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Study Guide for Chapter 16 Imperial China Terms For each term below, explain why each item, place or idea was important to political developments China. Example: Civil Service Examinations: Civil service exams were used to determine which people were most qualified to hold government positions. They assured that government officials were knowledgeable about history, poetry, legal issues, and Confucian teachings, but they didn’t test their knowledge science, math or engineering. 1. Aristocracy (p.179): ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Meritocracy (p.179): _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3. Bureaucracy (p.181): ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 4. Mandate of Heaven (p.180): __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 5. Tang Dynasty (p.182): ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 6. Song Dynasty (p.183): ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 7. Kubla Khan (p.184): ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Essential Questions Answer each question below. 1. What is an imperial government? How did imperial dynasties justify their power? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. How did the Tang dynasty use the civil service examinations to improve the bureaucracy? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. What changes did the Song dynasty make to create a meritocracy? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. During the Song dynasty, what changes happened in Confucian thought? How did Confucianism influence the Song emperors. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. What changes did the Mongols make in Chinese government? How did these changes lead to the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Was the civil service system, used by the Ming dynasty, helpful or harmful to China? Justify your response ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Timeline Place each event below in the correct place on the time line. Write out each event, the date it occurred, and draw a small picture to represent it. Unification of China under the Qin Emperor Fall of the Han dynasty Rise of the Song Dynasty Rise of the Tang Dynasty Mongols Capture China’s Capital Ming Dynasty drives out Mongols.
