What role did Chinese philosophy and government play in Enlightenment debates over state and society?
What will be an ideal response?
a. Role Of Chinese philosophy and government
1. Voltaire
a. Confucianism attracted him as a philosophical alternative to
organized religion
b. Chinese conviction that the universe is orderly, rational, and
intelligible through observation
c. endorsement of the power of the class of professional intellectuals
d. absolute power of the Chinese state, he saw a force for good
2. Chinese government
a. "enlightened despotism" would favor the people rather than elites
b. Chinese models seemed to be shaping European political thought
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The pharaohs used a group of noble and priestly officials to govern and divided the kingdom into administrative districts called ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Diffusion
a. refers to the taming and changing of plants and animals by humans. b. refers to the securing of more food and resources from a smaller area of land than was possible with a gathering and hunting technology. c. refers to the slow colonization of new lands by agricultural peoples as growing populations and pressures to expand pushed them outward. d. refers to the gradual spread of the techniques of agriculture, and perhaps the plants and animals themselves, without the extensive movement of agricultural people.
laissez-faire
What will be an ideal response?
What type of aid did the United States extend to the Chinese Nationalists during China's revolution in the late 1940s?
A. The U.S. offered direct military intervention. B. The U.S. offered diplomatic intervention only. C. The U.S. offered both economic and diplomatic aid. D. The U.S. took no action in China at that time.