Sui, Tong, and Song Dynasties

A series of rulers all from the same family is referred to as 

• a kingdom
• an empire
• a dynasty
• the king's list

What is civil service?

• The flow of nature
• Working on the wall
• Working for church
• Working for government

To become a scholar official

• students had to know Buddhism
• Students had to be from noble families
• students had to make inventions
• students had to pass a difficult Confucian test 

What Dynasty is known for building the Grand Canal?

• Ming
• Song
• Sui
• Tang

Fast ripening rice

• caused new wealth in China

• allowed Song leaders to rebuild the Great Wall

• allowed the Mongols to invade

• hurt the economy

Under the emperors of the Tang dynasty, China

• shrank in size but was politically stable.
• was divided into warring territories.
• closed its borders to foreign trade.
• united and expanded greatly in size.

Which is considered the greatest accomplishment of the Sui Dynasty?

• the building of the Grand Canal that connected northern cities to the agriculture regions in the south
• the building of the Great Wall of China, which protected China's border from invaders
• the creation of Rice Paddy agriculture which led to a surplus of food

How did the Tang Emperors weaken the power of China's noble families and strengthen the quality of its government?

• By executing officials who did not pledge loyalty to the Emperor
• By using a Civil Service systenm that required government officials to pass difficult civil service exams
• by not allowing commoners to take part on goverment- making sure that only educated and wealthy Chinese were a part of the government

Which of the following describes the greatest contribution of the Grand Canal to economic growth?

• It brought a boom in shipbuilding

• It created road construction jobs

• It carried farmers into town

• It linked regions for trade.

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

• When he ruled badly

• Never at any time

• When he became unpopular

• When citizens wanted a change