Ancient India and China

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

the belief in multiple gods is

• Polytheism

• monotheism

• theocracy

• taoism

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

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Taoism

• Cuneiform

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

• Han Fei

• Confucius

• Lao Tzu

• Buddha

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

• Shiva

• Moshka

• Reincarnation

• Guatama

Chinese civilization developed around which two rivers?

• Indus and Ganges Rivers

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

• White and Blue Nile Rivers

The best way to change your caste for the next life is to fulfill your ________ so that you receive good ________.

• Dharma/Karma

• Moksha/Reincarnation

• Karma/Moksha

• Reincarnation/Karma

This caste is not a part of Brahma's body, they only are allowed to do jobs deemed filthy or menial by Indian society. Also considered to be dirty/unpure by some other castes.

• Peasants

• Farmers

• Untouchables

• Slaves

This ruler of the Mauryan empire converted to Buddhism and helped Buddhism grow into a world religion.

• Ashoka

• Chandragupta Maurya

• The Great Khali

• Randeep Singh

Why was the Silk Road so important to world history?

• Allowed ideas, technology, culture, and other big ideas to spread to other areas of the world

• Helped Chinese Armies better defend against nomadic invaders

• Allowed China to trade more regularly and easily with countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

• None of the Above