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

They gained an opportunity to become government officials.

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

They are members of the same family.

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

They strengthened the central government.

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

foreigners, because he was a foreigner.

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

It broke into separate kingdoms.

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7th Grade Ch. 15

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1
What was the first event that eventually led to the rebellion that ended the Han dynasty?
strong imperial rule.
foreign attacks.
dishonest bureaucracy.
civil service examination.
2
One weakness of China’s civil service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued
idleness more than effort.
tradition more than progress.
wealth more than talent.
freedom more than loyalty.
3
How did the lives of some people from the lower classes change under the Song dynasty?
They were forbidden to celebrate popular holidays.
They stopped being required to serve in the military.
They began having to do forced labor building canals.
They gained an opportunity to become government officials.
4
In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on
birth.
popular vote.
test scores.
wealth.
5
If you wanted a job in government service under the Song dynasty, which of these would you have studied?
the languages of Europeans.
the engineering of roads.
the laws of other nations.
the teachings of Confucius.
6
Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about
mathematics.
business.
poetry.
science.
7
Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?
scholars.
priests.
foreigners.
aristocrats.
8
To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor?
when he ruled badly.
when he became unpopular.
when citizens wanted a change.
never at any time.
9
According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to
ask everybody's opinion.
expand the empire.
be kind to their subjects.
treat all people equally.
10
Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement must be true about them?
They use the same style of government.
They are members of the same family.
They were born in the same region.
They belong to the same polical party.
11
How did the Tang emperors after 618 build on the work of Sui emperors?
They strengthened the central government.
They kept aristocrats out of the bureaucracy.
They granted provinces more independence.
They depended on the wisdom of foreign advisors.
12
By the 1600s, the Chinese bureaucracy was unable to adapt to change. This contributed to the
overthrow of the Mongols.
rise in business and trade.
fall of the Ming dynasty.
power of the aristocracy.
13
Whom did the emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs?
foreigners, because he was a foreigner.
scholars, because they were educated.
soldiers, because they could keep order.
monks, because they were religious.
14
How was China after the Han dynasty like Europe after the fall of Rome?
It adopted a different religion.
It was governed by harsh tyrants.
It grew rich through foreign trade.
It broke into separate kingdoms.
15
Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?
Han.
Yuan.
Song.
Tang.
16
Which of the following was one reason why the Yuan dynasty could not fill all government jobs with Mongols?
Many lacked military experience.
Many had become Muslims.
Many could not read or write.
Many lived in southern China.

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