WorksheetsIndia & China
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Aryans entered the Indian subcontinent by migrating
over the Deccan Plateau
through the Himalayas
down the Indus River
through the Khyber Pass
The order of the Caste system in India, from highest to lowest, is...
Brahmin, Kshatryia, Vaishya, Sudra
Kshatriya, Brahmin, Sudra, Vaishya
Vaishya, Sudra, Kshatria, Brahmin
Sudra, Kshatria, Brahmin, Vaishya
What does the map say about the Maurya and Gupta empires?
Trade contributed to stable societies
Expansion was limited by physical geography
Roads unified India
India suffered from many invasions
Which statements are true about the social system in Classical India?
A person's caste could be changed by marriage or wealth
The social structure was divided into a caste system
Castes were linked to people's jobs
Castes were determined at birth
Indian civilization developed between what two rivers (select two)?
A
B
C
D
What leader did the following:
Built roads
Spread Buddhism
Practiced tolerance
Built hospitals
Cyrus II
Hammurabi
Ashoka
Chandra Gupta
What empire was responsible for:
Medicine: setting bones
Textiles: development of cotton
Science: concept of earth as round
Literature: formal essays such as Kamasutra which provides rules about the art of love
Shang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Gupta Empire
Mauryan Empire
"If good is planted, good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well."
What belief does this statement represent?
Reincarnation
Moksha
Theraveda
Karma
Hinduism is a belief in...
One god
Many gods
Many forms of one god
Spirits within nature
Hinduism includes all of the following EXCEPT
Nirvana
Dharma
Brahman
Reincarnation
Buddhism includes all of the following EXCEPT
Eightfold Path
Four Noble Truths
Nirvana
Karma
The map shows that
Buddhism spreads from India to China, Japan, and Southeast Asia because Emperor Asoka sends Buddhist missionaries throughout the Asian continent.
Buddhism spreads as a reaction to military violence because Aryan invasions disrupt the social and religious life in Harappa.
Buddhism spreads from India to the Mediterranean because the Silk Road facilitates trade between Asia and Europe.
Many people in Asia converted to Buddhism because
it ended idol worship
it adapted, or included, local beliefs and customs
it encouraged people to get rich
it was similar to Judaism
Buddha taught that people can end suffering by
doing good things for others
eliminating selfish desires and wants
making a pilgrimage to mecca
converting to Hinduism
How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?
The people were allowed to elect a new ruler in an election
The ruler received a direct Mandate from heaven that he could quit
Religious leaders read oracle bones to select new rulers
It allowed new leaders to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty
Why was the Great Wall of China built?
To show respect for the gods
To keep slaves from escaping
To keep invaders out
To give the Emperor a place to walk
The trade route that linked China to western civilizations was called the
Royal Road
Silk Road
Appian Way
Roman Road
Classical China created all of the following EXCEPT
Silk
Civil Service
Spread of Hinudism
Paper
Social order, harmony and good government should be based on family relationships
This is an example of
Taoism
Confucianism
Judaism
Polytheism
Human beings should live simply and in harmony with nature
This is an example of
Taoism
Confucianism
Judaism
Polytheism
