Lesson 19: The Political Development of Imperial China

Whom did the emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs?

Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?

Which phrase would begin the list? (high taxes, forced labor, fights between warlards) (rebellion ends Han Dynasty)

How did the Tang emperors after 618 build on the work of Sui emperors?

Some of the questions on the civil service exam were about

Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?

Which of the following dynasties ruled for the shortest time?

In a meritocracy, selection of officals was based on

To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor?

According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to

How was China after the Han Dynasty like Europe after the fall of Rome?

Several decades of chaos and division occurred between which two dynasties?

If you wanted a job in government service under the Song dynasty, which of these would you have studied?

How did the lives of some people from the lower classes change under the Song dynasty?

Which of the following artifacts came from the Ming dynasty?

Suppose 4 Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement must be true about them?

By the 1600's, the Chinese bureaucracy was unable to adapt to change. This contributed to the

Which of the following was one reason why the Yuan dynasty could not fill all government jobs with Mongols?

One weakness of China's civil service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued