Midterm Classical Empires Review

Which regions was NOT connected to the Silk Road?

• China

• India

• Persia

• Japan

The Great Wall of China was built to

• protect China from invasion

• create a monument to Mongol rule

• close China to foreign trade

• provide trade routes across Asia

Classical Chinese empires created a government workforce where workers passed these tests.

• Silk Road

• Eightfold Path

• Mandates

• Civil Service

All of the following were Classical Chinese innovations EXCEPT

• papyrus

• silk

• porcelain

• paper

The writing system of the Aryans who migrated into the Indus.

• sanskrit

• cuneiform

• indus script

• hieroglyphics

The Mauryan king who unified much of India and spread Buddhism.

• Laozi

• Chandra Gupta

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Ashoka

All of the following were achievements made by the Indian Gupta empire EXCEPT

• Zero

• Hospitals

• Gunpowder

• Astronomy

The rigid social structure that was brought to India by the Aryans was called -

• the feudal system

• the political system

• the class system

• the caste system

Which classical empire started in Iran, but conquered the river valleys of the Indus, Mesopotamia, and Egypt.

• Persia

• Greece

• China

• India

Which religion had a single god called Ahura Mazda and a struggle between good and evil.

• Zoroastrianism

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism