Chapter 09 Student Quiz

. Imperial decline in China and Rome was the consequence of nomadic invasion.

True.

False.

. One of the things that made Turkic nomads more deadly than earlier mounted steppe warriors was _____.

Their acceptance of Islam.

Their adoption of new technology like stirrups.

The wealth they acquired from mining.

Their alliance with the Northern Wei.

. Mahayana Buddhism taught _____.

That people in any walk of life could achieve enlightenment.

Rejection of the world.

That attaining salvation through your own efforts was impossible.

That only the elite can achieve rebirth.

. Tea was first recorded in China during the Tang Dynasty.

True.

False.

. Royal land grants in the Gupta empire strengthened _____.

The peasantry.

The king.

The Brahman landlord class.

All of the above.

. Social status based on occupation began to supersede ancestral birth in India.

True.

False.

. Hinduism spread widely throughout Southeast Asia.

True.

False.

. Southeast Asian rulers adopted Indian religious traditions because _____.

They were obviously superior to their traditional religion.

They supported the idea of royal authority.

Everything Indian was admired throughout Asia.

Indian merchants refused to trade with non-Buddhist.

. Sogdian merchants developed _____ power.

Political.

Military.

Economic.

All of the above.

. The Sogdian language and culture were _____.

Indian.

Turkic.

Chinese.

Persian.

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