Ancient China/India Quiz

the belief in multiple gods is

• Polytheism

• monotheism

• theocracy

• daoism

what do the four civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China) all have in common?

• all shared a common religion and were polytheistic

• all ruled by pharaohs

• all developed in river valleys

• all shared a common lamguage

Children should respect their parents is a belief held by which philosophy?

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Daoism

• Cuneiform

This philosopher's ideas were written in a book called the Way of the Dao.

• Han Fei

• Confucius

• Laozi

• Buddha

The goal of the religion is to reach Brahman (oneness with the universe).

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Daoism

• All of the Above

The pain, poverty, and sorrow that afflict human beings are caused by their attachment to things of this world. Once people let go of their worldly cares, pain and sorrow can be forgotten. This is a characteristic of which religion?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Confucianism

• All of the Above

______________ is the belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death.

• Shiva

• Moshka

• Reincarnation

• Guatama

The __________ is a critical part of the Dynastic Cycle in ancient China. New rulers use it to give their new dynasty legitimacy (AKA the reason for their rule).

• Filial Piety

• Daoist philosophy

• Mandate of Heaven

• Analects

Emperor _______ was the first emporer of China, the founder of the short lived Qin Dynasty, made legalism the state philosophy during his real, and introduced a road/money system.

• Qin Shihhuangdi

• Confucius

• Wudi

• Liu Bang

Why was Emperor Wudi so important to the Han Dynasty in China?

• Wrote the Analects and invented the philosophy of Daoism

• Conquered the Korean Peninsula and enslaved the people of the Koreas

• Created the Terra Cotta Army and was the the first emperor of China

• Expanded China's borders and pushed back the Xinognu (Mongols)