The Chinese Referred to Oracles to Foretell the Future by

question 65

Multiple Choice

The Chinese referred to oracles to foretell the future by

• A)Reading the signs made by the calls of owls at night.
• B)Animal sacrifice rituals.
• C)Reading the ash of burned poppy leaves.
• D)Interpreting the cracks resulting from placing a heated poker on the shoulder blade bone of cattle, turtle shells, and plastrons.
• E)Burning the ashes of ancestors.

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Definitions:

Parasympathetic

Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for rest and digestion, counterbalancing the sympathetic system.

Sympathetic

Relating to the sympathy, characterized by feelings of compassion or commiseration towards others.

Peripheral

Relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something; not central.

Cerebral Hemispheric Specialization

The notion that different functions or cognitive processes are more dominant in one hemisphere of the brain than the other.