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India & China

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Aryans entered the Indian subcontinent by migrating

a)

over the Deccan Plateau

b)

through the Himalayas

c)

down the Indus River

d)

through the Khyber Pass

2.

The order of the Caste system in India, from highest to lowest, is...

a)

Brahmin, Kshatryia, Vaishya, Sudra

b)

Kshatriya, Brahmin, Sudra, Vaishya

c)

Vaishya, Sudra, Kshatria, Brahmin

d)

Sudra, Kshatria, Brahmin, Vaishya

3.

What does the map say about the Maurya and Gupta empires?

a)

Trade contributed to stable societies

b)

Expansion was limited by physical geography

c)

Roads unified India

d)

India suffered from many invasions

4.

Which statements are true about the social system in Classical India?

a)

A person's caste could be changed by marriage or wealth

b)

The social structure was divided into a caste system

c)

Castes were linked to people's jobs

d)

Castes were determined at birth

5.

Indian civilization developed between what two rivers (select two)?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.

What leader did the following:


Built roads

Spread Buddhism

Practiced tolerance

Built hospitals

a)

Cyrus II

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Ashoka

d)

Chandra Gupta

7.

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

a)

Shang Dynasty

b)

Song Dynasty

c)

Gupta Empire

d)

Mauryan Empire

8.

"If good is planted, good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well."


What belief does this statement represent?

a)

Reincarnation

b)

Moksha

c)

Theraveda

d)

Karma

9.

Hinduism is a belief in...

a)

One god

b)

Many gods

c)

Many forms of one god

d)

Spirits within nature

10.

Hinduism includes all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Nirvana

b)

Dharma

c)

Brahman

d)

Reincarnation

11.

Buddhism includes all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Eightfold Path

b)

Four Noble Truths

c)

Nirvana

d)

Karma

12.

The map shows that

a)

Buddhism spreads from India to China, Japan, and Southeast Asia because Emperor Asoka sends Buddhist missionaries throughout the Asian continent.

b)

Buddhism spreads as a reaction to military violence because Aryan invasions disrupt the social and religious life in Harappa.

c)

Buddhism spreads from India to the Mediterranean because the Silk Road facilitates trade between Asia and Europe.

13.

Many people in Asia converted to Buddhism because

a)

it ended idol worship

b)

it adapted, or included, local beliefs and customs

c)

it encouraged people to get rich

d)

it was similar to Judaism

14.

Buddha taught that people can end suffering by

a)

doing good things for others

b)

eliminating selfish desires and wants

c)

making a pilgrimage to mecca

d)

converting to Hinduism

15.

How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?

a)

The people were allowed to elect a new ruler in an election

b)

The ruler received a direct Mandate from heaven that he could quit

c)

Religious leaders read oracle bones to select new rulers

d)

It allowed new leaders to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty

16.

Why was the Great Wall of China built?

a)

To show respect for the gods

b)

To keep slaves from escaping

c)

To keep invaders out

d)

To give the Emperor a place to walk

17.

The trade route that linked China to western civilizations was called the

a)

Royal Road

b)

Silk Road

c)

Appian Way

d)

Roman Road

18.

Classical China created all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Silk

b)

Civil Service

c)

Spread of Hinudism

d)

Paper

19.

Social order, harmony and good government should be based on family relationships


This is an example of

a)

Taoism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Judaism

d)

Polytheism

20.

Human beings should live simply and in harmony with nature


This is an example of

a)

Taoism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Judaism

d)

Polytheism