Dynasties
What is the Qin Dynasty?
Legalism teaches at all people are this.
What is naturally selfish?
What is a monopoly?
This dynasty based their government on Confucianism.
What is the Han Dynasty?
Traders were able to traverse the deserts using these.
What are camels?
This dynasty's existence is only known because of writing on oracle bones.
What is the Xia Dynasty?
Integrity is the considered very important to people who follow this philosophy.
What is Confucianism?
This is the test used to determine if a government worker is qualified for a position.
What is a civil service exam?
Qin Shi Huang Di relied on these two things to maintain power over his people.
What are fear and ignorance?
What is silk?
These dynasties were responsible for strengthening and expanding the Great Wall of China.
Who are the Qin and the Han?
This is the main idea of Daoism.
What is maintaining nature's balance?
This is the definition for meritocracy.
What is a system where promotions are based on abilities and skills?
These are how Qin Shi Huang Di kept his people ignorant of other types of government.
What are burning books and killing people who taught about Confucianism/other philosophies?
The presence of these two features made trade with other civilizations difficult
What are deserts and mountains?
This dynasty's weak system of government led to the Warring States Period.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
This is the main idea of Confucianism.
What is respect and honesty in equal and unequal relationships?
This is the definition of accountable.
What is expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible?
This is why the Qin Dynasty collapsed after Qin Shi Huang Di's death? 2 answers worth 200 points each
What are
1. QSHD ruled with fear which made him unpopular?
2. Nobody was afraid of his son, so they overthrew him so they could have a better system of government?
This is why silk was a good product to trade.
What is it is lightweight so large quantities can easily be carried across long distances?
This is how feudalism was supposed to work and how feudalism actually worked (each correct answer worth 300 points)
What is kings provide lords with land and authority in exchange for taxes, loyalty, and protection?
What is lords stop giving loyalty to the kings and begin to fight each other to gain more land and power?
Leaders were meant to have this when practicing Legalism.
What is absolute power?
This is the definition of sustainable.
What is able to be maintained over the course of time?
This is how bureaucracy worked in the Han Dynasty. (3 answers worth 300 points each)
What is
1. anyone from any class can become a low level government official?
2. Bureaucrats are promoted based on ability (recommendation/CSE)?
3. Everyone has someone above, below, and beside them to hold them accountable?
These are the benefits of keeping silk production a secret. (2 answers worth 250 each)
What is
1. Limited supply raises the demand for silk?
2. China gets to name their price?