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History Test #2
Multiple choice on india and china
Question | Answer |
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what government was set up by the mauryan dynasty which was controlled by the capital city? | centralized |
what mauryan ruler built roads and hospitals for people and animals? | asoka |
five hundred years after the mauryan dynasty failed,what dynasty created an empire that reunited much of northern india? | gupta |
two famous epic stories that indians today still like to read are the mahabharata and? | ramayana |
the indian invention of what around a.d 500 had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science? | zero |
what is one of the oldest religions in the world and is today's third largest? | hinduism |
in hindusim, the universal spirit, or creator, is called? | brahman |
buddhism was founded by who around 600 b.c? | siddhartha |
the buddha believed that the only way to find truth was to give up? | all desires |
the two groups of buddhists who spread buddha's ideas to southeast asia were? | theravada and mahayana |
in chinese society, the merchants class ranked below the? | farmers and aristocrats |
chinese families practiced filial piety, which meant that children had to? | respect their parents |
confucius believed that society would do well id everyone always did his or her? | duty |
laozi believed that people should give up what in favor of nature? | worldly desires |
during the 200s b.c, legalism taught that humans were naturally? | evil |
qin shinuangdi based on his rule on what philosophy? | legalism |
the great wall of china was built using the labor of which group? | farmers |
this chinese invention allowed ships to move their sails and to sail into the wind for the first time? | rudder |
the silk road stretched how many miles from western china to southeast china? | 4,000 |
buddhism spread during unrest in china after the fall of the what dynasty? | han |
the chinese call the huang he river what because it drowned people and destroyed homes? | "china's sorrow" |
china's first rulers were probably from the what dynasty? | xia |
the first capital of china was? | anyang |
the what dynasty ruled for more years than any other chinese dynasty in history? | zhou |
an important trade item used during the zhou dynasty was? | silk |