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What is the purpose of the Mandate of Heaven?
What is the purpose of the Mandate of Heaven?
- To establish a permanent right to rule for a dynasty
- To grant the emperor the right to rule based on virtue (correct)
- To ensure the emperor remains in power through force
- To determine the length of an emperor's rule
According to the Mandate of Heaven, how many emperors could there be at any given time?
According to the Mandate of Heaven, how many emperors could there be at any given time?
- No limit
- Two
- One (correct)
- Three
What is a sign that a particular ruler had lost the Mandate of Heaven?
What is a sign that a particular ruler had lost the Mandate of Heaven?
- Peasant uprisings (correct)
- Economic prosperity
- Foreign aid
- Increased agricultural productivity
How does the Mandate of Heaven differ from the European concept of the Divine Right of Kings?
How does the Mandate of Heaven differ from the European concept of the Divine Right of Kings?
What determines the emperor's right to rule based on the Mandate of Heaven?
What determines the emperor's right to rule based on the Mandate of Heaven?
Which of the following was NOT a sign that a ruler had lost the Mandate of Heaven?
Which of the following was NOT a sign that a ruler had lost the Mandate of Heaven?
What was the primary commodity that the Chinese sent to the West along the Silk Road?
What was the primary commodity that the Chinese sent to the West along the Silk Road?
Why did China have a monopoly in silk production?
Why did China have a monopoly in silk production?
What factor contributed to the high price of silk?
What factor contributed to the high price of silk?
What did the tiny moth, Bombyx mori, contribute to China's dominance in the silk industry?
What did the tiny moth, Bombyx mori, contribute to China's dominance in the silk industry?
Why was silk considered valuable beyond its beauty and strength?
Why was silk considered valuable beyond its beauty and strength?
In economics, what does the term 'monopoly' refer to?
In economics, what does the term 'monopoly' refer to?
What did the Chinese traders bring to China from the West along the Silk Road?
What did the Chinese traders bring to China from the West along the Silk Road?
Why did China have a monopoly in silk production?
Why did China have a monopoly in silk production?
Which factor contributed to the high price of silk?
Which factor contributed to the high price of silk?
What made silk particularly valuable beyond its beauty and strength?
What made silk particularly valuable beyond its beauty and strength?
What is a monopoly in economics?
What is a monopoly in economics?
What was the primary commodity that the Chinese sent to the West along the Silk Road?
What was the primary commodity that the Chinese sent to the West along the Silk Road?
