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| 214608284 | Hinduism | Unlike all the other world religions, ___ had no single founder, no central holy figure from whom the basic religious beliefs stemmed | 0 | |
| 214608285 | False | Hinduism, which is polytheistic, never developed the idea of an overarching divine force of which every individual creature's soul is part. | 1 | |
| 214608286 | Reincarnation | Hindus stressed the principle of ___ for those of all castes | 2 | |
| 214608287 | Upanishads | Stressed the importance of mystical contact and contemplation of the divine spirit, rather than the pursuit of shallow worldly concerns, such as riches | 3 | |
| 214608288 | Dharma | The ethical concept of ___ was far less detailed and prescriptive than the ethical codes of Christianity and Islam | 4 | |
| 214608289 | Buddha | The ___ lived as a Hindu mystic but eventually rejected certain Hindu teachings, such as the idea of the caste | 5 | |
| 214608290 | Nirvana | Buddhism does not reject the Hindu idea of ___, a world beyond existence where the soul can achieve mystical union with the divine | 6 | |
| 214608291 | True | Despite strong Brahman opposition, Buddhism established itself as a permanent and powerful religious force in Sri Lanka, China, Korea, and Japan. | 7 | |
| 214608292 | Gupta | The ___'s supported one of the world's first university centers in the town of Nalanda. | 8 | |
| 214608293 | False | Because of the strong emphasis on religion in India, few advances were made in India in the fields of astronomy and medicine. | 9 | |
| 214608294 | False | The religion founded by the Buddha provided support for the Vedic priests or the brahmans. | 10 | |
| 214608295 | Hindu | The focus in classical India was on religion and social structures that would support a ___ way of life | 11 | |
| 214608296 | True | Although Alexander the Great did not establish a durable empire, nevertheless his invasion of India created Indian contacts with Hellenic culture. | 12 | |
| 214608297 | Himalayas | Cut India off from contact with South Asia | 13 | |
| 214608298 | Rig-Veda | The first Aryan epic, ___, which consisted of hymns dedicated to the Aryan gods, attributed to the rise of the caste system to the gods | 14 | |
| 214608299 | Chandragupta | The first of the Mauryan dynasty of Indian rulers, who were the first rulers to unify much of the entire subcontinent | 15 | |
| 214608300 | Ashoka | Converted to Buddhism; did not persecute Hinduism and gained control over all but the southern tip of India through fierce fighting | 16 | |
| 214608301 | Hinduism | The Gupta rulers, who favored ___, gave classical India its greatest period of political stability | 17 | |
| 214608302 | False | Under the Mauryans and the Guptas, India developed the same solid political traditions and institutions of Chinese civilizations. | 18 | |
| 214608303 | Caste system | Gave India the most rigid overall framework for a social structure of any of the classical civilizations | 19 | |
| 214608304 | Chinese | The empire that was the largest political system in the classical world | 20 | |
| 214608305 | Wu Ti | Established examinations for his bureaucrats- the first example of civil service tests of the sort that many governments have instituted in modern times | 21 | |
| 214608306 | Qin | Under the ___ rulers, the government played a major role in promoting Legalism as an official statement of Chinese values | 22 | |
| 214608307 | Secular | Chinese views were highly ___ | 23 | |
| 214608308 | False | Confucius advocated a political system that based rank simply on birth, so that only member of the upper class could acquire the education necessary to become bureaucrats. | 24 | |
| 214608309 | Daoism | Does not stress the importance or political activity or learning in order to live a good life | 25 | |
| 214608310 | True | Classical Chinese architecture produced few monumental buildings with the exception of the Great Wall. | 26 | |
| 214608311 | True | Classical Chinese mathematics and science, and especially astronomy, focused on important practical work, such as creating an accurate calendar, rather than imaginative theorizing. | 27 | |
| 214608312 | China: Greece | Practice: Theory as ____ | 28 | |
| 214608313 | False | In Classical China the status of merchants was very high because of their great wealth. | 29 | |
| 214608314 | True | Classical China reached far higher levels of technical expertise than Europe or Western Asia in the same period. | 30 | |
| 214608315 | Primogeniture | Chinese rules of inheritance, from the humblest peasant to the emperor himself, followed strict ___ | 31 | |
