The Political Development of Imperial China

Of the four dynasties, which one ruled for the shortest time?

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

Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about

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

When the Han Dynasty fell, China broke into separate kingdoms. It was reunited by the ___________.

What ended the Tang dynasty in 907?

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

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

In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on

According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to

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

Which of the following was one reason why the Yuan dynasty could not fill all government jobs with Mongols?

One weakness of China’s civil service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued

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

Confucius taught that people must act properly in five important relationships. Which is not one of the five