What method did the Han invent to staff the imperial bureaucracy?
a. nepotism
b. a lottery
c. a tithe of every tenth born child
d. hiring foreign scholars
e. civil service exams
e
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What warfare method is partially blamed for leading the United States into World War I?
A. submarine warfare B. trench warfare C. airplane warfare D. machine gun warfare
What was the Shimabara uprising?
A) Christians who refused to renounce their religion were crushed by the Tokugawa and Dutch. B) The Portuguese attempted to maintain their presence in Japan for commercial interests. C) It was a Buddhist rebellion. D) A rival shogun attempted to seize control of the government. E) It was a revival of Christianity.
What was the Bohemian Revolt?
A) An uprising by Catholics in Bohemia fueled by the Catholic Reformation B) A Protestant uprising in response to the Catholic Reformation and their consolidation of power and the subsequent fight for territory for each branch of Christianity C) The new (Catholic) Habsburg ruler Ferdinand II in Bohemia withdrew the edict of toleration, forcing Protestant nobles to revolt, overthrowing Ferdinand. D) The Battle between Catholics and Protestants that involved every country in Europe, but began in Bohemia E) The peasant revolt in Bohemia for freedom from religious persecution, whether Catholic or Protestant
Which of these was the ancient Chinese notion of heaven?
A) ma'at B) shi C) Tian D) Vedas