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TCI Han Dynasty

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Compared with the Qin Dynasty, the Han dynasty

lasted much longer.

had far fewer inventions.

was much smaller.

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How did the Han emperors gradually change the way China was ruled?

They moved from Legalism to Confucian ideals.

They put more emphasis on family connections.

They returned most power to local nobles.

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What new technology most helped the Han in warfare?

advances in working iron

invention of the wheel

steam-powered riverboats

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What invention would be used to send a message from one part of the army to another and to frighten enemies with strange noises at night?

fish-scale armor

kite

crossbow

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Which shape best illustrates the structure of the Han bureaucracy?

rectangle

upside down triangle

pyramid

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Which of these men would most likely be hired for the Han bureaucracy?

one who had an important family

one who did well on an exam

one who was born in the capital

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How did the Han emperors keep civil servants from doing special favors for their friends?

executed their friends and relations

made them file a weekly report

placed them away from their home districts

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The chain pump increased harvests by helping farmers

bring water up to their fields.

more heavy goods.

plow the soil for planting.

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What change made silk production more efficient?

a road on which trade goods could be carried safely

an invention that wound fibers onto a large reel

a kind of tree that was better for silkworms

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What was one effect of the invention of the drill?

better earthquake prediction

more oil for heat

more wealth from trade

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Which tool did ancient Chinese scribes use for writing?

a brush

a reed

a feather

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What did the Chinese write on before they invented paper?

silk and bamboo

hides and leather

seaweed and straw

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Ancient Chinese healers used the technique of acupuncture to

rebalance the forces of yin and yang.

achieve immortality.

teach people to live with pain.

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Which of these discoveries did the Chinese make, more than one thousand years before people in Europe did?

that wheeled carts can be pulled by oxen

the blood circulates through the body

that comets can be seen in the night sky

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The Chinese invented the magnetic compass to show which way was south. What was their earliest reason for wanting to know directions?

to know the best time to plant their crops

to navigate ships safely out of sight of land

to position buildings correctly for good fortune

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