Unit 2 World History Review

Question 1

What determined how your actions in this life affected your position in the next life?

Accepted Answer

Karma

Question 2

Which animals did the people living on the steppe in India work with?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 3

What weather in India is known for heavy winds and rain?

Accepted Answer

Monsoon

Question 4

Mahayana and Theravada are the two main sects of

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 5

What was built in China to discourage attacks from outside invaders

Accepted Answer

Great Wall

Question 6

What great architectural accomplishment began in the Qin Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Great Wall

Question 7

Who was the first to unify India?

Accepted Answer

Maurya

Question 8

What was the primary economic activity in early India?

Accepted Answer

Farming

Question 9

The concept that a ruler's power comes from god is the Mandate of ______________

Accepted Answer

Heaven

Question 10

What structures do the Buddhists use to meditate?

Accepted Answer

Stupas

Question 11

Who developed the junk boat?

Accepted Answer

Chinese

Question 12

How did the monsoon winds aide early settlers in India?

Accepted Answer

The seasonal winds helped them travel by sea

Question 13

The dhow and lateen sails were developed by

Accepted Answer

Arabs

Question 14

Who founded the Han Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Liu Bang

Question 15

What country used the caste system to define social order?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 16

Who founded Daoism?

Accepted Answer

Lao Tsu

Question 17

Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

Accepted Answer

Chandragupta

Question 18

Which of the following was not traded on the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 19

Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are the main gods of

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 20

Who overthrew the first Chinese dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Zhou

Question 21

The Dharma is the basic doctrine of

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 22

What causes suffering?

Accepted Answer

Desire

Question 23

The rulers in the Shang Dynasty had their right to rule taken away by the

Accepted Answer

gods

Question 24

Terracota warriors surround the tomb of

Accepted Answer

Shi Huangdi

Question 25

What Indian emperor brought in a period of religious freedom and tolerance?

Accepted Answer

Ashoka

Question 26

Who founded the Qin dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Shi Huangdi

Question 27

Which of the following is not a sign that a ruler was wicked or foolish?

Accepted Answer

Bountiful Harvest

Question 28

The Theravada Sect kept to the strict original teachings of

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 29

Buddhists say that all life is

Accepted Answer

Suffering

Question 30

What is it called to be born over and over again?

Accepted Answer

Reincarnation

Question 31

What was the first dynasty in China

Accepted Answer

Shang

Question 32

What was the period in ancient China called where kings and nobles fought for power?

Accepted Answer

Warring States Period

Question 33

What religion did Chandragupta's son, Ashoka practice?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

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Unit 2 World History Review

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