A) Pacific Ocean and Anatolia B) Huang He and Chang Jiang C) Huang He and Yellow Sea D) Huang Sea and Jiang Sea
A) Respect for one's parents; the elder men controlled the money, women could control their lives. B) Women were treated as inferiors unless they married well, gave birth to sons, all the men in their family died. C) Respect for one's parents; the elder men controlled the family's property; women were treated as inferiors. D) Respect for the emperor, Respect for the men, Respect for money
A) The mandate of heaven explained why the dynastic cycle happened. B) New dynasty gains power, restores peace and order, and claims to have Mandate of Heaven. C) Old dynasty is seen as having lost Mandate of Heaven; rebellion is justified. D) Because a just ruler had divine approval.
A) Egyptians used pyramids and the Chinese temples. B) Egyptians had mummification process and the Chinese believed in after life spirits. C) Chinese rulers were warrior kings and Egyptian rulers were considered gods.
A) Each character stands for one syllable or unit of language. B) The number of literate and educated Chinese people that it produced. C) People in all parts of China could learn the same system of writing, even if their spoken languages were different. D) The number of written characters to be memorized.
A) Chinese river B) yellow river C) flowing river
A) Because there is yellow sand at the bottom. B) Because it deposits huge amounts of yellowish silt when it overflows its banks. C) Because the sun makes it look yellow.
A) dirt B) silt C) sand D) loess
A) Because it made the Chinese sad. B) Because it could devour whole villages. C) Because it destroyed crops.
A) TRUE B) FALSE
A) a Homo erectus skeleton found near Beijing. B) China's first emperor. C) a Homo habilis skeleton found near Beijing. D) a Homo erectus found near Peking.
A) Anyang Dynasty B) Xia Dynasty C) Zhou Dynasty D) Shang Dynasty
A) The supreme ruler B) One of China's emperors. C) The supreme god the Shang people worshiped.
A) To consult the gods and get answers to solve issues. B) To see the future. C) To ask for permission.
A) Hindi B) Buddhists C) Indo-Europeans D) Jews E) Chinese
A) Caucasus Mountains B) Mountain Range C) Steppes D) Cliffs of Russia
A) Mountains located between the Black and Caspian seas. B) Mountains located in China. C) Mountains located near the Huang He.
A) Hittites B) Steppes C) Shangs
A) Anatolia B) Huang He C) Hittites D) Aryans
A) Shangs B) Aryans C) Hittites D) Anatolia
A) Vedas B) Mahabharata C) Torah D) Brahmin
A) Cats, dogs, and sheep. B) Goats and Dogs C) Goats, cattle, and sheep.
A) War and Art. B) Science and Art. C) Technology of war. D) Art and Innovation.
A) Spears B) Chariot C) Knives D) Guns
A) Slaves B) Peasants C) Untouchables D) Artisans
A) Judaism B) Christianism C) Hinduism D) Buddhism
A) Moksha B) Brahman C) Nirvada D) Dharma E) Karma
A) moksha B) afterlife C) holy ghost D) reincarnation
A) karma B) moksha C) nirvana D) dharma
A) Brahma, Moksha and Shiva B) Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva C) Vishnu, Dharma, and Shiva D) Dharma, Nirvana and Karma
A) Buddhism B) Hinduism C) Jainism D) Judaism
A) Hinduism B) Buddhism C) Jainism D) Judaism
A) truth B) knowledge C) wisdom D) power
A) The enlightened one. B) The powerful one. C) The knowledgeable one
A) Four Life Truths B) Four Noble Truths C) Four Commandments D) Four Horsemen of the Appocalyps
A) End suffering by ending all desires. B) Desire for pleasures in the world is the cause for all suffering. C) Overcome desires and attain enlightenment. D) Life is filled with suffering and sorrow.
A) Overcome desires and attain enlightenment. B) Life is filled with suffering and sorrow. C) End suffering by ending all desires. D) Desire for pleasures in the world is the cause for all suffering.
A) End suffering by ending all desires. B) Overcome desires and attain enlightenment. C) Desire for pleasures in the world is the cause for all suffering. D) Life is filled with suffering and sorrow.
A) Desire for pleasures in the world is the cause for all suffering. B) Life is filled with suffering and sorrow. C) Overcome desires and attain enlightenment. D) End suffering by ending all desires.
A) Escalator B) Steppes C) Ladder D) Staricase
A) Nirvana B) Moksha C) Karma D) Dharma
A) FALSE B) TRUE
A) Nalanda B) Sangha C) Dharma D) Moksha
A) Moksha B) Nalanda C) Dharma D) Sangha
A) Babylonia B) Egypt C) Canaan D) Palestine
A) Moses B) Abraham C) Yahweh
A) Promised land. B) Fertile land. C) Jewish land.
A) David B) Moses C) Exodus D) Abraham
A) Genesis B) Deuteronomy C) Exodus
A) Mt. Caucasus B) Mt. Everest C) Mt. Sinai D) Red Sea
A) Ten commandments B) Torah C) Martial Laws D) Sacred writings
A) Torah B) Ten commandments C) Old Testament
A) Abraham, Moses, Jesus B) Balthazar, Gaspar, and Melchior C) Saul, David, and Solomon
A) Droughts B) Cancer C) Death of the First Born D) Famine
A) Canaan in the North and Palestine in the South B) Judah in the North and Israel In the South C) Israel in the North and Judah in the South |