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WorksheetsChina's Imperial Dynasties
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
1. Which of the following terms means "belonging or related to an emperor"?
Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
Imperial
Empire
2. Which of the following is NOT true about the Chinese belief of a Mandate of Heaven?
Heaven would support the dynasty for as long as an emperor ruled well.
From ancient times, Chinese rulers based their right to govern on the Mandate of Heaven.
According to this belief, Heaven had chosen a particular dynasty to rule.
Natural disasters were a sign that the people were not obeying the emperor well, so punishments would be given.
ALL are NOT true
4. Which of the following terms means " a highly complex body of workers with many levels of authority"?
Bureaucracy
Meritocracy
Aristocracy
Democracy
Dynasty
What led to the unrest that destroyed the Sui dynasty?
War
Heavy taxes
Famine
Drought
Who was Confucius?
A Buddhist priest
The first emperor of China
A great Chinese philosopher and teacher
A founder of a martial arts school
Which choice did the Song dynasty NOT do to change the process of becoming an official?
Rich and noble families received support while the lower class could not.
New state-supported schools were open for lower classes.
Lower classes gained the ability to become scholar-officials.
Exams were set up to prevent cheating.
What did the Yuan rulers end but later bring back in 1315?
The appointment of officials
The civil service examination
The celebration of birthdays
The celebration of the New Year
Under the Ming dynasty, the civil service exam returned. What subjects were NOT INCLUDED on the exam? Check ALL that apply!
Moral behavior
Science
Proper conduct
Mathematics
Engineering
Who was mainly chosen as officials during the Tang dynasty?
Beggars, actors, and merchants
Foreigners
Anyone who passed the civil service examination
Rich nobles
Which of the following was NOT a reason why the Han dynasty fell in 220?
High taxes sent many families into poverty.
Dishonest relatives and servants of the emperor seized control of the government.
Small farmers were able to keep everything they produced, so landowners went bankrupt.
Bandits attacked farmers in the countryside.
