Unit 1B Study Guide

Chandragupta Maurya is famous in Indian history because of what...

• He united a large portion of India for the first time under one ruler
• He converted to Buddhism and made it the official religion of India
• He created an efficient system of government that utilized fear tactics
• He was a hands off leader who allowed the people great freedoms

The Gupta culture flourished and contributed all of the following to the world EXCEPT

• Developed a 7 Day Calendar
• Modern numbers, the decimal and the ZERO
• Proved the Earth was round
• invented fireworks and gunpowder

Asoka, a Leader in the Mauryan Dynasty converted to this religion, which changed the outlook of how people were treated.

• Hinduism
• Confucianism
• Buddhism
• Taoism

According to Buddhism, people can overcome their desires and attain enlightenment by following...

• The Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path
• A complex set of rituals
• the ideas set forth in the caste System
• Focusing on the 5 Basic Relationships

The Hindu idea of reincarnation says that after a person has died

• The soul goes directly to paradise
• The soul is reborn into a different animal or person until it reaches Moksha
• The soul immediately reaches a state of perfect understanding
• the soul wanders forever on a spirit world

Most of China's early civilizations were located like many other civilizations along water, in China, this was the

• Tigris River
• Yellow River
• Tibetan Sea
• South China Sea

Shi Huangdi formed a government in which the ruler had unlimited power and used it in an arbitrary manner. What is this called?

• legalism
• Empire
• Dynasty
• Bureaucracy

The term "dynastic cycle" refers to the...

• Continuous rise and fall of dynasties throughout China in CE
• Use of military to gain power in China
• Development of higher forms of culture in China
• increasing isolation of China from the rest of the world

What was the significance of the Silk Road?

• it allowed travelers to get from one place to another
• it allowed for cultural diffusion of Chinese ideas to spread to India and Mediterranean societies
• it allowed for invaders to finally get into China
• it allowed for the Egyptians to begin practicing their religion in China

The mountain range that lies between India and China is the...

• Hindu-Kush
• Alps
• The Himalayan Mountains
• Andes