Possible Assessment Questions for Lesson 19+20 Test

Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement must be true about them?

• They were born in the same region
• They are members of the same family.
• They belong to the same political party.
• They use the same style of government.

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

• never at any time
• when he ruled badly
• when he became unpopular
• when citizens wanted a change

Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?

• priests
• scholars
• foreigners
• aristocrats

Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?

• Han
• Song
• Tang
• Yuan

Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about _______.

• poetry.
• science.
• business.
• mathematics.

If you wanted a job in government service under the Song dynasty, which of these would you have studied?

• the engineering of roads
• the laws of other nations
• the teachings of Confucius
• the languages of Europeans

How did the lives of some people from the lower classes change under the Song dynasty?

• They were forbidden to celebrate popular holidays.
• They stopped being required to serve in the military.
• They began having to do forced labor building canals.
• They gained an opportunity to become government officials.

In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on _______________.

• birth.
• wealth.
• test scores.
• popular vote.

According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to ______________.

• expand the empire.
• treat all people equally.
• be kind to their subjects.
• ask everybody's opinion.

Whom did the Yuan dynasty emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs?

• monks, because they were religious
• foreigners, because he was a foreigner
• soldiers, because they could keep order
• scholars, because they were educated