WorksheetsImperial China: Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties, Mongol Rule
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 26mins
Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement would be true about them?
They were born in the same region.
They use the same style of government
They belong to the same political party
They are all members of the same family.
To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor?
When he ruled badly
Never at any time
When he became unpopular
When citizens wanted a change
Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?
Aristocrats
Scholars
Foreigners
Priests
After the fall of the Han dynasty, what happened in China that was similar to what happened in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
China broke into separate kingdoms
Foreign trade made China wealthy
Foreign travelers made China a Christian nation
If you wanted a job in government service under the Song Dynasty, which of these would you have studied?
The engineering of roads
The teachings of Confucius
The laws of other nations
The languages of Europeans
Which group probably used the Silk Road most frequently?
Tourists
Merchants
Scientists
According to Confucius, what do the following relationships have in common?
Ruler and subject
father and son
husband and wife
One person is above the other.
Both people are equal.
Both care for children.
The five relationships code of behavior were all of the following relationships except:
Ruler - Ruler
Ruler - Subject
Friend - Friend
Husband - Wife
Body of government workers with many levels of authority.
Daoists
Bureaucracy
Merchants
Isolationists
An educated member of the government.
Buddhist
Daoist
Scholar-official
Mongol
A ruling class of people who were born into royal families and were very wealthy.
Meritocracy
Aristocracy
Bureaucracy
Scholarcracy
Civil Service Examinations were based on what body of knowledge?
the works of Confucius
the Bible
the Declaration of independence
the Quran
Who did Kublai Khan choose to fill important government positions?
Samurai
Mongols (many of whom were his relatives)
Tibetans, Persians, and Turks
Kim Jong-un
Why did people in medieval China want government jobs?
government jobs were highly respected
they didn't have to join the military
both are correct
The Han Dynasty is also called the ___________ Age.
Copper
New
Golden
Rotten
Select ALL of the items that were invented during the Han dynasty:
Seismograph
Paper
Caligraphy
Acupuncture
Gunpowder
Which of the following DID NOT lead to the fall of the Han Dynasty?
Natural disasters
Nomadic Invaders
Internal rebellion
The seismograph was helpful because
it helped determine the correct positioning for temples, graves, and homes
carry water in buckets from the ditches to the fields
extract salt from the Earth
it can detect which direction an earthquake is coming from
