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U3L14 - Evolution of Religion in Southeast Asia

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Devotional worship, or __________, focused on specific Hindu deities.

a)

Chola

b)

bhakti

c)

Mahayana

d)

Ramananda

2.

The Chola Empire aided the spread of Hinduism by

a)

banning other religions.

b)

sending pilgrims to China.

c)

conquering neighboring lands.

d)

building temples to honor Shiva.

3.

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Bhakti movement?

a)

to challenge the class system

b)

to promote religious equality

c)

to remove the different Hindu sects

d)

to make worship a personal experience

4.

Which statement about the work of poet-saints is TRUE?

a)

The writing reinforced religious structure

b)

The writing praised traditional societal roles.

c)

The poems were only read in Hindu temples.

d)

The work was written in the vernacular language.

5.

Which of the following religions spread along the Silk Road?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

All of these

d)

Islam

6.

Xuanzang helped spread Buddhism to China by

a)

building elaborate shrines

b)

collecting Buddhist texts

c)

fighting against the emperor

d)

trading silk with the West

7.

Which of the following was NOT a way that Buddhism changed in China?

a)

Buddha began to be viewed as a god-like figure.

b)

The concept of nirvana became a type of afterlife.

c)

It caused China to refuse to trade with other lands.

d)

all of the above

8.

How did Daoism affect the spread of Buddhism in China?

a)

It prevented Buddhist monks from building temples.

b)

It prevented Buddhism from spreading into Chinese cities.

c)

It gave monks a vocabulary to help explain Buddhist values.

d)

It caused Buddhist monks to be persecuted by Chinese officials.

9.

Islam spread into India because

a)

Turks conquered parts of India.

b)

poet-saints began writing about Islam.

c)

Islamic traders brought religious texts.

d)

Hindus and Muslims worshiped the same Gods.

10.

Which of the following was a Muslim Kingdom in India?

a)

the Chola empire

b)

the Gupta empire

c)

the Delhi Sultanate

d)

the Yungang Grottoes

11.

How does the Taj Mahal reflect Indo-Islamic architecture?

a)

It is built near water.

b)

It is built into a cliff-side.

c)

It has minarets and a dome.

d)

. It contains statues of poet-saints.

12.

Which of the following was an affect of the interaction between India and Islam?

a)

the destruction of Hindu artwork

b)

the spread of Sanskrit writings

c)

the creation of the philosophy of Daoism

d)

the development of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.

13.

Meera Bai was an important figure for

a)

the Bhakti Movement

b)

Indo-Islamic architecture

c)

Buddhist religious texts

d)

early Hindu astronomy.