| 214608316 | True | Although Classical China stressed wives' obedience to their husbands, the courts sometimes executed disobedient children from being severely punished by their parents. | 32 | |
| 214608317 | False | During the classical period, a missionary spirit characterized Chinese culture and politics. | 33 | |
| 214608318 | False | The Chinese were the first to distinguish clearly between private and public sectors of activity. | 34 | |
| 214608319 | Silk Road | Trade in silk and other luxury Chinese products generated a network of roads through central Asia known as the ___ | 35 | |
| 216030853 | False | Throughout the classical period, the main civilizations shared direct borders, which made syncretism the most common feature of the classical period. | 36 | |
| 216030854 | Syncretism | The merging of cultures | 37 | |
| 216030855 | False | Beginning with the introduction of iron, the classical period is characterized by sweeping technological developments. | 38 | |
| 216030856 | True | In most of the classical civilizations, the elderly were valued more highly than the youth. | 39 | |
| 216030857 | False | Above all else, Confucius' teachings focused on the duties that men owe to the gods. | 40 | |
| 216030858 | True | The influence of Confucianism extended outside of the borders of China. | 41 | |
| 216030859 | False | Shi Huangdi was the most powerful ruler during the Han dynasty. | 42 | |
| 216030860 | True | Shi Huangdi was the most powerful ruler during the Qin dynasty. | 43 | |
| 216030861 | Wu Ti | The most famous Han ruler, ___, enforced a peace throughout much of the continent of Asia that included even more territory and a far larger population than the Roman Empire | 44 | |
| 216030862 | Zhou, Qin, Han | Chronological order of the three main dynasties in China | 45 | |
| 216030863 | Infant | According to the Dao Dejing, he who has in himself abundantly the attributes of the Dao is like an ____ | 46 | |
| 216030864 | Legalism | In conforming to the principles of ___, the Qin regime was ruthless and brutal in its drive for complete centralization of authority | 47 | |
| 216030865 | Daoism | Purports to teach the Way of truth but simultaneously claims that the True Way transcends human understanding | 48 | |
| 216030866 | Legalism | Establsihed five degrees of penal servitude and punishment, including amputation of parts of the body | 49 | |
| 216030867 | Filial piety, li, ren | Chief among the virtues emphasized by Confucious were ___, ___, and ___ | 50 | |
| 216030868 | Analects | The fundamental principles of Confucianism are set forth in the ___ | 51 | |
| 216030869 | Li | Is best understood as both "proper behavior" and "performance of the rituals." | 52 | |
| 216030870 | Daoism | ___ emphasized harmony with nature | 53 | |
| 216030871 | Confucianism | ___ emphasized the harmony of human relationships | 54 | |
| 216030872 | Legalism | ___ emphasized the harmony of a well-regulated state | 55 | |
| 216030873 | Legalism | "To warn the officials and overawe the people, to rebuke obscenity and danger, and to forbid falsehood and deceit, nothing can match penalty"- reflects what "religion"? | 56 | |
| 217087187 | True | In classical India, a brahman who killed a servant for misbehavior faced a penalty no more sever than if he had killed an animal. | 57 | |
| 217087188 | True | Among Hindu thinkers, there was no consensus as to whether a woman could advance spiritually without first being reincarnated as a man. | 58 | |
| 217087189 | Economic | The purpose of arranged marriages was to promote a family's ___ well-being | 59 | |
| 217087190 | False | Indian artisans learned from the Chinese how to manufacture cotton cloth, calico, and cashmere. | 60 | |
| 217087191 | True | Indian emphasis on trade and merchant activity was greater than in China and the Mediterranean world. | 61 | |
| 217087192 | True | Chinese art and poetry were more restrained than the dynamic sensual styles of India. | 62 | |
| 217087193 | Merchant activity | India's expanding cultural influence was due to ___ above alll else, whereas Chinese expansion involved government initiatives in gaining new territory | 63 | |
| 217087194 | Buddhism | India's greatest cultural expansion | 64 | |
| 217087195 | True | Hindu peasants placed less emphasis on personal emotional restraint and detailed etiquette than their Chinese counterparts. | 65 | |
| 217087196 | False | The impact of Indian civilizations was more significant for the Mediterranean world than it was for mainland and island southeast Asia. | 66 |
