Unit 5 Lesson 19.2 Aristocracy: Tang Dynasty

What was the role of the bureaucracy in Tang dynasty China?

• Collecting taxes
• Hunting
• Farming
• Fishing

What did Tang emperors use to fill some government positions?

• Civil service exams
• Wealth
• Personal recommendations
• Nobility

What was the purpose of the civil service examinations?

• To qualify for office
• To become wealthy
• To become a noble
• To become famous

What was the main focus of the civil service examinations?

• Foreign languages
• Art and music
• Mathematics and science
• Chinese classics, poetry, and legal and administrative issues

Who were chosen to help govern before the Han dynasty?

• Artisans
• Merchants
• Farmers
• Members of the aristocracy

What was the class of scholar-officials that ran the government called?

• Scholar-officials
• Farmers
• Merchants
• Aristocrats

Who were hired for high-level jobs in the early part of the Tang dynasty?

• Farmers
• Aristocrats
• Merchants
• Artisans

What groups were excluded from taking the civil service exams?

• Merchants, actors, and beggars
• Aristocrats, farmers, and artisans
• Women, children, and the elderly
• Scholars, officials, and nobles

Who could afford tutors, books, and time to study properly for the civil service exams?

• The wealthy
• The nobility
• The middle class
• The poor

What happened to China after the Tang dynasty ended?

• It split apart
• It remained united
• It became a democracy
• It became a monarchy