HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
Losing the support of the priests
|
|
A weak emperor combined with a major crisis
|
|
The emperor did not have a son
|
|
Peasants voted every 15 years on the emperor’s religious status
|
Detailed explanation-1: -If a king ruled unfairly he could lose this approval, which would result in his downfall. Overthrow, natural disasters, and famine were taken as a sign that the ruler had lost the Mandate of Heaven.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explain the actions of the Shang that caused them to lose the mandate. Actions of the Shang dynasty that caused them to lose the MOH included corruption and poor governance. The Shang king focused on his own enjoyment, as a result the Shang warriors’ refused to fight against the Zhou.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eastern Zhou moved the capital to Luoyang and continued the Western Zhou model but with an ever-increasing breakdown of the imperial Chinese government which resulted in the claim that the Zhou had lost the Mandate of Heaven.