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

They gained an opportunity to become government officials

Whom did 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 the Sui emperors?

They strengthened the central government

Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement is true?

They are members of the same family.

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

it broke into separate kingdoms

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1
Which phrase belongs in the empty box?
strong imperial rule
foreign attacks
dishonest bureacracy
civil service examination
2
If you wanted a job in government in the Song dynasty, which of these would you have studied?
teachings of Confucius
laws of other nations
engineering of roads
the languages of Europeans
3
In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on
popular vote
wealth
birth
test scores
4
How did the lives of some people from the lower classes change under the Song Dynasty?
They were forbidden to celebrate popular holidays
They gained an opportunity to become government officials
They began having to do forced labor building canals
They stopped being required to serve in the military
5
Why didn't the Yuan dynasty fill all government jobs with Mongols?
Many could not read or write
Many lived in southern China
Many lacked military experience
Many had become Muslims
6
By the 1600s, the Chinese bureaucracy was unable to adapt to change. This contributed to the
power of the aristocracy
fall of the Ming dynasty
rise in business and trade
overthrow of the Mongols
7
Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?
aristrocrats
foreigners
scholars
priests
8
According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to
ask everybody's opinion
expand the empire
treat all people equally
be kind to their subjects
9
Whom did 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
10
Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?
Song
Tong
Han
Yuan
11
How did the Tang emperors after 618 build on the work of the Sui emperors?
They granted provinces more independence
They kept aristocrats out of bureaucracy
They strengthened the central government
12
Some of the questions on the civil service exam were about
business
science
poetry
mathematics
13
To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it okay to overthrow an emperor?
when citizens wanted a change
when he ruled badly
when he became unpopular
never at any time
14
Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement is true?
They are members of the same political party.
They are members of the same family.
They use the same style of government.
They were born in the same region.
15
One weakness of China's civil service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued
tradition more than progress
wealth more than talent
idleness more than effort
freedom more than loyalty
16
How was China after the Han dynasty like Europe after the fall of Rome?
it was ruled by tyrants
it grew rich through foreign trade
it broke into separate kingdoms
it adopted a different religion

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