How Did the First Zhou Rulers Justify Their Overthrow of the Shang

question 28

Multiple Choice

How did the first Zhou rulers justify their overthrow of the Shang?

• A)By maintaining strict surveillance over the people.
• B)By maintaining strict control over both weapons and religious objects.
• C)By convincing the people that they ruled through a mandate from heaven.
• D)By keeping most of the population illiterate and tied to the land.
• E)By monopolizing the trade in metals, salt, and silks.

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Definitions:

Auditory Canal

A tube-like structure that leads from the outer ear to the eardrum, conducting sound waves to the eardrum.

Semicircular Canal

Structures in the inner ear involved in maintaining balance and sensing motion.

Cochlea

A spiral-shaped, fluid-filled inner ear structure responsible for transforming sound waves into electrical signals that the brain interprets as sound.

Cochlea

A spiral-shaped, fluid-filled inner ear structure that is crucial for sound transduction, leading to the perception of sound.