Chapter 05 Quiz C with References

. New religions emerged in India around 500 BCE because _____.

Of its conquest by Persia.

The influence of Greek polytheism was powerful.

increasingly wealthy merchants were unhappy with their lower status.

Of the increasing dominance of monotheism throughout Asia.

. Both Buddhism and Jainism challenged the Vedic tradition.

True.

False.

. For the majority of his reign Chandragupta Maurya ruled based on the principles of _____.

Asceticism.

Ruthlessness.

Nonviolence.

Decentralization.

. The east-west tree routes that crossed through the north of India are called _____.

The Great East-West Road.

The Persian Road.

The China Road.

The Silk Road.

. The primary literary language of India was _____.

Vedic.

Sanskrit.

Farsi.

Hindi.

. The volatility of the late Zhou period may have been a factor in the intellectual movements of revolutionary thinkers such as _____.

Confucius.

Socrates.

Siddhartha Gautama.

Mahatma Gandhi.

. In contrast to the teachings of Confucius, Daoists taught people _____.

To actively participate in society.

To withdraw from society and meditate.

To do no harm.

That ruthlessness was the key to good rulership.

. One of the keys to centralization under the Qin and Han dynasties was _____.

The development of iron weapons.

The development of chariot warfare.

The importation of hoplite-style warfare from Greece.

The implementation of Confucian philosophies by Shifting Huangdi, the first emperor.

. Ban Zhao's Lessons for Women reflected Han Chinese society's _____.

Equal treatment of men and women.

Respect for women and their role

Patriarchal nature.

Radical differences from earlier Chinese dynasties.

. The Chinese political elite placed little value on writing and literature, preferring the pursuit of wealth as a show of status.

True.

False.

. The Athenian leader Pericles instituted policies which aimed to ____.

Increase civic involvement by citizens.

Increased the number of residents with citizenship.

Create an oligarchy to rule the city.

End slavery.

. Which of the great Greek philosophers focused on logic, the physical, and observation of the world around him?

Socrates.

Plato.

Aristotle.

None of the above.

. The histories of Herodotus and Thucydides were revolutionary because they presented events as _____.

The consequences of human actions.

From the perspective of the lower classes.

First-person observers.

The result of the actions of the gods.

. Scholars call the culture of the empires that were created following the death of Alexander the Great 'hellenism' because _____.

Greek culture dominated them

Greek culture fused with local cultures into a hybrid.

The Greek conquerors adopted local cultures almost entirely.

They were ruled by Helen of Troy.

. The cultural mixing of the Hellenistic kingdoms affected _____.

Only their Greek rulers.

Only the upper classes.

Only the wealthy, well-traveled merchant class.

Everyone.

. Historians understand the Celtic people primarily through _____.

Archaeological remains.

Unbiased Greek and Roman sources.

Their own literature.

Social equality among the people.

. Celtic oral tradition reflects the importance of _____.

A literate intellectual class.

Their warlike culture.

Their peaceful nature.

Social equality among their people.

. Celtic peoples lived in isolation from the Mediterranean world until their conquest by the Romans in the first century.

True.

False.

. The Romans tried to ban Celtic religious practices because they regarded them as uncivilized.

True.

False.

. One of the most important Celtic imports from the Mediterranean was _____.

Weapons.

Slaves.

Wine.

Artwork.

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