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WHA Ch. 7: The Political Development of Imperial China
WHA Ch. 7: The Political Development of Imperial China
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A #SocialStudies Quiz over #ImperialChina
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Which was one reason why the Yuan dynasty could not fill all government jobs with Mongols?
Many lived in southern China
Many had become Muslims
Many could not read or write
Many lacked military experience
2
Which phrase belongs in the empty box?
foreign attacks
strong imperial rule
dishonest bureaucracy
civil service examination
3
Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement must be true about them?
They were born in the same region
They use the same style of government
They belong to the same political party
They are members of the same family
4
The artifact on this list that came from the Ming dynasty was the
blue-and-white pottery plate
jade statue
pottery vase
green stoneware pot
5
Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?
Yuan
Han
Song
Tang
6
Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about
mathematics
business
poetry
science
7
Of the 4 dynasties shown, the one that ruled for the shortest time, was the _______ dynasty.
Yuan
Song
Ming
Tang
8
How was China after the Han dynasty like Europe after the fall of Rome?
It grew rich through foreign trade
It broke into separate kingdoms
It was governed by harsh tyrants
It adopted a different religion
9
Whom did the emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs?
scholars, because they were educated
foreigners, because he was a foreigner
monks, because they were religious
soldiers, because they could keep order
10
How did the Tang emperors after 618 build on the work of Sui emperors?
They kept aristocrats out of the bureaucracy
They strengthened the central government
They depended on the wisdom of foreign advisors
They granted provinces more independence
11
Several decades of chaos and division occurred between the ___ and the ___ dynasties.
Yuan, Ming
Tang, Song
12
Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?
scholars
priests
aristocrats
foreigners
13
One weakness of China’s civil-service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued
wealth more than talent
tradition more than progress
freedom more than loyalty
idleness more than effort
14
If you wanted a job in government service under the Song dynasty, which would you have studied?
the languages of Europeans
the teachings of Confucius
the laws of other nations
the engineering of roads
15
According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to
ask everybody's opinion
treat all people equally
expand the empire
be kind to their subjects
16
How did the lives of some people from the lower classes change under the Song dynasty?
They began having to do forced labor building canals
They were forbidden to celebrate popular holidays
They stopped being required to serve in the military
They gained an opportunity to become government officials
17
To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor?
when citizens wanted a change
never at any time
when he ruled badly
when he became unpopular
18
In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on
wealth
popular vote
birth
test scores
19
By the 1600s, the Chinese bureaucracy was unable to adapt to change. This contributed to the
fall of the Ming dynasty
power of the aristocracy
rise in business and trade
overthrow of the Mongols
