Unit 2 Review

Which Indian emperor spread Buddhism through missionaries and pillars inscribed with edicts?

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Ashoka

• Akbar

• Siddhartha

Which empire controlled most of the Indian subcontinent around 260 BC?

• Gupta

• Mauryan

• Mughal

• Zhou

The Gupta Empire is best remembered for advances in—

• Gunpowder and iron weapons

• Astronomy, medicine, and mathematics

• Papermaking and silk weaving

• Naval exploration

The Han Dynasty is most closely associated with which innovation?

• Paper

• Gunpowder

• Bicycle

• Porcelain

The “civil service examination” system in China was based on—

• Confucian teachings

• Daoist philosophy

• Buddhist meditation

Which Chinese philosophy emphasized strict laws and harsh punishments?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Buddhism

Which geographic feature most isolated China from early contact with the rest of the world?

• Himalaya Mountains

• Gobi Desert

• Pacific Ocean

• Yellow River

Which leader expanded the Persian Empire and allowed conquered peoples to keep their customs?

• Xerxes

• Darius

• Cyrus the Great

• Hammurabi

Darius I is best remembered for—

• The Great Wall of China

• Standardized coinage and the Royal Road

• Hammurabi’s Code

• The expansion of Buddhism

Zoroastrianism was the main religion of which empire?

• Greek

• Roman

• Persian

• Gupta