Which of the following was not an economic factor in medieval China?
a. The central government monopolized certain commodity manufacturing.
b. Technological advances increased the scope and wealth of the economy.
c. The introduction of the use of paper currency, credit, banking, and the abacus furthered commercial development.
d. The Sui dynasty closed the Silk Road.
e. Blast furnaces were developed.
Question 2
The Chinese civil service examination system
a. included a quota system to insure that over one-half of those who took it were peasants.
b. insured that those passing all levels of the exams would receive life-long pensions.
c. was designed to keep the scholar-gentry from taking the advanced examinations.
d. was no longer used after the early 600s.
e. was unable to solve the problem of officials using their positions to help their relatives.