Ancient Chinese Dynasties Review part 1

In the later years of the Zhou dynasty, what condition in China led to new philosophies?

• wealth

• disorder

• feudalism

• democracy

Qin Shihuangdi, the first emperor of China, began life as a ...

• an invader from Central Asia

• a prince of one Chinese state

• a member of the Zhou dynasty

• a farmer in the North China Plain

Compared to the Qin dynasty, the Han dynasty...

• was much smaller

• lasted much longer

• had much worse rulers

• had far fewer inventions

The Zhou dynasty came after which dynasty?

• Qin

• Han

• Chin

• Shang

In which year would a visitor to China have found a unified Chinese state under the rule of its first emperor?

• 1250 BCE

• 540 BCE

• 220 BCE

• 70 CE

How did the Han emperors gradually change the way China was ruled?

• they returned most power to local nobles

• they put more emphasis on family connections

• they moved from Legalism to Confucian ideals

• the punished people who tried to spread Daoist beliefs

According to belief in the Mandate of Heaven, earthquakes and floods might be signs that ...

• the king did not govern well

• the end of the world was near

• the people did not obey the laws

• the natural world ignored humans

What was one difference between feudalism and the Emperor of Qin's system of government?

• Under feudalism, power was held locally; the Emperor of Qin held all the power

• Under feudalism, lords met with the king; the Emperor of Qin did not have meetings

• Under feudalism, leadership came from a few men; the Emperor of Qin had many leaders

• Under feudalism, peasants chose their lords; the Emperor of Qin chose their lords for them

What new technology MOST helped the Han in warfare?

• invention of the wheel

• advances in working iron

• steam-powered riverboats

• improvements in gunpowder

Which group belongs in the missing section of the list?

• King
• ?
• Peasants

• lords

• soldiers

• farmers

• servants