Chapter 19 "The Political Development of Imperial China"

Question 1

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

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fall of the Ming dynasty

Question 2

According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to

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be kind to their subjects

Question 3

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

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the teachings of Confucius

Question 4

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

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aristocrats

Question 5

Which emperor ended the system or civil service exams?

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Kublai Khan

Question 6

Which was a reason why the Yuan dynasty couldn't fill government jobs with Mongols?

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Many could not read or write

Question 7

Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?

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Han

Question 8

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

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They strengthened the central government

Question 9

Name a river area in China where people settled.

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Huang He

Question 10

In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on

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test scores

Question 11

Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about

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poetry

Question 12

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

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It broke into separate kingdoms

Question 13

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

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foreigners, because he was a foreigner

Question 14

Name the natural barrier in the northern area of China.

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Gobi Desert

Question 15

Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. What statement is true about them?

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They are members of the same family

Question 16

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

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when he ruled badly

Question 17

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

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tradition more than progress

Question 18

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

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They gained opportunities to become government officials

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