What characteristics of early Chinese culture, belief and social organization began to develop in the Shang period?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The supreme importance of family, the reverence shown to ancestors and the aged by the young, the salient responsibility for ensuring general prosperity belongs to the ruler and his household, the emphasis on how the earthly practical tasks performed by the kings and their governments were at least as important as their religious roles, and the importance of education (literacy).
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President Jefferson fought back against John Marshall’s Supreme Court
a. by appealing to ideals of fair play. b. by supporting impeachment of one of Jefferson’s opponents on the Court. c. by proposing the abolition of the Supreme Court. d. by proposing compromise to Marshall. e. none of these choices.
Most Spanish colonists were __________
a. members of wealthy families b. more racially tolerant than their English counterparts c. unconcerned about economic opportunities d. unwilling to have contact with native groups e. incredibly racist
Which crucial event took place in 410?
a. The onslaught of the Huns under Attila. b. The sack of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric. c. The seizure of Spain by the Vandals. d. The occupation of Gaul by the Franks. e. The march across the frozen Danube River by the Visigoths.
Little is known about the early Germanic tribes that lived in northern and central Europe and crossed into the Roman empire because
a. any written history about them was destroyed in the sack of Rome. b. no civilization considered the Germanic peoples worth recording or writing about. c. the early Germanic peoples had no written language. d. as migrating tribes, little is known about their culture. e. there is no history of them in the records of the Baghdad libraries.