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Imperial China
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. What must be true about them? | They are from the same family |
| Which phrase belongs in the empty box? | Dishonest bureaucracy |
| To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor? | When he ruled poorly |
| How was China after the Han dynasty like Europe after the fall of Rome? | Split into different kingdoms |
| How did the Tang emperors after 618 build on the work of Sui emperors? | Strengthened the central government |
| Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern? | Members of the Aristocracy |
| Which dynasty first introduced civil service exams? | Han dynasty |
| Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about... | Poetry |
| If you wanted a job in government service under the Song dynasty, which of these would you have studied? | Confucius |
| How did the lives of some people from the lower classes change under the Song dynasty, | They gained opportunities to become a government official |
| In a meritocracy, selection of officials were based on... | Test scores |
| According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to.... | be kind to those of below relationships |
| Whom did the emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs? | foreigners |
| Which of the following was one reason why the Yuan dynasty could not fill all government jobs with Mongols? | Many were illiterate |
| One weakness of China's civil service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued.... | Tradition more than Progress |
| By the 1600s, the Chinese bureaucracy was unable to adapt to change. This contributed to..... | The fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644 |