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WorksheetsWorld History Unit 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is an accurate description of Minoan civilization?
It was centered on the island of Crete
it was rich and prosperous
It benefited from trade with others in the Mediterranean
All of the above
What Phoenician invention influenced the Western World?
The wheel
The alphabet
Their writing
The iron tools
Which best describes the religion of the early Hebrews?
They believed God wanted them to obey his commandments
They believed God had made a sacred covenant with them
They believed in a single, all-powerful God
All of the above
Where was the homeland of the Hebrews?
Canaan, Middle East
Yangtze, China
Cairo, Egypt
Harappa, India
Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt?
King David
Ruth
Abraham
Moses
What is the name of the Jewish Holy Book?
Torah
Vedas
Upanishads
Dao de Ching
What is India's major religion that goes back 7,000+ years?
Confucianism
Judaism
Hinduism
Sikhism
What was the Caste System in India?
Religious divisions of monks, warriors, women and children
Groups of priests, clergy, nuns and monks
Social divisions of kings, princes and princesses
Economic divisions of classes based on jobs and their importance
What was the lowest caste in India's caste system?
Brahmans
Kshatriyas
Vaishyas
Shudras/Sudras
Which best describes a characteristic of a classical period in history?
A period before modern musical forms existed
A period of great achievements in art, science, religion, philosophy, and politics
A period in any culture before written records were kept
A period of imperial expansion and colonization
What was Siddhartha Gautama seeking when he began his spiritual journey?
The path to heaven
the reasons for war
God
an explanation for human suffering
Which is not a part of Buddhist religious teachings?
Four Noble Truths
The Analects
Eight-fold Path
Nirvana
True or False: Buddha promoted and encouraged the use of the Hindu Caste System to keep order in society.
True
False
Which best describes the growth of Buddhism in the centuries following the Buddha's death?
Buddhist missionaries spread the new faith, first to Sri Lanka (India)
The Indian prince brought Buddhism to China
Confucius spread the new faith
Buddhism did not spread beyond India
How were the Mauryan and Gupta Empires alike?
Both were led by Hindu rulers
Both invaded China
Both sent Buddhist missionaries to distant lands
Both treated other religions with tolerance
When ___ died, Chandragupta Maurya became the first emperor of the Mauryan Empire, now known as India.
Aristotle
Darius I
Alexander the Great
Ashoka
Which Mauryan ruler converted to Buddhism?
Asoka
Chandragupta
Siddhartha Gautama
Qin Shi Huangdi
An achievement made by the Gupta Empire during India's Golden Age was
System of numerals
Life-like statues
Great works of Sanskrit literature
All of the above
What was the "Mandate of Heaven?"
A new religion in China and Japan
A Holy Book by Lao Tzu
A philosophy of Confucius
The Zhou's justification for its leadership
According to Confucius, what was the most important relationship to have?
Between parent and child
Between brothers
Between friends
Between ruler and the people
According to Confucius, an ideal ruler should have
absolute power
literary knowledge and sense of tradition
large armies and money supply
With which belief system is the yin-yang associated?
Daoism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Shintoism
Which Chinese person took the title "The First Emperor?"
Wudi
Liu Bang
Ban Zhao
Qin Shi Huangdi
The first ruler of the Qin Dynasty maintained control over his empire by
building a network of roads
dividing the empire into districts
taking power away from local landowners and warlords
All of the above
Under what empire or dynasty did the invention of paper occur?
Gupta
Han
Zhou
Qin
