Classical India and China Test Review

Which of the following are accomplishments of Asoka.

• spread Buddhism

• built hospitals and roads

• posted edicts throughout India

• Began construction on the Great Wall

Which of the following were accomplishments of the Qin Dynasty.

• standardized coins, weights, and language

• had the Great Wall built

• first to unify China

• spread Buddhism throughout India

Which of the following were achievements made by the Han.

• wheelbarrow

• paper

• seismograph

• fishing reel

• suspension bridge

Select all the reasons for the decline and fall of the Han.

• government corruption

• wealthy avoided paying taxes

• peasant revolts

• floods destroyed irrigation systems

• widespread famine

List characteristics of Legalism.

• An efficient and powerful government is necessary to keep social order

• Punishments are stressed more than rewards

• Government controls people’s ideas and actions

List similarties between the fall of Rome and the fall of the Han.

• pressure from outside invaders

• increased taxes

• government corruption

• weak leadership

What religion was dominant during the Gupta Empire?

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Legalism

• Confucianism

What do both Hinduism and Buddhism believe happens to a person after death?

• their soul is reborn

• they go to heaven

• nothing

• they sit in limbo forever

What did Classical India invent and spread to the Arab world and then Europe?

• the number system

• chess

• Hinduism

• Pottery

What is the Caste System?

• A system of division of labor and power in human society in India; a social stratification

• a system of applying a splint to broken bones

• the system of selecting the actors who will play characters on your favorite sitcom

• a form of government in which a king distributes land to nobels in exchange for their loyalty