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I'm the man (gov't.)
We are family (aristocracy)
Anything you can do I can do better (meritocracy)
Just for John Green (Mongol rule)
I'm confused (Confucianism)
100
the name given to the ruler of Imperial China.
What is Emperor?
100
the name given to a line of rulers from the same family.
What is dynasty?
100
the name given to rule by officials of proven merit.
What is meritocracy?
100
Mongols conquered almost all of this continent.
What is Asia?
100
Confucius was a teacher and this title given to a "lover of wisdom."
What is philosopher?
200
One of the natural disasters that could be viewed as a sign Heaven is displeased with the current ruler.
What is flood, famine, plague, earthquake?
200
one advantage the aristocracy had over lower classes.
What is wealth?
200
the new form of Confucianism included in exams under the Song dynasty.
What is neo-Confucianism?
200
This Khan took the title of emperor and began the Yuan dynasty.
Who is Kublai Khan?
200
Confucius said, "He who ______ the people with virtue is like a Polestar, which keeps its place while all other stars revolve round it."
What is rules?
300
the dishonesty of this highly complex body of workers led to the end of the Han dynasty.
What is bureaucracy?
300
some officials were hired simply because their fathers or this relative held rank within government.
What is grandfathers?
300
the civil service exams favored this group/class of individuals.
What is aristocrats?
300
This inability to read and write made it difficult to fill all the government jobs with just Mongols.
What is illiterate?
300
The "placement" of the one person who is responsible for being kind to others in a relationship.
What is above the other?
400
the form of government headed by an emperor or empress.
What is Imperial?
400
Under the Song dynasty this class of people gained the ability to be scholar-officials.
What is lower class?
400
the classics, legal and administrative texts, and this genre of writing were included on tests.
What is poetry?
400
To fill spots in government, Kublai Khan and other Mongol leaders filled positions with this "trusted" group.
What is foreigners?
400
the number of relationships that people must act properly in.
What is five?
500
If an emperor ruled badly he lost this Mandate and the people could overthrow him.
What is Mandate of Heaven?
500
to prevent this "pillar breaking" and lack of integrity from occurring, candidates were locked in a small room for several days.
What is cheating?
500
one of the three groups not open to exams (not a class of people).
What is actors, merchants, and beggars?
500
The time span Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty lasted.
What is 100 years (+/- 20 years)?
500
The spelling of the name of the philosopher and teacher whose teachings were used in the civil service exams.
What is CONFUCIUS?