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

creator, preserver, and destroyer

What was the difference between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism?

Mahayana was more accessible to the masses.

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

They could profit by acting as middlemen.

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

Created monopolies on mining of salt and forging of iron.

What did NOT happen as a result of trade?

advances in Indian surgical techniques

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

They considered the emperors to be semidivine.

What did Indian civilization experience during the Gupta Empire?

advances in literature, art, science, and mathematics

Which of the following is NOT true of Wudi?

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

Mounded stone structures built over relics.

How did Indian traders affect Southeast Asia?

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

How did Empress Lü maintain her power?

She named one infant emperor and then another.

What happened under the direction of Wang Mang?

Yellow river flooded and he was beheaded

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

Population of China increased, many people to feed.

What advances in technology developed during the Han Dynasty?

paper, two-bladed plow, and wheelbarrow

What did Wudi do to improve his system of bureaucracy?

He established schools for job applicants.

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.

What did Indians adapt from Greek invaders?

Western methods of keeping time

What new belief helped Buddhism become popular with the masses?

Many people could become Buddhas.

How did Confucian teachings define women's roles?

Women should be restricted to domestic and family life.

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1
What do the Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva represent?
creator, preserver, and destroyer
youth, adulthood, and old age
revelation, inspiration, and release
sleep, wakefulness, and time
2
What was the difference between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism?
Theravada established new trends in Buddhist art.
Theravada taught that many people were potential Buddhas.
Mahayana held to the Buddha's original teachings.
Mahayana was more accessible to the masses.
3
What did Indians discover when they learned about the Silk Roads?
The Romans preferred Indian silk to Chinese silk.
They could profit by acting as middlemen.
Interest in their religions helped them to trade.
They could increase their production of silk.
4
What mountain range separates India from China?
Urals
Appalachian
Himalayas
Alps
5
How did the Chinese government establish control over commerce and manufacturing?
Only use certain types of material that the government made.
Created monopolies on mining of salt and forging of iron.
Taxes on silk mills, only to seize when owners couldn't pay.
It established a monopoly on the production of silk.
6
Under Confucianism, how would you get a job with the government?
Taking a formal exam
Getting good grades
Bribing officials
Having family within the government
7
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 astronomy
advances in Indian surgical techniques
8
Why did the Chinese accept the Han emperors' exercise of power?
Were afraid that emperors would kill them if they resisted.
The emperors protected them from nomadic invaders.
They considered the emperors to be semidivine.
Emperor Wudi integrated Confucianism into the government.
9
First emperor of the Han Dynasty
Empress Lu
Xiang Yu
Liu Bang
Wudi
10
What became a closely guarded secret in China?
silk production
paper production
the forging of iron
Records of the Grand Historia
11
What did Indian civilization experience during the Gupta Empire?
advances in literature, art, science, and mathematics
advances in the median age
a decline in trade between India and Africa
upheaval from frequent invasions
12
Which of the following is NOT true of Wudi?
He was known as the martial emperor.
He integrated Confucian studies into the government.
He continued Liu Bang's centralizing policies.
He was saddened by war and adopted a policy of peace.
13
Which of the following was NOT a goal of Asoka's edicts?
national adherence to Buddhism
humane treatment of subjects
nonviolence
peace to all beings
14
What did Asoka's edicts proclaim?
religious toleration
national adherence to his religion
Chandragupta Maurya's history
five lessons for young men
15
Which ruler's reign was the most like that of Chandragupta Maurya?
Wudi
Asoka
Empress Lü
Chandra Gupta I
16
What were stupas?
Structures which were used as hospitals.
Structures in which people lived.
Mounded stone structures built over wells.
Mounded stone structures built over relics.
17
Which empire had 600,000 soilders, 30,000 on horseback and 9,000 elephants?
Han
Mauryan
Gupta
Wang
18
How did Indian traders affect Southeast Asia?
Spread styles of art, architecture, dance, and religion.
Spread the decimal system, silkmaking, and astronomy.
Spread astronomy, silkmaking, and architecture.
Spread medicine, government structure, and shipbuilding.
19
How did Empress Lü maintain her power?
She enlisted a network of spies throughout China.
She named one infant emperor and then another.
She forbid court advisers to speak with her opponents.
She imposed a rule of silence in her court.
20
What happened under the direction of Wang Mang?
Established the "Old Dynasty"
Took away land from the poor
Yellow river flooded and he was beheaded
Taxes were increased on the poor
21
Why did Confucian scholars consider agriculture important occupation during the Han Dynasty?
Population of China increased, many people to feed.
Empress Lü had a dream in which farmers were sowing seeds.
Belief that agriculture kept the earth and heavens balanced.
Farmer tills the land to feed others instead of himself.
22
Which empire signified a period of great achievements in religious thought, science, and art
Wudi
Wang
Gupta
Mauryan
23
How did Indian astronomers prove that the earth was round?
through Aryabhata's calculations
by watching the sun's reflection in a well at noon
by observing a lunar eclipse
through observations made while sailing around Africa
24
Which of the following was invented in India?
modern numerals
the civil service system
the phonetic alphabet
paper
25
What advances in technology developed during the Han Dynasty?
paper, two-bladed plow, and wheelbarrow
silk looms, windmills, and papyrus
collar harness, wheelbarrow, and phonetic alphabet
paper, lock and key, and two-bladed plow
26
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.
27
What scientific concept did Indian astronomers prove long before Europeans did?
Mars has moons.
The sun is the center of the solar system.
They determined the distance between Earth and the moon.
The earth is round.
28
What was true about literature and arts in India during the reign of Chandra Gupta II?
They declined as new trends in Buddhism increased.
Writers supported by Chandra Gupta II were allowed to write.
They were popular in both northern and southern India.
Chandra Gupta II censored literature and plays.
29
What did Indians adapt from Greek invaders?
surgical techniques
knowledge that the world was round
modern numerals and the decimal system
Western methods of keeping time
30
What new belief helped Buddhism become popular with the masses?
Buddhists no longer needed images of the Buddha.
Many people could become Buddhas.
Stricter adherence to self-sacrifice would lead to nirvana.
Buddha was not a god and should not be worshipped.
31
What encouraged the rise of the banking system in India?
increased trade
Asoka's edicts
wealthy landowners
Chandra Gupta I's government
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How did Confucian teachings define women's roles?
Women should be restricted to domestic and family life.
Women are the rulers of the home.
Women should be treated as equals to men in all areas
Women are socially but not politically equal to men.

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