Chapter 8 Study Guide

A _______ is a set of beliefs about the world and how to live.

• philosophy

• religion

• science

• myth

_______ is the devotion of children to their parents.

• Filial piety

• Parental guidance

• Sibling rivalry

• Maternal instinct

_______ are military rulers of small states.

• Warlords

• Generals

• Governors

• Commanders

_______ is honoring the spirits of dead relatives.

• Ancestor worship

• Ancestor painting

• Ancestor singing

• Ancestor dancing

Major achievements of the Shang: _______ and _______.

• written language and bronze metalworking

• agriculture and pottery

• architecture and mathematics

• philosophy and astronomy

Deserts and mountains _______ China from other civilizations. This affected their culture because they didn't have any outside influences.

• isolated

• connected

• separated

• united

When bad things happened, this might mean that the ruler had lost the _______.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Divine Right

• Royal Charter

• Sovereign Power

Having a network of roads helped the Chinese _______ and _______.

• travel and trade

• cook and clean

• sing and dance

• read and write

Technological achievements during the Zhou dynasty: _______, _______, _______.

• coins, crossbow, iron

• paper, gunpowder, compass

• printing, silk, porcelain

• wheelbarrow, seismograph, abacus

If you honored your _______, they would guide and protect you.

• ancestors

• friends

• neighbors

• colleagues