History

Question

6. Historians believe the Han dynasty remained powerful for so long because it kept the successful policies of the

Qin dynasty, while changing the Qin policies that had upset people. Place an X in the box to indicate whether each

Han dynasty policy was an old one kept from the Qin dynasty or a new one put in place by the Han dynasty.

Policy

Creating a standardized money system

Promoting Confucianism instead of Legalism

Improving education by opening new schools across China

Giving people positions in government based on merit, not family

connections

Encouraging trade and helping establish the Silk Road

Using an organized bureaucracy to run the government

Old Qin policy

X

New Han policy

Answer

X, New Han policy, New Han policy, New Han policy, New Han policy, Old Qin policy

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The Han dynasty kept the successful policies of the Qin dynasty, while changing the Qin policies that had upset people. The policy of creating a standardized money system...