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Empires Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tolerance of conquered people

Road system

Zoroastrianism

______?_______


Which completes the list describing Persian rule?

a)

Imperial Bureaucracy

b)

Code of politeness

c)

Caste system

d)

Ancestor worship

2.

Persia’s religious belief in two opposing forces in the universe is known as__________

a)

Zoroastrianism

b)

Hindusim

c)

Taoism

d)

Buddhism

3.

All of the following were physical barriers making invasion of India difficult except______

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Himalayas

d)

Hindu Kush

4.

Migration routes into the Indian subcontinent were provided by mountain passes in the_______

a)

Hindu Kush

b)

Great Pyrenees

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Himalayas

5.

What were two rivers important to the Indian subcontinent?

a)

Indus and Ganges

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Huang He and Jordan

d)

Ganges and Tigris

6.

What were two early Indus River Valley civilizations/cities?

a)

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

b)

Jerusalem and Mesopotamia

c)

Sumerians and Babylonians

d)

Hebrews and Constantinople

7.

What did the Indo-Aryans bring to India?

a)

Concept of zero

b)

Hospitals

c)

Writing

d)

Caste System

8.

Spread of Buddhism (Asoka)

Free hospitals

Veterinary clinics

Good roads


Which empire is best described by the list?

a)

Gupta

b)

Mauryan

c)

Roman

d)

Persian

9.

Mathematics

Medical advances

Astronomy

New textiles

Literature


Which empire is best described by the list?

a)

Gupta

b)

Mauryan

c)

Roman

d)

Persian

10.

Reincarnation

Karma

Vedas

Upanishads


Which religion is best described by the list?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Taoism

d)

Confucianism

11.

Hindu belief of rebirth based upon Karma is known as______

a)

reincarnation

b)

monotheism

c)

Vedas

d)

Upanishads

12.

The Hindu belief that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences is known as____

a)

caste system

b)

karma

c)

vedas

d)

polytheism

13.

The sacred writings of Hinduism are known as____?

a)

Vedas and Upanishads

b)

Bible and Torah

c)

Yin and Yang

d)

Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path to Enlightenment

14.

Hinduism was spread________

a)

along major trade routes

b)

by Asoka

c)

by Jewish missionaries

d)

through the Bible.

15.

Rejection of the Caste System, Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path to Enlightenment are the teachings of what religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Confucianism

16.

Asoka’s missionaries spread the ideas of Buddhism from India to________

a)

China

b)

Tigris River Valley

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Indus River Valley

17.

The purpose of the Great Wall was to____

a)

establish boundaries for the Chinese civilizations.

b)

create a trade route between the Aryans and China.

c)

build a temple for the Chinese people

d)

provide protection from invaders.

18.

What facilitated trade and contact between China and other cultures as far away as Rome?

a)

Silk Road

b)

Great Wall

c)

Code of Politeness

d)

Trans-Saharan

19.

All were contributions made by classical China except ___

a)

civil service system

b)

silk

c)

concept of zero

d)

paper

20.

Ancestor worship

Belief that humans are good

Respect for elders


Which religion/belief system is best described by this list?

a)

Taoism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

21.

Humility, simple life, and harmony with nature are all part of ____

a)

Taoism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Judaism

d)

Christianity

22.

In which religions is the symbol above used to represent opposites?

a)

Hinduism and Judaism.

b)

Buddhism and Christianity

c)

Confucianism and Taoism

d)

Zoroastrianism and Judaism

23.

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

a)

divine right to rule as long as the rule is just/fair/good

b)

creation of a trade route between China and Rome

c)

knowledge that all actions and thoughts have future consequences

d)

structured society based on occupation and karma

24.

What is an imperial bureaucracy?

a)

splitting an empire into provinces and giving power to an administrator/governor

b)

voting on elected leaders

c)

a system you are born into which dictates your occupation and social standing

d)

united India under Asoka's rule

25.

China was governed by a system of ruling families called ______?

a)

dynasties

b)

clans

c)

nomads

d)

imperial bureaucracy