive, and the other the masculine, bright, and assertive.
B) One of the earliest Chinese books, containing documents, speeches, and historical accounts about early Zhou rule.
C) A powerful mechanical bow developed during the Warring States Period.
D) A stylized animal face commonly seen in Chinese bronzes.
E) Political theorists who emphasized the need for rigorous laws and laid the basis for China's later bureaucratic government.
F) The theory that Heaven gives the king a mandate to rule only as long as he rules in the interests of the people.
G) The earliest collection of Chinese poetry; it provides glimpses of what life was like in the early Zhou Dynasty.
H) Soil deposited by wind; it is fertile and easy to work.
I) Humanity, the ultimate Confucian virtue; it is translated as perfect goodness, benevolence, humanity, human-heartedness, and nobility.
J) Reverent attitude of children to their parents extolled by Confucius.
K) The Way, a term used by Daoists to refer to the natural order and by Confucians to refer to the moral order.
L) A system of writing in which each word is represented by a single symbol, such as the Chinese script.
M) One of the Shang Dynasty capitals from which the Shang kings ruled for more than two centuries.
N) The lower ranks of Chinese aristocracy; these men could serve in either military or civil capacities.
O) The time in Chinese history between 403 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E. when states fought each other and one state after another was destroyed.
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A) Great heroism from every man under command
B) That orders by commanders be followed without question
C) A leader who believed that surrender was the greatest dishonor
D) A king who was willing to lead troops into battle
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