Name: _______________________ Date: ________________________ Class: ________________________ Chapter 15 – The Political Development of Imperial China Chapter 16 – China Develops a New Economy Study Guide for Test Vocabulary: emperor – imperial – dynasty – bureaucracy – warlord – aristocracy – civil service examination – meritocracy – Section 15.2 – The Government of Imperial China 1.Under what circumstances could an emperor be overthrown? 2.What were 3 effects of the corrupt Chinese bureaucracy? A. B. C. 3.What happened to China after the Han dynasty is said to have lost the Mandate of Heaven? 4.Who reunited China after the fall of the Han dynasty, and how did he accomplish this feat? Section 15.3 – Aristocracy: The Tang Dynasty 5.What subjects and body of work were the Chinese civil service examinations based upon? 6.What are 4 reasons aristocrats continued to hold government positions during the Tang dynasty? A. B. C. D. Section 15.4 – Meritocracy: The Song Dynasty 7.According to Confucius, people must act properly in regards to what? 8.What are 2 ways people from the lower classes had a better chance of becoming scholar-officials during the Song dynasty? A. B. 9.What are 3 ways the civil service exams and government appointments were revised during the Song dynasty? A. B. C.

Section 15.5 – Government by Foreigners: The Period of Mongol Rule 10.What was the structure of Chinese society under Mongol rule? 11.Under Kublai Khan’s Mongol rule, who was selected to hold government positions? Section 15.6 – The Revival of the Civil Service Exam 12.What are 3 ways the civil service exam helped China? A. B. C. 13.What are 3 ways the civil service exam hurt China? A. B. C. Section 16.2 – Changes in Agriculture 14.Why was the geography of the south of China good for farming rice? 16.To grow on hillsides, farmers grew on flat areas called… 17.In addition to rice, what other crops did the Chinese plant? 18.What are 2 results of the agricultural changes in China? A. B. 15.New and better farming techniques and tools like the plow and harrow increased… Section 16.3 – The Growth of Trade and Commerce 19.How did wealthy landowners contribute to the growth of trade and commerce? 20.How did canals like China’s Grand Canal help China’s trade and commerce? 21.What are 3 characteristics of China’s commercial growth? A. B. C. 22.What is a disadvantage of paper money? Section 16.4 – The Growth of Urbanization 23.How did China’s cities compare to European cities at this time? 24.How did urbanization stimulate culture?

Label these geographical features on the map of China:  Sea of Japan (East Sea)  Pacific Ocean  Yellow Sea  East China Sea  South China Sea  Bay of Bengal  Indian Ocean  Taklimakan Desert  Gobi Desert  Huang He (Yellow River)  Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)  Chang Jiang Basins  North China Plain  Tian Shan Mountains  Kunlun Shan Mountains  Himalayas  Plateau of Tibet