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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement must be true about them?
A. They were born in the same region
B. They are members of the same family
C. They belong to the same polical party
D. 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?
A. never at any time
B. when he ruled badly
C. when he became unpopular
D. when cizens wanted a change
How was China after the Han dynasty like Europe after the fall of Rome?
A. It adopted a different religion.
B. It was governed by harsh tyrants.
C. It grew rich through foreign trade
D. It broke into separate kingdoms
How did the Tang emperors after 618 build on the work of Sui emperors?
A. They strengthened the central government
B. They granted provinces more independence.
C. They kept aristocrats out of the bureaucracy.
D. They depended on the wisdom of foreign advisors.
Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?
A. priests
B. scholars
C. foreigners
D. aristocrats
Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?
A. Han
B. Song
C. Tang
D. Yuan
Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about
A. poetry
B. science
C. business.
D. mathemacs
If you wanted a job in government service under the Song dynasty, which of these would you have studied?
A. the engineering of roads
B. the laws of other naons
C. the teachings of Confucius
D. the languages of Europeans
How did the lives of some people from the lower classes change under the Song dynasty?
A. They were forbidden to celebrate popular holidays
B. They stopped being required to serve in the military.
C. They began having to do forced labor building canals
D. They gained an opportunity to become government officials
In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on
A. birth.
B. wealth
C. test scores.
D. popular vote.
According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to
A. expand the empire
B. treat all people equally
C. be kind to their subjects
D. ask everybody's opinion.
Whom did the emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs?
A. monks, because they were religious
B. foreigners, because he was a foreigner
C. soldiers, because they could keep order
D. scholars, because they were educated
Which of the following was one reason why the Yuan dynasty could not fill all government jobs with Mongols?
A. Many had become Muslims.
B. Many could not read or write
C. Many lived in southern China.
D. Many lacked military experience
One weakness of China’s civil service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued
A. wealth more than talent.
B. idleness more than effort.
C. freedom more than loyalty.
D. tradion more than progress
By the 1600s, the Chinese bureaucracy was unable to adapt to change. This contributed to the
A. fall of the Ming dynasty
B. power of the aristocracy
C. rise in business and trade.
D. overthrow of the Mongols
