Government
In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on what?
Test scores
List the two dynasties after the Sui
Tang Song
Whom did Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs? (other than mongolians)
Foreigners
What were the questions on the civil service exam about? Name two.
Confucius teachings, classics, poetry, legal and administrative issues.
The mountain range on the border of India and China.
The Himalayas
Belonging to or related to an emperor.
What is imperial?
Which dynasty followed the Qin dynasty?
Han dynasty
What year did the Mongols capture China's capital?
1276
Who did the earliest emperors choose to help them govern?
Aristocrats
What are the five important relationships?
Ruler and Subject, Father and Son, older sibling and younger sibling, husband and wife, friend and friend
First person to claim title of emperor?
Qin Shihuangdi
What happened after the Han dynasty lost power in 220 C.E.
There was a long period of disunity.
What is the name of the Mongol emperor who conquered China?
Kublai Khan
How did the civil service exams favor aristocrats during the Tang dynasty even though men from different classes were allowed to take them?
Only aristocrats could afford to attend university and learn how to pass the exam.
Which dynasty first introduced the civil service exams?
What is a dynasty?
A line of rulers from the same family.
What were two reasons that caused dynasties to fall?
High taxes, forced labor, dishonest bureaucracy, attacks by bandits, warlords.
What was the name of the Mongol dynasty in China?
The Yuan dynasty.
What did the Chinese believe gave the emperor his authority?
If people believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor?
When he ruled badly.
Why did the Mongols do away with the civil service exams?
They didn't want Chinese officials, Mongols could not read or write.
Ming
Name two of the most important rivers in China.
The Yellow and Yangtze Rivers.