India and China establish empires

Why was the Silk Road significant?

• It connected China to the West which allowed goods and ideas to flow
• It made travel more comfortable
• Introduced goods from China to North America
• The cocoons of silk were a delicacy

Buddhist believe that all life is suffering.  Suffering comes from desire.  To end suffering you must end desire.  To end desire you must follow the eight fold path.  What are these beliefs called?

• The enlightened ones
• The four noble truths
• The gospel
• Karma 

Gupta Empire astronomers figured out that the __________________ was round 

• Earth
• sun
• moon
• sky

To become a member of the Chinese civil service during and   after the Han Dynasty, a person had to 

• be born as a noble  to a ruling family
• be sponsored by a Buddhist priest
• pass an examination that could take three days
• serve in the Chinese army at least 20 years  

The Chinese civil service test was based on the teachings of? 

• Legalism
• Taoism
• Confucianism
• Buddhism

The Silk Road is pictured. It is important to China because it provided?

• A military route for defense of the northern boarder
• A means of administering civil service examinations
• A means for the country to expand it's empire
• A way to have contact with other cultures through trade

The map shows the spread of what?

• the spread of Buddhism to China, Korea & Japan
• the territory conquered by the Mongol Empire
• the military conquests of Emperor Huangdi
• the trade routes between India & Mesopotamia

What famous trade route connected China to Europe?

• the Trans Sahara trade route
• the Silk Road
• the Chinese Caravan Road
• the Merchant Route of Trade

Which of the following were traded along the silk road?

• Silk
• Spices
• Luxury goods
• All of the above

Which empire is described as the Golden Age of classical Indian culture?

• Gupta Empire
• Harappa Empire
• Indo-Aryan Empire
• Mauryan Empire