Chapter 03 Quiz B with Explanations

. People who survive primarily by herding animals are called

pastoralists.

farmers.

settlers.

gathers-hunters.

. The interaction between which two groups was most significant to the historical development of Asia?

Urban and rural

Farmers and nomadic herders

Merchants and artisans

Priests and rulers

. What is a significant difference between the development of Indus culture and the development of Chinese culture?

Indus culture disappeared while Chinese culture survives today.

Chinese culture supplanted Indus culture in south Asia.

Indus culture was based on agriculture while Chinese culture depended on trade.

Indus culture developed along river valleys while Chinese culture did not.

. Mohenjo-Daro is

a god found in Indus religious practices.

a colony established by Indus culture in Egypt.

a major urban site of Indus culture.

the name Chinese historians gave to Indus culture.

. Because of the significance of trade to Indus culture, many historians conclude that the government was controlled by

priests.

merchants.

foreign rulers.

scholars.

. How was Indus Valley script linked to trade?

It was found on bills of sale written on clay tablets.

It exclusively denoted numbers used for accounting.

It was used by city governments to regulate trade.

It was placed on vessels and stone seals to indicate ownership.

. The use of the term Indo-European describes

a language group.

a race.

an ethnic group.

a religious group.

. One theory as to the origins and migration of the Indo-Europeans suggests that they were farming peoples who migrated around 7000 B.C.E. from the area of

northern Europe.

southeast Asia.

modern Turkey.

southern Arabia.

. What is the significance of mummified humans, some dating to 2000 B.C.E., found in the Tarim Basin?

They indicate a different origin for Chinese culture.

They are evidence of the homeland of Indo-European peoples.

They are the most easterly evidence of Indo-European migration.

They are evidence of the first people to domesticate the horse.

. What are the Vedas?

A series of writings associated with Indus culture

Documents concerning the Aryas' settlement of India

Funerary prayers from the Egyptian Old Kingdom

A series of laws closely associated with Hammurabi's laws

. The Lawbook of Manu shows that Vedic society was

matriarchal.

egalitarian.

matrilineal.

patriarchal.

. In Vedic society, the largest group of the varna or class system was the

Brahmins.

Kshatriyas.

Vaishyas.

Shudras.

. By 500 B.C.E. the Indian class system was sub-divided into job-specific groups called

varna.

Bhakti.

jati.

Indra.

. The Vedic god who acted as the intermediary between humans and the gods was called

Agni.

Usas.

Varuna.

Indra.

. According to the Upanishads, what played an important role in determining your outcome in reincarnation?

The quantity of sacrifices you made

The gods you believed in

Your position in the caste system

Your moral behavior, or karma

. The earliest form of writing in China was found on

statues of Shang rulers.

rock inscriptions.

animal bones.

papyrus.

. How were early cities in China different from those in Southwest Asia and the Indus Valley?

They were not located along major river systems.

They were much larger and organized according to function.

They were much smaller in population.

They were constructed only of stone.

. How did King Wen justify the Zhou conquest of the Shang Dynasty around 1027 B.C.E.?

He stated that greater military powers deserved to rule.

He had received the Mandate of Heaven.

His ancestors were stronger than the Shang's ancestors.

He had more bronze than the Shang.

. What is significant about the longevity of the Zhou state?

Future generations would see the Zhou as the ideal government and social structure.

Future states would copy Zhou military tactics as a way for long-term survival.

It provided China with a sense of stability amidst regional conflict.

It helped make China into a global military and economic power.

. Scholars speculate that a major reason for the decline of Oxus culture around 1700 B.C.E. was tied to

a decline in trade.

conquest by the Aryas.

political fragmentation.

environmental changes.

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