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Quiz about how these Chinese dynasties choose government officials.
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1
Which word best describes how government workers got their jobs during the Song dynasty?
bureaucracy
technocracy
meritocracy
aristocracy
2
Why was the Yuan dynasty
unable to fill
all government jobs with Mongols?
Many could not read or write.
Many lacked military experience.
Many lived in southern China.
Many had become Muslims.
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
Confucius believed that people should
do whatever they feel and not call attention to themselves.
enforce strict punishments on law breakers.
none of the above
improve their behavior and do what they know is right.
5
In a
meritocracy
, selection of officials was based on...
wealth
popular vote
test scores
birth
6
How was China (after the Han dynasty) like Europe after the fall of Rome?
It broke into separate kingdoms.
It grew rich through foreign trade.
It was governed by harsh tyrants.
It adopted a different religion.
7
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 use they same style of government.
They belong to the same political party.
8
Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about...
poetry
mathematics
business
science
9
According to Confucius, what do the following relationships
have in common
?
One person is above the other.
One person is smarter than the other.
Both people care for children.
Both people are bound to the emperor.
10
Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?
aristocrats
priests
scholars
foreigners
11
By the 1600's, the Chinese bureaucracy was
unable to adapt to change
. This contributed to the
fall of the Ming dynasty.
power of the aristocracy.
overthrow of the Mongols.
rise in business and trade.
12
Whom did emperor Kublai Khan
trust most
to hold government jobs?
soldiers, because they could keep order
scholars, because they were educated
foreigners, because he was a foreigner
monks, because they were religious
13
One
weakness
of China's
civil-service system
was that it created a bureaucracy that valued
laziness more than effort
traditional values more than progress
wealth more than talent
freedom more than loyalty
14
Which phrase belongs in the empty box?
civil service examination
foreign attacks
strong imperial rule
dishonest bureaucracy
15
If you wanted a job in government under the Song dynasty, what subject should you study?
the languages of the Europeans
the laws of other nations
the teachings of Confucius
the engineering of roads
16
Which leader
appointed foreigners
as government officials? (He trusted them over the Chinese)
Confucious
Li Yuan
Kublai Khan
Zu Xi
17
Which phrase belongs in the empty box?
foreign attacks
civil service examination
strong imperial rule
dishonest bureaucracy
18
When did the lower classes have the best chance of becoming a civil servant?
during the Tang dynasty
during the Yuan dynasty
during the Song dynasty
during the Han dynasty
19
After 618, how did the Tang emperors build on the work of the Sui emperors?
They granted provinces more independence.
They kept aristocrats out of the bureaucracy.
They strengthened the central government.
They depended on the wisdom of foreign advisors.
20
Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?
Tang
Han
Yuan
Song
21
According to the mandate of heaven, when was it okay to overthrow an emperor?
never
when he ruled badly
when he became unpopular
when citizens wanted a change
22
According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to
ask everybody's opinion.
be kind to their subjects.
expand the empire.
treat all people equally.
