In the Chinese civil service examination system
a. candidates from southern China always received the highest positions.
b. the system entirely eliminated aristocratic influence in the government bureaucracy.
c. the Song severely restricted the eligibility for taking the exams.
d. many candidates who passed the first examination did not go on to a higher level.
e. very few of the successful candidates came from the landed gentry.
d
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The type of state governments established in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina after the Revolution indicated the __________.
A. power of the conservatives throughout the states B. amount of control the radical element had seized C. triumph of conservative ideas D. balance of political power between conservative Whigs and radical democrats
The delegates to the Philadelphia convention decided that key proposals required the support of __________.
a) the majority of the states b) all the states c) at least nine states d) at least 12 states
Justinian's court historian, who described his many building projects, was
A) Procopius. B) Cassiodorus. C) Boethius. D) Belisarius. E) Stilicho.
In order to profit from increased farm productivity, landlords
A) moved to cities and became food merchants. B) formed cooperatives with the peasants. C) took over village common lands for sheep and cattle raising. D) improved roads and took charge of transporting cash crops. E) treated land in a speculative manner.