Human Legacy Course/Quiz 14

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{Historians believe Chinese civilization began in the _______________________ valley where people started growing crops about 9,000 years ago. |type="()"} -Himalaya -Gobi +Huang He -Analects

{Fine dusty soil called _______________________ in the valley of Huang He contributed to fertile farming conditions in China. |type="()"} -Laozi +Loess -Shang -Analects

{The _______________________, the world’s tallest mountains, separate China from India and from the rest of southern Asia. |type="()"} +Himalayas -Gobi -Analects -Rockies

{The _______________________, a vast desert, provided protection from enemies who would invade China from the west. |type="()"} -Shang -Sahara -Laozi +Gobi

{Most historians date the beginning of early Chinese civilization to the rise of the _______________________ dynasty. |type="()"} -Zhou -Qin +Shang -Laozi

{The use of _______________________ bones to ask questions of one’s ancestors led to the development of Chinese writing. |type="()"} -Laozi +Oracle -Zhou -Buffalo

{The Zhou introduced the idea called the _______________________ to explain why the Shang were overthrown. |type="()"} +Mandate of Heaven -Analects -Confucius -Decline of Heaven

{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. |type="()"} -Laozi +Confucius -Siddhartha Gautama -Daoism

{Confucian thoughts on how to improve society were later colleced in a book called the _______________________. |type="()"} -Gita -Vedas -Torah +Analects

{The philosopher __________________________ wrote an influential book about Daoist beliefs called the Dao De Jing. |type="()"} +Laozi -Confucius -Siddhartha -Newton