Government
Definition of the term dynasty.
What is a line of rulers from the same family?
The definition of aristocracy
What is a ruling class of noble family
2 ways cheating was prevented during the civil service exam. What is the punishement for cheating?
How is cheating prevented during the gaokao? What is the punishment for cheating?
What is the candidates were locked in a small room for a several days AND a 3rd person rewrote the test takers work. Severe, up to death.
What is secure briefcases, drones, eye scanners, etc. Up to 7 years in prison.
The group that conquered most of Asia during the 13th century and ruled during the Yuan Dynasty?
Who are the Mongols?
The definition of scholar official.
Someone who passed the Civil Service Exam to become a government official.
The definition of bureaucracy. 2 jobs Tang rulers relied on them for.
What is a highly complex body of workers with many levels of authority?
What is collecting taxes, overseeing building and irrigation projects, managing the army, and enforcing the laws?
The problem with choosing only aristocrats for government officials.
Why is aristocrats do not guarantee knowledgeable or talented leaders.
What are the privileges for being a government officials?
Excused from taxes and military service
One reason Kublai Khan ended civil service examination.
What is he believed that Confucian learning was not needed for government jobs, and he did want to rely on the Chinese to run his government.
The length of the civil service exam, the percentage of examiners that passed, and how often it is offered.
The length of the gaokao and how often it is offered.
What is 3 days, 2%, and every 3 years.
9 hours, every year.
This gave imperial emperors the right to rule.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The basis of the Civil Service exam.
What is the teachings of Confucius?
The definition of meritocracy. This dynasty used meritocracy most extensively.
(2nd part of question still to come).
What is rule by officials of proven merit. The Song Dynasty.
Now give an example of "merit" today.
One reason the foriegners were used to fill government official positions.
What is there were not enough literate Mongols or Mongols that could handle the paperwork of a complex government.
It was believed that studying the works of Confucius would create this kind of ruler.
What is one who is rational, moral, and able to maintain order.
The 2 categories that evidence fell under proving that an emperor had lost the right to rule. Give an example of each.
What are natural disaster such as ..... and man made disasters such as ....?
Reasons aristocrats hold almost all government official positions even after use of the civil service exam.
What is they could afford the books, tutors, and could afford the time to study.
Confucius taught that the more important person in a relationship should ______________ the less important person, and that the less important person should ______________ the more important person.
What is be kind to, and respect and obey?
Two things that weakened the Mongol empire.
What are fighting amongst Mongol leaders, greed and corruption, making enemies of many Chinese causing them to rebel?
Two evil actions by Wu Zhao to obtain and maintain the position of emperess.
What is eliminating the Empress, Wu strangling her own daugher, exiling and executing political opponents including family, using her younger weaker son as a puppet.
This started the chain of events that ended the Han Dynasty.
What is corruption?
Two ways that aristocrats obtain government official positions early in the Tang Dynasty before extensive use of the Civil Service exam?
What are their fathers or grandfathers held high government positions, recommendations, or marrying into an imperial family.
The five relationships that Confucius taught people should act properly in.
What are ruler and subject, father and son, older siblings and younger siblings, husband and wife and friend and friend.
The four classes society was broken down into during the Yuan dynasty?
What is Mongols at the top, foreigners below that, Chinese from the north third, and Chinese from the south last?
Three areas Wu Zhao made contributions to during Tang China.
What is created a united, stable, and prosperous China. Welcomed foreign contact and brought new ideas, goods, and religions to China. Lowered taxes, increased agricultural production, increased rights for women, introduced civil service exams and a more scholary bureaucracy, and avoided wars.