Han Dynasty

Which of the following leaders was the founder of the Han dynasty? He started as a peasant.

• Liu Bang

• Wudi

• Confucius

• Han Fei Zi

Wudi changed the way the government was set up. His political philosophy was based on ethics and family values. Which political philosophy did he establish in China?

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Daoism

• None of these

How did Liu Bang, a peasant, rise to become the emperor in China?

• Mandate of Heaven

• War

• His wife was queen

• None of these

Which emperor made Confucianism the official political philosophy in China?

• Wudi

• Liu Bang

To get a job in the government, the people had to take a test on Confucian teachings. What invention is this?

• civil service exams

• social hierarchy

• acupuncture

• seismograph

Anyone during the Han could get a government job.

• True

• False

Why did merchants make up the lowest section of the social hierarchy during the Han Dynasty?

• they did not produce anything

• they were from another country

• they had unfair sales methods

• none of these

Disobeying one's parents was considered a crime during the Han Dynasty.

• true

• false

Figure painting became popular during the Han Dynasty. What is figure painting?

• paintings of landscapes

• paintings of people

• paintings of objects

• paintings of heaven

Poets combined prose and poetry to create long works of literature to create...

• fu

• shi

• shifu

• sushi