What happened to China after the fall of the Han dynasty?

China broke up into separate kingdoms.

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

foreigners, because he was a foreigner

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

By strengthening central government.

Life changed for the lower classes under the Song dynasty because,

they gained an opportunity to become a government official

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

They are members of the same family.

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Political Development of Imperial China

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7th Grade Social Studies

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1
A weakness in China's civil-service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued
wealth more than talent
freedom more than loyalty
idleness more than effort
tradition more than progress
2
According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to
be kind to their subjects
treat all people equally
expand the empire
ask everybody's opinion
3
What do the following relationships have in common: ruler/subject, father/son, husband/wife?
Both people care for children.
One person is above the other
One person is smarter than the other.
Both people are bound to the emperor
4
What happened to China after the fall of the Han dynasty?
China was taken over by tyrants.
China broke up into separate kingdoms.
Foreign trade made China wealthy.
Foreign travelers made China a Christian nation.
5
Whom did the emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs?
monks, because they were religious
soldiers, because they could keep order
scholars, because they were educated
foreigners, because he was a foreigner
6
Mongols could not fill all government jobs during the Yuan dynasty because
many lived in southern China
many had become Muslims
many could not read or write
many lacked military experience
7
How did the Tang emperors after 618 build on the work of Sui emperors?
They depended on the wisdom of foreign advisors.
They kept aristocrats out of bureaucracy.
By strengthening central government.
They granted provinces more independence.
8
Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about:
science
mathematics
poetry
business
9
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
10
Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?
priests
aristocrats
scholars
foreigners
11
Under the Song dynasty, if you wanted a government service job, which would you have studied?
the languages of Europeans
the engineering of roads
the teachings of Confucius
the laws of other nations
12
In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on
wealth
test scores
popular vote
birth
13
This dynasty first introduced civil service examinations:
Han
Tang
Song
Yuan
14
Life changed for the lower classes under the Song dynasty because,
they began having to do forced labor building canals
they were forbidden to celebrate popular holidays
they gained an opportunity to become a government official
they stopped being required to serve in the military
15
The Chinese bureaucracy was unable to adapt to change which contributed to
power of the aristocracy
overthrow of the Mongols.
the fall of the Ming dynasty
rise in business and trade
16
Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. What must be true about them?
They are members of the same family.
They were born in the same region
They belong to the same political party.
They use the same style of government.

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