Which of the following is true about the religious practices of ancient china and the ancient indus valley civilization?

they worshipped the same gods.
they built pyramids.
they were polytheistic.
they were monotheistic.

which of the following explains how the mandate of heaven was used?

to limit the power of the ruler
to justify the power of the ruler
to keep the ruling powers within one family
to expand the powers of the nobility

which of the following was a factor in whether or not a dynasty had the mandate of heaven?

the wealth of a ruling dynasty
the spiritual commitment of a ruling dynasty
the religious level of a ruling dynasty
the strength of a ruling dynasty

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.