Lesson 9 pp. 267-273 Imperial China

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

• They were born in the same region

• They are members of the same family.

• They belong to the same political party.

• They use the same style of government.

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

• the engineering of roads

• the laws of other nations

• the teachings of Confucius

• the languages of Europeans

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

• It adopted a different religion.

• It was governed by harsh tyrants.

• It grew rich through foreign trade.

• It broke into separate kingdoms.

Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?

• Han

• Song

• Tang

• Yuan

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

• monks, because they were religious

• foreigners, because he was a foreigner

• soldiers, because they could keep order

• scholars, because they were educated

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

• wealth more than talent.

• idleness more than effort.

• freedom more than loyalty.

• tradition more than progress.

In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on

• birth

• wealth

• test scores

• popular vote

According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to

• expand the empire.

• treat all people equally.

• be kind to their subjects.

• ask everybody's opinion.

Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about

• poetry

• science

• business

• mathematics

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.