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TCI Han Dynasty

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Compared with the Qin Dynasty, the Han dynasty

had far fewer inventions.

lasted much longer.

was much smaller.

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

They put more emphasis on family connections.

They moved from Legalism to Confucian ideals.

They returned most power to local nobles.

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What new technology most helped the Han in warfare?

invention of the wheel

advances in working iron

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?

kite

crossbow

fish-scale armor

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Which shape best illustrates the structure of the Han bureaucracy?

pyramid

rectangle

upside down triangle

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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 was born in the capital

one who had an important family

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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

plow the soil for planting.

bring water up to their fields.

more heavy goods.

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What change made silk production more efficient?

an invention that wound fibers onto a large reel

a kind of tree that was better for silkworms

a road on which trade goods could be carried safely

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What was one effect of the invention of the drill?

more oil for heat

more wealth from trade

better earthquake prediction

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Which tool did ancient Chinese scribes use for writing?

a brush

a feather

a reed

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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

teach people to live with pain.

achieve immortality.

rebalance the forces of yin and yang.

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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

the blood circulates through the body

that wheeled carts can be pulled by oxen

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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 position buildings correctly for good fortune

to navigate ships safely out of sight of land

to know the best time to plant their crops

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