Imperial Chinese Dynasties

The civil service exams were based off of the teachings of which person?

• Kublai Khan
• Prince Zheng
• Li Yuan
• Confucius

What is the correct order of the dynasties from first to last?

• Yuan, Tang, Song, Ming
• Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming
• Tang, Song, Ming, Yuan

Created civil service examination to find people who were qualified to work in the government.

• Tang
• Ming
• Yuan
• Song

Kublai Khan started this dynasty.

• Tang
• Ming
• Yuan
• Song

A government that chooses leaders by their strengths.

• bureaucracy
• meritocracy

What Chinese dynasty is known for their dedication to arts, rather than warfare, and created gunpowder and compasses?

• Yuan Dynasty

• Qing Dynasty

• Sui Dynasty

• Song Dynasty

What was the point of the civil service examinations?

• To choose who should have positions in government

• To choose who should be the next emperor

• To help decide what family line should have power of the local government

• To help decide who should become soldiers or generals in the army

In Tang dynasty, what were NOT the outcomes of improved farming

• more crops

• new kinds of crops

• increase population

• more famers

Why did so many northern landowners move to the south during the Song Dynasty?

• They wanted a warmer climate

• They missed their families

• The Mongols were attacking and drove them south

• They didn't like where they lived

Why was there such an increase in trade and commerce during the Song and Tang Dynasties?

• Tang emperors forced merchants to make more items for trade

• wealthy landowners wanted more and more luxury goods

• Farmers decided to stop growing rice