World History Test III: Ancient India and China

DIRECTIONS: You have the class period to complete the test. There are 80 questions
on the test. The test is multiple choice. If you have any questions raise you hand
and the instructor will see you. If you are caught cheating you will receive a grade
of ZERO NO EXCEPTIONS! Good Luck.

1. Two major rivers in the Indus Valley.

a) Blue Nile and White Nile b) Harrapa and Mohenjo Daro c) Indus and Ganges d) Sutej and
Loese

2. The Dravidians of Ancient India (and modern India) have major connections to this continent?
a) China b) Africa c) Mesopotamia d) Bengal

3. This age lasted from 1500B.C. to 1000B.C. in India

a) Aryan b) Semitic c) Vedic d) Asian

4. The great works of the Aryans that invaded the Indus valley were preserved in these?
a) Brahmains b) Vedas c) Upanishands d) Bhagavad Gita

5. The two most important epics of India.

a) Mahabharata and Maya b) Ramayana and Veda c) Mahabharata and Ramayana d) Sutej and
Loese

6. A complex form of social organization in which one is born into a “level” and cannot rise to
another.
a) Monism b) Varnas c) Bhagavad Gita d) Caste System

7. The belief in many gods.

a) Polytheism b) Monotheism c) Nirvana d) Loese

8. The belief in one god.

a) Polytheism b) Monotheism c) Nirvana d) Loese

9. Which one of these is not part of the Eight-Fold Path in Buddhism?

a) Right Views b) Right Speech c) Right Effort d) Right Way

10. Founder of the Mauryan Empire.

a) Asoka b) Chanragupta Maurya c) Chandra Gupta d) Skanda Gupta

11. Which is not a Hindu god.

a) Shiva b) Brahma c) Shtej d) Vishnu

12. The Enlightened One is also know as.

a) Great Renuciation b) Muhammad c) Asoka d) Buddha

13. Which is not a sea of China?

a) Indian Sea b) South China Sea c) East China Sea d) Yellow Sea

14. The Yangtze and this river are major rivers in China?
a) Qin b) Huang c) Ganges d) Xinjiang
15. Which of these is not a geographic feature of China?
a) Xi River b) Yellow Sea c) Himalayan Mts. d) Hindu Kush Mts.

16. This is what turns the Yellow River Yellow.

 a)Loess b) Chin c) Huang d) Zhongguo

17. True or False: There is a desert in China proper called the Gobi
a) True b) False

18. Which of these is not a Chinese Dynasty

a) Wui b) Xia c) Shang d) Zhou

19. This was the most influential dynasty in Ancient China.

a) Shang b) Wui c) Han d) Qin

20. Priest wrote questions on these to gain answers to the future.

a) Wheat husks b) Ostracism c) Dragon Scales d) Oracle Bones

21. In China, writing became an art called this?

a) Calligraphy b) Oracle Bones c) Sanskrit d) animism

22. Which of the following is the proper order of the following dynasties
a) Zhou, Qin, Han b) Han, Zhou, Qin c) Shang, Quin, Xia d) Han, Qin, Xia

23. Chinese Emperors believed in this, which gave them the right to rule.
a) Divide and Conquer b) Draconian Law c) Legalism d) Mandate of Heaven

24. This was the shortest live dynasty in Chinese history.

a) Han b) Qin c) Xia d) Zhou

25. This was built to keep invaders from entering the Chinese Empire.
a) Chang River b) Great Kunlun c) Tian Shan d) Great Wall

26. Liu Bang was the great ruler of this Dynasty.

a) Han b) Chan c) Zhou d) Bang La

27. This road brought great wealth into China

a) Burma Road b) Silk Road c) Han Road d) Yin Road

28. The dark passive female energy in Chinese philosophy is known as.
a) Yin b) Yang

29. The light, aggressive, male energy in Chinese philosophy is known as.
a) Yin b) Yang

30. His followers collected his ideas and teachings in a book called the Analects.
a) Confucius b) Laozi c) Liu Bang d) Dao

31. Legalist believe in

a) Moderation b) Power c) Virtue d) Conformity

32. The record of ones family tree is called

a) Genealogy b) Genetics c) Genesis d) Great Wall

33. Which is not one of the Five Classics?

a) Book of History b) Book of Rites c) Summer and Spring Annals d) Book of Poems

34. Form of medicine in which proper flow of the life force energy is directed to cure ills.
a) Herb Medicine b) Acropolis Healing c) Acupuncture d) Anesthetic

35. He was the first heir of the Mauryan Empire.

a) Asoka b) Krishna c) Budda d) Chandragupta Maurya
36. Hinduism is this type of religion.
a) Monotheistic b) Polytheistic c) Monist d) Atheist

37. Right Views and Right Effort are part of this?

a) Eight Fold Path b) Four Noble Truths c) Rig Veda d) Harappa

38. This period lasted from 400BC to 221BC in China?

a) Caste b) Mayan c) Warring States d) Black Rebellion

39. This means color.

a) Varna b) Caste c) Veda d) Vishnu

40. According to Hinduism the world is an illusion called this?

a) Atman b) Maya c) Brahmin d) Nirvana