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