1. What led to the events listed below, which took place in the early 200s C.E.?
• high taxes
• forced labor on public projects
• fights between warlords
A. corruption in the Han government
B. the breakup of a unified China
C. a power-hungry Chinese emperor
D. the formation of the Tang dynasty

2. 2. After the fall of the Han dynasty, what happened in China that was similar to what happened in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
A. Foreign trade made China wealthy.
B. China was taken over by tyrants.
C. China broke up into separate kingdoms.
D. Foreign travelers made China a Christian nation.

3. 3. Which word best describes how government workers got their jobs during the Song dynasty?
A. aristocracy
B. bureaucracy
C. meritocracy
D. technocracy

4. 4. If you were a member of the lower classes, when would you have had the best chance of becoming a civil servant?
A. during the Han dynasty
B. during the Song dynasty
C. during the Tang dynasty
D. during the Yuan dynasty

5. 5. Which of the following leaders appointed foreigners to government officials because he trusted them more than the Chinese?
A. Confucius
B. Li Yuan
C. Kublai Khan
D. Zu Xi

6. 6. If you were emperor and wanted to be sure that you would be remembered positively after you died, who would be your best choice to serve in the government?
A. aristocrats
B. bureaucrats
C. scholars
D. foreigners

7. 7. According to Confucius, what do the following relationships have in common?
• ruler and subject
• father and son
• older sibling and younger sibling
• husband and wife
A. One person is above the other.
B. Both people are bound to the emperor.
C. One person is smarter than the other.
D. Both people care for children.

8. 8. What was the Han dynasty most known for?
A. revolution
B. democracy
C. prosperity
D. warfare

9. 9. During the Tang dynasty, how were government officials selected?
A. They took civil service exams.
B. They bought jobs from the emperor.
C. They inherited their fathers' jobs.
D. They were elected by the people.

10. 10. What was the basis for civil service exams during the Song dynasty?
A. the teachings of neo-Confucianism
B. the practices of Shinto
C. the writings of the emperor
D. the theories of the educated

11. 11. How did the government of China change under Mongol leaders?
A. Mongol scholars became China's judges.
B. Southern Chinese leaders gained power.
C. They relied on family and friends.
D. They stressed Buddhist governing strategy.

12. 12. What was one problem with civil service exams?
A. The exams did not test math and science.
B. Knowledge of exam questions led to cheating.
C. People from the lower classes were excluded.
D. The literacy level of officials fell.

13. 13. What was one effect of landowners becoming wealthier?
A. urbanization
B. development of new technologies
C. irrigation
D. improved system of roads

14. 14. What do the items on this list have in common?
• harrow
• fertilizer
• chain pump
• terraces
A. They came from Mongolia.
B. They increased crop yield.
C. They were the result of cultural change.
D. They were the cause of migration.

15. 15. Who in medieval China would have spoken the words below?
Things are going well. The city keeps growing, so business is booming. Lots of customers come to my shop. They have money to spend--and they spend it here!
A. a farmer
B. a merchant
C. a landowner
D. a moneylender

16. 16. What was one drawback of Chinese using paper money?
A. Paper money is difficult to carry.
B. Paper money is too easy to get.
C. Paper money has no use for traders.
D. Paper money has no value in itself.

17. 17. What had to happen for China's population to grow?
A. There had to be enough warriors.
B. There had to be more cities.
C. There had to be enough food.
D. There had to be more money.

18. 18. Which of the following led Chinese landowners to leave the north and move south?
A. new kinds of wheat
B. better farming tools
C. frequent flooding
D. attacks by Mongols

19. 19. Which of the following accurately identifies a cause-and-effect relationship in China during the Song dynasty?
A. Merchants having more money to spend contributed to improvements in navigation.
B. Landowners wanting more luxury goods contributed to an increase in trade.
C. Landowners having more farmland contributed to development of a better rice.
D. Merchants selling more imported goods contributed to an increase in population.

20. 21. What important improvement in agriculture transformed China during the Song dynasty?
A. importing a faster-growing rice seed
B. growing mulberry trees for silkworms
C. using oxen to bring crops to market
D. introducing wheat in southern China

21. 22. What unique form of transportation helped China become so prosperous during the Tang dynasty?
A. oxcarts that brought produce into China's towns
B. a class of peddlers who carried goods from town to town
C. a network of waterways connecting all regions of China
D. a system of imperial highways between China's cities

22. 23. What astonished Marco Polo about China?
A. the system of imperial paper money
B. the cities with millions of residents
C. the custom of binding women's feet
D. the development of beautiful silk

23. 23. Urbanization increased during the __________ Dynasty, as cities spread all over China, with some having as many as 2 million people living in them.
A. during the Han dynasty
B. during the Song dynasty
C. during the Tang dynasty
D. during the Yuan dynasty

24. 24. During this dynasty, China was first unified under one emperor.
A. during the Sui dynasty
B. during the Song dynasty
C. during the Tang dynasty
D. during the Qin dynasty