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What does it mean if Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty?

They’re in the same family.

To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor?

When he ruled badly.

How was China after the Han dynasty like Europe after the fall of Rome?

They both broke up into kingdoms.

How did the Tang emperors after 618 build on the work of Sui emperors?

They created a new, strong central government/ they strengthened the central government

Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?

aristocrats

Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?

Han

If you wanted a job in government service under the Song dynasty, which things would you have studied?

The teachings of confucius

How did the lives of some people from the lower classes change under the Song dynasty?

They gained an opportunity to become government officials.

In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on what?

Test scores.

According to Confucius, what did rulers have a duty to do?

Be kind to their subjects.

Whom did the emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs?

trusted foreigners.

One weakness of China’s civil service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued what?

tradition more than progress.