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TCI Han Dynasty

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Compared with the Qin Dynasty, the Han dynasty

was much smaller.

lasted much longer.

had far fewer inventions.

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

They moved from Legalism to Confucian ideals.

They returned most power to local nobles.

They put more emphasis on family connections.

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What new technology most helped the Han in warfare?

invention of the wheel

steam-powered riverboats

advances in working iron

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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

crossbow

kite

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Which shape best illustrates the structure of the Han bureaucracy?

upside down triangle

pyramid

rectangle

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

one who did well on an exam

one who had an important family

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?

made them file a weekly report

placed them away from their home districts

executed their friends and relations

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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 kind of tree that was better for silkworms

an invention that wound fibers onto a large reel

a road on which trade goods could be carried safely

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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 reed

a brush

a feather

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What did the Chinese write on before they invented paper?

seaweed and straw

hides and leather

silk and bamboo

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Ancient Chinese healers used the technique of acupuncture to

achieve immortality.

rebalance the forces of yin and yang.

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 comets can be seen in the night sky

that wheeled carts can be pulled by oxen

the blood circulates through the body

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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 navigate ships safely out of sight of land

to know the best time to plant their crops

to position buildings correctly for good fortune

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