Why did the Chinese accept the Han emperors' exercise of power?

They considered the emperors to be semidivine.

How did Confucian teachings define women's roles?

Women should be restricted to domestic and family life.

What was the difference between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism?

Mahayana was more accessible to the masses.

What do the Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva represent?

creator, preserver, and destroyer

What new belief helped Buddhism become popular with the masses?

Many people could become Buddhas.

How did Empress Lü maintain her power?

She named one infant emperor and then another.

Which of the following is NOT true of Wudi?

He was saddened by war and adopted a policy of peace.

What did Indian civilization experience during the Gupta Empire?

advances in literature, art, science, and mathematics

What did Wudi do to improve his system of bureaucracy?

He established schools for job applicants.

How did Indian traders affect Southeast Asia?

Spread styles of art, architecture, dance, and religion.

What did Indians adapt from Greek invaders?

Western methods of keeping time

What happened under the direction of Wang Mang?

Yellow river flooded and he was beheaded

What did NOT happen as a result of trade?

advances in Indian surgical techniques

What advances in technology developed during the Han Dynasty?

paper, two-bladed plow, and wheelbarrow

How did the Chinese government establish control over commerce and manufacturing?

Created monopolies on mining of salt and forging of iron.

What was true about literature and arts in India during the reign of Chandra Gupta II?

They were popular in both northern and southern India.

Why did Confucian scholars consider agriculture important occupation during the Han Dynasty?

Population of China increased, many people to feed.

What did Indians discover when they learned about the Silk Roads?

They could profit by acting as middlemen.

Mounded stone structures built over relics.

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Why did the Chinese accept the Han emperors' exercise of power?
The emperors protected them from nomadic invaders.
Were afraid that emperors would kill them if they resisted.
They considered the emperors to be semidivine.
Emperor Wudi integrated Confucianism into the government.
2
What mountain range separates India from China?
Himalayas
Alps
Urals
Appalachian
3
How did Confucian teachings define women's roles?
Women are socially but not politically equal to men.
Women should be restricted to domestic and family life.
Women should be treated as equals to men in all areas
Women are the rulers of the home.
4
What was the difference between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism?
Mahayana held to the Buddha's original teachings.
Theravada taught that many people were potential Buddhas.
Theravada established new trends in Buddhist art.
Mahayana was more accessible to the masses.
5
What do the Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva represent?
revelation, inspiration, and release
sleep, wakefulness, and time
youth, adulthood, and old age
creator, preserver, and destroyer
6
What new belief helped Buddhism become popular with the masses?
Many people could become Buddhas.
Buddha was not a god and should not be worshipped.
Buddhists no longer needed images of the Buddha.
Stricter adherence to self-sacrifice would lead to nirvana.
7
What did Asoka's edicts proclaim?
Chandragupta Maurya's history
five lessons for young men
religious toleration
national adherence to his religion
8
How did Empress Lü maintain her power?
She named one infant emperor and then another.
She imposed a rule of silence in her court.
She enlisted a network of spies throughout China.
She forbid court advisers to speak with her opponents.
9
What encouraged the rise of the banking system in India?
Asoka's edicts
Chandra Gupta I's government
wealthy landowners
increased trade
10
How did Indian astronomers prove that the earth was round?
by watching the sun's reflection in a well at noon
through Aryabhata's calculations
through observations made while sailing around Africa
by observing a lunar eclipse
11
Which of the following is NOT true of Wudi?
He was known as the martial emperor.
He continued Liu Bang's centralizing policies.
He integrated Confucian studies into the government.
He was saddened by war and adopted a policy of peace.
12
What did Indian civilization experience during the Gupta Empire?
advances in the median age
upheaval from frequent invasions
advances in literature, art, science, and mathematics
a decline in trade between India and Africa
13
What became a closely guarded secret in China?
silk production
paper production
the forging of iron
Records of the Grand Historia
14
What did Wudi do to improve his system of bureaucracy?
He established schools for job applicants.
He created the new position of court adviser.
He started public education for all male children.
He invented paper as an inexpensive means of record-keeping.
15
How did Indian traders affect Southeast Asia?
Spread astronomy, silkmaking, and architecture.
Spread styles of art, architecture, dance, and religion.
Spread the decimal system, silkmaking, and astronomy.
Spread medicine, government structure, and shipbuilding.
16
What did Indians adapt from Greek invaders?
modern numerals and the decimal system
surgical techniques
knowledge that the world was round
Western methods of keeping time
17
Under Confucianism, how would you get a job with the government?
Bribing officials
Getting good grades
Having family within the government
Taking a formal exam
18
First emperor of the Han Dynasty
Wudi
Liu Bang
Xiang Yu
Empress Lu
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What happened under the direction of Wang Mang?
Took away land from the poor
Established the "Old Dynasty"
Yellow river flooded and he was beheaded
Taxes were increased on the poor
20
What scientific concept did Indian astronomers prove long before Europeans did?
The earth is round.
The sun is the center of the solar system.
Mars has moons.
They determined the distance between Earth and the moon.
21
Which empire signified a period of great achievements in religious thought, science, and art
Mauryan
Wudi
Gupta
Wang
22
Which of the following was NOT a goal of Asoka's edicts?
nonviolence
national adherence to Buddhism
humane treatment of subjects
peace to all beings
23
What did NOT happen as a result of trade?
the development of India's banking system
the spread of Indian religions throughout Asia
advances in Indian surgical techniques
advances in Indian astronomy
24
What advances in technology developed during the Han Dynasty?
silk looms, windmills, and papyrus
paper, two-bladed plow, and wheelbarrow
paper, lock and key, and two-bladed plow
collar harness, wheelbarrow, and phonetic alphabet
25
How did the Chinese government establish control over commerce and manufacturing?
Taxes on silk mills, only to seize when owners couldn't pay.
Created monopolies on mining of salt and forging of iron.
Only use certain types of material that the government made.
It established a monopoly on the production of silk.
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What was true about literature and arts in India during the reign of Chandra Gupta II?
Chandra Gupta II censored literature and plays.
They were popular in both northern and southern India.
Writers supported by Chandra Gupta II were allowed to write.
They declined as new trends in Buddhism increased.
27
Which empire had 600,000 soilders, 30,000 on horseback and 9,000 elephants?
Gupta
Wang
Mauryan
Han
28
Which ruler's reign was the most like that of Chandragupta Maurya?
Asoka
Chandra Gupta I
Wudi
Empress Lü
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Why did Confucian scholars consider agriculture important occupation during the Han Dynasty?
Empress Lü had a dream in which farmers were sowing seeds.
Belief that agriculture kept the earth and heavens balanced.
Population of China increased, many people to feed.
Farmer tills the land to feed others instead of himself.
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Which of the following was invented in India?
the phonetic alphabet
paper
the civil service system
modern numerals
31
What did Indians discover when they learned about the Silk Roads?
They could increase their production of silk.
Interest in their religions helped them to trade.
The Romans preferred Indian silk to Chinese silk.
They could profit by acting as middlemen.
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What were stupas?
Structures in which people lived.
Mounded stone structures built over relics.
Mounded stone structures built over wells.
Structures which were used as hospitals.

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