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WorksheetsAP World History Ch 15
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The first southeast Asian state to reflect Indian influence was centered on its capital port city of Oc Eo. What was its name?
a)
Majapahit
b)
Melaka
c)
Funan
d)
Srivijaya
2.
Buzurg ibn Shahriyar
a)
was the first powerful caliph after the death of Muhammad.
b)
wrote the Book of the Wonders of India
c)
Led a series of devastating invasions of India in the eleventh century
d)
was one of the most influential Sufi missionaries to visit India
3.
The scholarly Buddhist emperor who reunited northern India in the seventh century was
a)
Harsha
b)
Ashoka
c)
Mahmud of Ghazni
d)
Shankara
4.
The bhakti movement
a)
never caught on in India as it had in China
b)
sought to erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam
c)
appealed to Indians who were stifled by the strictly monotheistic views of Hinduism
d)
tried to find god through a strictly rationalistic pursuit of the divine
5.
Mahmud of Ghazni's main inspiration for visiting India in the eleventh century was to
a)
spread Islam
b)
visit important Buddhist temples
c)
build a centralized state based on a Persian model
d)
plunder
6.
An invasion in 451 C.E. by the White Huns began the collapse of the
a)
Gupta dynasty
b)
Mauryan dynasty
c)
Byzantine empire
d)
Han dynasty
7.
The kingdoms of southern India were mainly
a)
Islamic
b)
Buddhist
c)
Hindu
d)
Sikh
8.
From 53 million in 600 C.E., the population of India rose by 1500 C.E. to
a)
60 million
b)
105 million
c)
81 million
d)
72 million
9.
By around 1500 what portion of the total Indian population was Muslim
a)
one-twentieth
b)
one-half
c)
one-fourth
d)
two-thirds
10.
The temples of Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat were built by the rulers of what kingdom?
a)
Majapahit
b)
Srivijaya
c)
Funan
d)
Khmer
11.
The biggest difference between Melaka and the other states influenced by India was that Melaka
a)
A. played a role in sea trade, while the other states relied on land trade
b)
became predominantly Islamic
c)
started out as mainly Islamic but later converted to Buddhism
d)
built a large, centralized land empire
12.
The Islamic ruler who led seventeen different raiding expeditions into India in the eleventh century was
a)
Mahmud of Ghazni
b)
Ramanuja
c)
Harihara
d)
Abu Bakr
13.
In regard to political structure, post-classical India
a)
rivaled Tang China in respect to size and administrative brilliance
b)
copied the Chinese model after being conquered by the Tang
c)
was most influenced by Byzantium
d)
developed no single centralized imperial authority
14.
In 711, the northern Indian area of Sind fell to the
a)
Umayyad dynasty
b)
Chola dynasty
c)
Abbasid dynasty
d)
Tang dynasty
15.
Northern India was dominated from the thirteenth through the early sixteenth century by the
a)
Abbasid dynasty.
b)
Southern Song dynasty
c)
Delhi sultanate
d)
Umayyad dynasty
16.
In 1336, Harihara and Bukka, two emissaries from the Delhi sultan, renounced Islam, reconverted to Hinduism, and founded the southern kingdom of
a)
Vijayanagar
b)
Funan
c)
Angkor
d)
Maurya
17.
Hindu temples
a)
were never able to compete with the strong Buddhist temples of northern India
b)
held southern India back economically because of the Hindu law against lending money.
c)
disappeared in southern India because of the prominence of Islam.
d)
played an important role in the agricultural and financial development of southern India
18.
Funan dominated the lower reaches of which southeast Asian river
a)
Mekong
b)
Irrawaddy
c)
Salween
d)
Yangzi
19.
Which of the following states had its base in Cambodia
a)
Singosari
b)
Melaka
c)
Angkor
d)
Majapahit
20.
Islam reached India by all of the following routes EXCEPT
a)
conquest by Arabic invaders
b)
Islamic merchants
c)
missionaries sent by the emperor Harsha
d)
conquest by Arabic invaders and missionaries sent by Harsha
21.
The Delhi sultans were
a)
never able to expand their control beyond northern India
b)
able to unite all of India for the first time since the Mauryas
c)
able to make Islam the main religion of India
d)
proponents of a more syncretic version of Islam
22.
Vijayanagar, the name of a southern Indian kingdom, means
a)
"land of Vishnu."
b)
"beloved of Allah."
c)
"the pure land."
d)
"city of victory."
23.
The wealthy trading state that controlled southern India from 850 through 1267 was the
a)
Chola kingdom
b)
Vijayanagar kingdom
c)
kingdom of Funan.
d)
kingdom of Angkor
24.
India was a natural location for the establishment of emporia because of
a)
the continuous problem of Chinese pirates
b)
its central location in the Indian Ocean basin
c)
the absence of any monsoon winds
d)
its strong, centralized government
25.
The bhakti teacher Guru Kabir believed
a)
that the only true path to salvation was through complete devotion to Allah
b)
in a harshly exclusive faith
c)
that Shiva, Vishnu, and Allah were all manifestations of a single, universal deity
d)
that Buddhism was the only true faith.
26.
Which of the following states was most heavily influenced by Islam?
a)
Vijayanagar
b)
Melaka
c)
Angkor
d)
Funan
27.
During the post-classical age, the caste system
a)
disappeared because of the arrival of Islam
b)
created chaos in local communities
c)
became securely established in southern India for the first time
d)
rejected migrants coming into India
28.
The kingdom of Srivijaya
a)
converted to Islam
b)
was the first southeast Asian state to adopt Indian ways
c)
was the only Christian kingdom in southeast Asia
d)
was located on Sumatra and maintained a sea trade route between China and India
29.
Paramesvara was known for
a)
writing the Bhagavata Purana
b)
playing a pivotal role in the spread of the bhakti movement
c)
leading a series of plundering raids into India in the eleventh century.
d)
founding the kingdom of Melaka
30.
After the collapse of the Gupta dynasty in the fifth century, India would not be completely reunited until the
a)
seventh century.
b)
sixteenth century
c)
thirteenth century
d)
ninth century.
31.
The presence of the changing monsoon winds ensured that
a)
irrigation never developed in India, because it was never necessary.
b)
irrigation was necessary in arid southern India
c)
shipping was impossible in the Indian Ocean basin.
d)
India enjoyed complete isolation.
32.
Which of the following Indian concepts did NOT become popular in the southeast Asian states influenced by India
a)
Hinduism
b)
the caste system
c)
conducting official business in Sanskrit
d)
literary classics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata
33.
The design of the Khmer temples at Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat show
a)
the influence of both Hindu and Buddhist traditions
b)
the growing influence of Islam
c)
a definite influence from the Tang dynasty
d)
Confucian influence
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