Ch. 3.4

The fall of the Qin Dynasty in 206 BCE was immediately followed by

• A brief period of civil strife

• The Warring States period

• The Zhou Dynasty

• The Shang Dynasty

The founder of the Han Dynasty was

• Qin Shi Huangdi

• Liu Bang

• Sun Tzu

• Lao Zi

State Confucianism

• The Five Relationships enforced by the state

• Filial piety enforced by the state

• The integration of Confucian doctrine with Legalist institutions

• Confucius as leader of the state

The Han rulers borrowed the Qin tripartite system of government.

• True

• False

The Han eliminated the Qin system of local government, which had divided the empire into provinces and districts.

• True

• False

In order to choose government officials based on merit, the Han administered the first

• Government service lottery

• Civil Service Exam

The goal of the civil service exam was to choose candidates for government sevice based on

• Heredity

• Popularity

• Merit

• Wealth

All of the following are illustrations of the Han government's control of trade and manufacturing except

• production of weapons

• control of shipyards, granaries, and mines

• expansion of roads

• production of silk

New technologies that contributed to prosperity during the Han era included

• Improvements in ironworking leading to steel production

• Invention of paper

• Development of the rudder and fore-and-aft rigging

• All answers are correct

Han Wudi extended China's boundaries far into Central Asia.

• True

• False