Which of these explanations best describes the Mandate of Heaven? a. The belief only people who were descendants of the Zhou Dynasty should become nders b. The belief that everything in nature is ordained by the heavens. The belief if a person lived an ethical life, he or she would be rewarded the dat d. The belief that the heavens approved of the emperor and his dynasty

The tea party movement is a. an official third party that challenges both democrats and republicans in national elections. b. an organized challenge to incumbents in the republican party by the most conservative wing of the republican party. c. an organized challenge to incumbents in the democratic party by the most liberal wing of the democratic party. d. an offspring of the green party that runs for state and local office in many midwestern states. e. the now defunct party that gave way to the republican party at the end of the “second party system.”