Question

Linguistically, China is:

a.
An amalgam of Telugu speakers and speakers of Old Jurchen.

b.
Dominated historically by speakers of the Champa (literary Viet) dialect.

c.
Divided into regions that have come to share an official spoken and written language.

d.
Divided into regions that historically have never been able to communicate in writing with each other.

e.
None of the above.

2)According to Rhodes Murphey, East Asians in general and Chinese in particular view nature as:

a.
Something essentially irrelevant, as human affairs are what divide civilizations from barbarity.

b.
Something to be subjugated, since the gods have assigned men the job of taming its wildness.

c.
Something to be cherished and made more fruitful, if possible.

d.
Something to be despoiled, to which end the gods have given humankind dominion over it.

e.
Something to be feared, since in its capricious rage it has the power to destroy human achievements.

Answer 1

1. c. Divided into regions that have come to share an official spoken and written language

China as a territory has had and still has lot of different ethnic groups, which also have different languages. In the past, this has made problems with the communication, with the Mandarin, Mongol, Turkic, Tibetan, and many more languages being very different from one another, so the people were not able to understand each other. Over time this has changed though, and as China became the country that it is nowadays, an official language was implemented and everyone was obligated to use it as official language, while the languages used regionally remained to be used as secondary languages.

2. c. Something to be cherished and made more fruitful, if possible

The East Asians, in general, have traditionally had a very good relation with the nature. This has been their cultural trait, which can also be seen in the religions and teachings they have been practicing, all of which propagate good and harmonious relations with the nature. The main reason behid this is that the East Asians have realized since long time ago that the people are part of nature, and the nature is crucial for their survival and it is what provides them with everything for living, thus they were showing it the respect and care it deserved.