QUESTION 1- Now does the textbook describe the "classical" period of India and China?
o Classical India was a very weak state: Kanishka II, for instance. had to pay half his income as tribute to the Chinese emperor. the Parthian emperor. and the Roman Caesar.
o Classical India and China were insular states: they shut off trade in order to avoid being influenced by outsiders.
o Classical India and China were powerful societies. but we know very little about them because they were eventually displaced by the Mongols, and few or none of their ideas about culture. religion, or politics have survived.
O Two of the above are correct.
o All of the above are correct.
o None of the above are correct.
QUESTION 2- Which of the following statements describes religious development within classical India?
o India had a "winner-take-all" religious environment where everyone was required, by law. to join the dominant faith. and it was difficult for new religious ideas to spread or succeed.
o India had a competitive religious environment. in the sense that lots of religious ideas existed alongside one another, but faiths like Buddhism. Jainism, and Hinduism also had some beliefs or qualities in common (for example. Jainism and Buddhism both emphasized the personal quest for spiritual enlightenment).
o Indian religion was interesting because it was disconnected from specific places-unlike other faith communities, Indian religions did not have specific places of worship (shrines, temples, monasteries, etc.); instead, religion was practiced exclusively in the home.
o Two of the above are correct.
o All of the above are correct.
o None of the above are correct.
QUESTION 3- How does the textbook describe the Indian empires during the classical period?
o Because India was geographically isolated by the Himalayan mountains. it was relatively easy to bring the entire subcontinent under a single, strong imperial state. Rulers in India did not have to worry about invading nomads, and they had an easy time controlling and suppressing internal dissent. so the Mauryan and Gupta empires flourished for hundreds of years.
o Because India was geographically isolated by the Himalayan mountain chain, the empires of classical India were cut off from the rest of Asia and from the Mediterranean empires, and they never joined the trade network that connected China and Rome.
o Because the India literary and religious traditions emphasized oral storytelling, classical India never developed its own written languages or literary tradition.
o Two of the above are correct.
o All of the above are correct.
o None of the above are correct.
QUESTION 4- How do the physical objects of the Kushan relate to the origins and culture of the Kushan rulers?
o Gandharan art objects are multicultural. combining Greek, Indian, and central Asian elements; Kushan rulers embraced a multicultural society with different languages and religions, rather than attempting to impose their own. central Asian culture on everyone in their empire.
o Bactrian camels were an important part of the Kushan agricultural system; that should come as no surprise, given that the Kushan had a background as steppe nomads (and thus pastoralists). Also, camels made good pack animals, and the Kushan empire partly got its wealth from the overland caravan trade between Asian and the Mediterranean.
o The Kushan minted coins with the same gold value as Roman money; this choice reflected the importance of trade to the Kushan empire, which was wealthy because it was able to control important trade routes between China and the Mediterranean.
o Two of the above are correct.
o All of the above are correct.
o None of the above are correct.
QUESTION 5- What was the relationship between the philosophies of legalism and Confucianism and the classical Chinese empires?
o Legalism and Confucianism both emphasized the importance of warrior training and pastoralism: the Qin and Han empires achieved military conquest by using small. mobile armies equipped with chariots and horses.
o Legalism and Confucianism both emphasized the importance of hierarchy and organization within society, and both the Qin and Han empires made use of a highly-organized bureaucratic structure serving a centralized government.
o Legalism and Confucianism both focus on the worship of a single. transcendant person; Shi Huangdi and Liu Bang both tightened control of their empires by claiming to be living gods who could serve as the connection between their subjects and the supernatural world (similar to the Pharoahs of Egypt).
o Two of the above are correct.
o All of the above are correct.
o None of the above are correct.
QUESTION 6- Which of the following statements describes Chinese culture during the classical period?
o Writing was regarded as a "servant skill" in China-rulers proved their worth through warrior-skills. not education. and "book mice were treated as inferior servants of the government's warrior-officials.
o Because the Han rulers feared that they would be displaced by the descendants of Shi Huangdi. they ordered the burning of all books of Chinese history, and China essentially became a "land without history" for the next four hundred years, as historians and storytellers were regarded as liars and thieves.
o Because Chinese writers had to use expensive bamboo or silk manuscripts. writing never really became popular or important in China.
o Two of the above are correct.
o All of the above are correct.
o None of the above are correct.