History Alive Chapters 15 & 16 exam 2024 with 100% complete solutions
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The exam system benefited China because it correct answersensured officials were trained and talented, emphasized moral behavior, and helped unify Chinese culture with its values
What was one way that China's civil service exam prevented progress? correct answersThe exam did not test for underst...
The exam system benefited China because it correct answersensured officials were trained and talented,
emphasized moral behavior, and helped unify Chinese culture with its values
What was one way that China's civil service exam prevented progress? correct answersThe exam did not
test for understanding of science, mathematics, or engineering, Confucian scholars had little respect for
merchants, business, and trade, the bureaucracy became set in its ways and was unable to adapt
Imperial China has been divided into different periods by historians. How are these periods divided up?
correct answersby dynasty
During the Han dynasty, government officials were chosen based on their correct answersability to pass
strict tests
Who became the first Chinese ruler to claim the title of emperor? correct answersPrince Zheng
A dynasty is a correct answersline of rulers from the same family
What Chinese belief permitted people to overthrow a bad ruler? correct answersMandate of Heaven
China's golden age of expansion and prosperity occurred during which dynasty? correct answersHan
dynasty
What event brought about the end of the Han government? correct answerscorruption in the
government
Before the Han dynasty, emperors generally chose their government officials from one of the groups
below. This group was the correct answersaristocracy
, Which dynasty created the civil service examination? correct answersHan dynasty
What was true about civil service exams during the Tang dynasty? correct answersThe civil service exams
often favored aristocrats
What ended the Tang dynasty in 907? correct answerspeasant rebellions and battles between generals
During the Song dynasty, what became the basis of study for all civil service exams? correct answersZhu
Xi's writings called Four Books
During the Song dynasty, the civil service exams were open to far more candidates, including people
from lower classes. This created a correct answersmeritocracy
Which of the following statements about relationships would Confucius agree with? correct answersAn
older sibling should be kind to his younger sibling
Which is true about civil service exams during the Song dynasty? correct answersThe exams were set up
to prevent cheating
Which emperor ended the system of civil service exams? correct answersKublai Khan
Which characteristic did Kublai Khan think was most important in his government officials? correct
answersloyalty
There weren't enough qualified Mongols to fill all the government jobs during the Yuan dynasty. Who
often filled these positions? correct answerstrusted foreigners
Civil service exams in imperial China were based largely on the teachings of correct answersConfucius
How did the shift to growing rice encourage trade and the demand for luxury items during the Song
dynasty? correct answersWith an increase of food, peasants could take time away from farming to sell
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