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WorksheetsClassical Empires Multiple Choice Practice Set 4
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What new belief helped Buddhism become popular with the masses?
a)
stricter adherence to self-sacrifice would lead to nirvana.
b)
Many people could become Buddha.
c)
Buddha was not a god and should not be worshipped.
d)
Buddhists no longer needed images of the Buddha.
2.
What became a closely guarded secret in China?
a)
the forging of iron
b)
paper production
c)
silk production
d)
Records of the Grand Historian
3.
How did Indian traders affect Southeast Asia?
a)
They spread Indian styles of art, architecture, dance, and religion.
b)
They spread advances in medicine, government structure, and shipbuilding.
c)
They spread knowledge of astronomy, silkmaking, and architecture.
d)
They spread the decimal system, silkmaking and astronomy.
4.
What encouraged the rise of the banking system in India?
a)
wealthy landowners
b)
Asoka's edicts
c)
Chandra Gupta I's government
d)
increased trade
5.
What did Indians discover when they learned about the Silk Roads?
a)
They could profit by acting like middlemen.
b)
Interest in their religions helped them to trade.
c)
The Romans preferred Indian silk to Chinese silk.
d)
They could increase their production of silk.
6.
How did the family structure in some Tamil groups differ from the family structure in Northern India?
a)
They were centered around Buddhism.
b)
They were patriarchal.
c)
They were matriarchal.
d)
They centered around Hinduism.
7.
What scientific concept did Indian astronomers prove long before Europeans did?
a)
They determined the distance between the Earth and the moon.
b)
The earth is round.
c)
The sun is the center of the solar system.
d)
Mars has moons.
8.
How did Empress Lü maintain her power?
a)
She imposed a rule of silence on her court.
b)
She forbid court advisers to speak with her opponents.
c)
She enlisted a network of spies throughout China.
d)
She named one infant emperor and then another.
9.
What did Wudi do to improve his system of bureaucracy?
a)
He established schools for job applicants.
b)
He created the new position of court adviser.
c)
He started public education for all male children.
d)
He invented paper as an inexpensive emans of record-keeping.
10.
What did the Indian civilization experience during the Gupta Empire?
a)
upheaval from frequent invasions.
b)
a decline in trade between India and Africa.
c)
advances in literature, art, science and mathematics.
d)
all of the above
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