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The Political Development of Imperial China
The Political Development of Imperial China
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1
Which dynasty implemented the use civil service examinations?
Tang
Song
Yuan
Sui
2
The Tang Dynasty favored the system of aristocracy.
True
False
3
China after the Han dynasty was like Europe after the fall of Rome because:
It adopted a different religion.
It was governed by harsh tyrants.
It grew rich through foreign trade.
It broke into separate kingdoms.
4
Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?
Nobles
Priests
Scholars
Foreigners
5
The Song dynasty favored meritocracy over aristocracy.
True
False
6
Lives of some in the lower classes changed under the Song dynasty because:
They were forbidden to celebrate popular holidays.
They stopped being required to serve in the military.
They gained an opportunity to become government officials.
They began having to do forced labor building canals.
7
If you believe in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow the emperor?
when he ruled badly
when he became unpopular
never at any time
when citizens wanted a change
8
Kublai Khan was the ruler of the:
Yuan dynasty
Song dynasty
Han dynasty
Tang dynasty
9
Ming dynasty rebelled against the __________ and reunited China.
Han
Mongols
Praetorian Guard
Tang
10
An aristocracy is a ruling class of noble families.
True
False
11
According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to:
expand the empire
treat all people equally
be kind to their subjects
ask everybody's opinions
12
In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on:
test scores
birth
wealth
popular vote
13
One weakness of China's civil service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued:
idleness more than effort
wealth more than talent
freedom more than loyalty
tradition more than progress
14
Whom did emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs?
monks, because they were religious
soldiers, because they could keep order
foreigners, because he was a foreigner
scholars, because they were educated
15
The Yuan dynasty (Mongols) united all Chinese citizens into one class - the aristocracy.
False
True
16
If you wanted a government service job in the Song dynasty, you would have studied:
teachings of Confucius
engineering of roads
laws of other nations
languages of the Europeans
17
If Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty, what must be true about them?
They use the same style of government.
They belong to the same political party.
They were born in the same region.
They are members of the same family.
18
How did the Tang emperors after 618 A.D. build on the work of Sui emperors?
They depended on the wisdom of foreign advisors.
They kept aristocrats out of the bureaucracy.
They lowered taxes and strengthened the central government.
They granted provinces more independence.
