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Unit 5 Study Guide

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which values are MOST closely associated with the fundamental principles of Buddhism?

a)

maintaining the caste system and providing education for all people

b)

competition and financial success

c)

practicing nonviolence and giving up worldly desires

d)

self-determination and democracy

2.

The disciples of Confucius transcribed his teachings and compiled them in a collection known by which of the following titles?

a)

Mencius

b)

Book of Rites

c)

Analects

d)

Rites of Zhou

3.

Which of these religions originated in Japan?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Shintoism

4.

What is the dominant religion of India?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

5.

Life is full of suffering. The desire for possessions causes suffering. Elimination of desire will stop one's suffering. Following the Eightfold path will lead to Enlightenment. These statements are key to the belief system of

a)

Buddhism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Shintoism

6.

The concept of KARMA is best described as

a)

being reborn into another life

b)

the sum effect of one's good and bad actions during life

c)

the relationship between Rama and Sita

d)

the relationship between the father and son

7.

Which continent was the birthplace of most of the world's major religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

a)

Africa

b)

Americas

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

8.

Confucianism is a ________ that focuses on the relationship between particular partnerships, such as parent and child or ruler and ruled.

a)

religion

b)

philosophy

c)

meditation

d)

reincarnation

9.

Followers of Hinduism are often vegetarians because...

a)

Hinduism considers all life sacred

b)

they do not like the taste of meat

c)

they Hinduism cannot afford meat

d)

they believe that eating vegetables moves you closer to nirvana

10.

Which is Confucius' Golden Rule?

a)

All men are created equal.

b)

What you do not like when done to you, do not to others.

c)

Health makes one wealthy and wise.

d)

There is not God but the one true God.

11.

In which country was Confucianism founded?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

12.

A Shintoist would be MOST LIKELY to

a)

pray five times each day

b)

make a pilgrimage to Rome

c)

attempt to rid himself of karma

d)

visit a shrine near a peaceful stream

13.

According to the teachings of the Buddhist religion, how is salvation earned?

a)

by being baptized and confirmed

b)

by learning to give up selfish desire

c)

by following the Ten Commandments

d)

by worshipping Allah as the one true god

14.

Confucianism emphasizes which of the following ideas?

a)

Government should own the means of production.

b)

Each person has an important responsibility to family and society.

c)

Economic success is more desirable than knowledge and learning.

d)

An individual's personal goals are more important than the goals of the group.

15.

Which belief is MOST closely associated with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama?

a)

People can overcome their desires by following the Eightfold Path.

b)

People are born into a specific caste.

c)

Believers must follow the Ten Commandments.

d)

Followers must fast during Ramadan.

16.

This political cartoon depicts which of the following?

a)

How the French benefitted from their colonial occupation of Vietnam

b)

How the British benefitted from their colonial occupation of India

c)

How the United States occupied Japan

d)

The spread of communism to Vietnam and Korea

17.

Japan was not allowed to have a ________ in the period immediately following World War II.

a)

military

b)

Prime Minister

c)

constitution

d)

means of public transportation

18.

This American general was largely responsible for the rebuilding of Japan after World War II:

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

George Patton

d)

Matthew Ridgway

19.

Which event was responsible for the United States's entry into World War II?

a)

Invasion of Normandy

b)

Discovery of Auschwitz

c)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

20.

In the nineteenth century, Indian nationalism developed in response to:

a)

the colonial occupation of India by the United Kingdom

b)

the colonial occupation of India by the Chinese Empire

c)

the increasing influence of the Sikh minority population

21.

Which of the following was NOT a form of civil disobedience advocated by Mohandas Gandhi?

a)

boycotting British goods

b)

engaging in guerrilla warfare

c)

refusing to attend inferior schools

d)

withholding payment of British taxes

22.

What was the role of the United States in changing the Japanese government after World War II to help in the rebuilding of Japan?

a)

By partitioning control of Japan between the United States and its allies

b)

By installing a Japanese-American citizen as dictator of Japan

c)

By forcing the emperor to enact policies supported by the United States

d)

By overseeing the writing and ratification of a new constitution

23.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the United States helped in the rebuilding of Japan after World War II?

a)

Because the U.S. wanted Japan to be an ally and trading partner

b)

Because the U.S. wanted to make Japan the 51st state

c)

Because the U.S. wanted to establish a strong democracy in Japan

d)

Because of the fear that Communism would take over Asia

24.

Which of the following was NOT part of US efforts to control and rebuild Japan after World War II?

a)

Education and literacy increased across Japan.

b)

The United States ended the reign of the Japanese monarchy.

c)

Foreign nations assisted in building new and improved factories in Japan

d)

The United States wrote a new Japanese constitution outlawing aggression

25.

Which of the following helped Japan's economy recover following World War II?

a)

Soviet humanitarian and military aid

b)

the discovery of oil and coal reserves

c)

significant investment by the United States

d)

the economic programs of the Marshall Plan

26.

Mohandas Gandhi promoted which means to Indian independence?

a)

violent overthrow

b)

nonviolent resistance

c)

economic sovereignty

d)

international pressure

27.

What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?

a)

Japan

b)

Bay of Bengal

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

South Korea

28.

What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?

a)

Indus River

b)

North Korea

c)

Taklimakan Desert

d)

South China Sea

29.

What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?

a)

Sea of Japan

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Indonesia

d)

China

30.

What physical feature is identified in the picture?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Japan

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Yangtze River

31.

What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?

a)

Japan

b)

Vietnam

c)

Ganges River

d)

Indian Ocean

32.

What political feature is identified in the picture?

a)

Taklimakan Desert

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Japan

d)

Indonesia

33.

What political feature is identified in the picture?

a)

China

b)

Yellow River

c)

Indus River

d)

Korean Peninsula

34.

What political feature is identified in the picture?

a)

India

b)

Japan

c)

Yellow River

d)

Ganges River

35.

What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?

a)

Taklimakan Desert

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

South Korea

d)

Indonesia

36.

What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

Indus River

d)

Yellow River

37.

What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?

a)

India

b)

Bay of Bengal

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

North Korea

38.

What does the arrow on the map point to?

a)

India

b)

Yellow River

c)

Vietnam

d)

Gobi Desert