Spring 2020 Unit 2-3

What geographic feature allowed the Aryans to travel south into India?

• Khyber Pass
• Indus River
• Himalayan Mountains
• Indian Ocean

Which religions began in India?

• Confucianism and Taoism
• Taoism and Hinduism
• Buddhism and Zoroastrianism
• Hinduism and Buddhism

Which one is an innovation of the Mauryan Empire in India?

• Creating the Caste System
• The number zero
• Animal clinics
• Toilets and Sewers

What Mauryan emperor spread Buddhism beyond India?

• Siddhartha Gautama
• Confucius
• Lau Tzu
• Asoka

Which religion believes in ancestor worship, being educated, and respecting your elders?

• Buddhism
• Confucianism
• Taoism
• Hinduism

The Chinese invented all of the following except:

• Porcelain
• Paper
• Silk
• Number zero

China's government is best described as:

• an imperial bureaucracy
• an empire
• a democracy
• a kingdom

Which religion believes in finding harmony with nature, and being humble?

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Taoism

• Hinduism

What are the names of the two rivers that would flood regularly in Mesopotamia, thus making the land more fertile for agriculture?

• The Nile and the Zambezi

• The Congo and the Niger

• The Euphrates and the Tigris

• The Jordan and the Dead Sea

What does polytheism mean?

• Belief in no God

• Belief in one God

• Belief in many Gods