Imperial China Review

Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement must be true about them?

• They were born in the same region
• They belong to the same political party.
• They are members of the same family.
• They use the same style of government.

How is Chinese history divided?

• in dynasties
• in quarters
• by kings
• by emperors

What is the name for a political leader of a territory containing several countries or groups of people?

• king
• emperor
• president
• prime minister

What is the word for belonging or related to an emperor?

• aristocracy
• meritocracy
• mediocracy
• imperial

Which US family would be considered aristocrats? 

• Kardashians 
• Zuckerbergs
• Gates
• Kennedys

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

• scholars
• aristocrats
• foreigners
• priests

What is an aristocracy?

• head of the government
• a ruling class of noble families
• a line of rulers descended from one family
• political leader of a territory

Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?

• Han
• Song
• Tang
• Yuan

Civil service exams in imperial China were based largely on the teachings of

• The Buddha
• Kublai Khan
• Confucius
• Ming emperors

Civil service exams in imperial China typically did NOT covered which subject?

• mathematics
• calligraphy
• Spanish
• military