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The two major rivers of China proper are the __.
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Yellow and the Yangzi
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In ______, Sun Wu analyzed battle strategy and tactics and discussed how to win without fighting.
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The Art of War
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The first Chinese dynasty to have writing, metal working, and cities was the _______.
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Shang
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The collection known as the Songs of Chu consists of __.
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fantastical poems concerning elusive deities and shamans who inhabit the vast spirit world
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Chinese writing originated in __.
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Shang divination symbols
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The "taotie" is the most problematic of Shang artistic motifs because __.
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scholars cannot connect it with a single meaning or ritual purpose
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The Legalists are so named because of their __.
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emphasis on the need for rigorous laws
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In a logographic writing system,
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each symbol represents a word
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________ scorned the Confucian idea that government could be based on virtue. Instead, rulers must establish clear laws and prohibitions and automatic punishments.
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Han Feizi
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The system of thought that centered on the need to find a balance between feminine and masculine, yielding and assertive, weak and strong, is known as
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Yin and Yang
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The capital of the Shang dynasty was this city.
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Anyang
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To communicate with dead ancestors or the high gods, the priests serving the Shang rulers interpreted_________.
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oracle bones
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The ruler(s) of China who set up a system of decentralized, feudal governmental structure was (were) the __.
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Zhou
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The Chinese Yangzi River valley is best suited to __.
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rice cultivation
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the following adopt the Chinese writing system a. Japan b. Korea c. Japan
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except Thailand
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Shang kings appear to have been very interested in __.
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lavish underground tombs
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The Chinese form of script writing based on a single symbol for each word is called __.
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Logographic
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Overall, it is believed that the Chinese writing system that evolved in the Shang period a wide range of people
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allowed for communication among
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Bronze, in Shang times, was __.
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used more for ritual than for war
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King Wen, King Wu, and the Duke of Zhou are the founders of the Zhou dynasty, whose accomplishments are described in __.
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The Book of Documents
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A Taotie is __.
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A stylized animal face.
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Which of the following did the most to extend the geographical boundaries of Chinese civilization?
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The Warring States
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In contrast to the Confucian emphasis on ritual, _______ argued that every idea and practice should be evaluated on the basis of its utility.
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Mozi
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Which of the following was NOT a prominent Zhou ruler?
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King Yao
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The Zhou solution to ruling a huge territory was to __.
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create a decentralized, feudal system.
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By the late Zhou period this state had absorbed fifty or more smaller states and led China in terms of cultural and literary innovation.
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Chu
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Because of constant warfare among powerful nobles, the Zhou capital was moved to __.
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Luoyang
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Confucius' main goal was to __.
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serve as an advisor and moral philosopher to a ruler
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Daoism was based on the belief that __.
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the natural state was one of ignorance and contentment
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In Confucian terminology the word Junzi meant:
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A man of moral cultivation
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All of the following were features of Shang civilization a. the use of oracle bones crossbows c. large settlements with structures built upon rammed-earth foundations d. chariot-driven armies.
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EXCEPT large armies of infantry armed with
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In the fourth century B.C.E., Lord Shang reorganized the state of Qin according to the principles of this philosophic school.
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Legalist
