WH1 2020 - Indus & Chinese River Valley

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-Gangetic Plain

-Deccan Plateau

-coastal plains

What is the best title for the list?

• Areas Included in the Partition of India 1947

• Geographic Regions of the Indian Subcontinent

• Border Regions Between India and China

• Kingdoms of India During the Vedic Age

Indian family structure under the Maurya and Gupta is most commonly called a(n)

• joint family

• nuclear family

• plant family

• crime family

All of the following were ways the Maurya Empire promoted unity, prosperity, and protection of its power EXCEPT:

• built schools, libraries, and palaces at the capital city of Pataliputra

• built roads and harbors, and levied taxes

• outlawed foreign trade and disarmed its military

• used secret police to clamp down on crime and anti-government activity

Why did the Maurya Empire decline after Asoka's death?

• his successors were not as able to unify the Indian princes

• a massive flood overcame the Indian mainland, destroying all major towns

• Indian princes created a democratic confederacy

• Asoka left a will stating that he wished the empire to split into smaller parts

What made India difficult to unite in the 500 years before the Gupta Empire appeared?

• rivalries between local princes

• Indian people spoke many different languages and had many different cultural backgrounds

• Indian geography, such as the Deccan Plateau, separated different people and made unity difficult

• all of these are correct

Which of the following is true of villages under both the Maurya and the Gupta?

• most villages were self-sufficient economically

• most villages remained isolated and free of influence from other villages

• most villagers refused to enforce the caste system

• all of these are correct

Which of the following would have been the most likely scenario in India under the Maurya or Gupta?

• mothers chose husbands and wives for their children, and protected their own dowry

• fathers had final say on marriage partners for their children, and strictly protected the family dowry

• children were given much freedom of choice over marriage partners and how the family dowry would be distributed

• all of these are correct

Buddhism was the dominant religion in the Gupta Empire.

• True

• False

Chinese history began in which river valley in China?

• Huang He

• Yangtze

• Wei

• Si

Why was the Huang He so important to the survival of the ancient Chinese?

• it never flooded

• it over-flooded every year

• it usually flooded enough to bring rich loess to the fields

• it was the main way to travel from Beijing to Macao