20 Multiple choice questions on world Civ (Early india)

The emperor who converted to Buddhism was

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a. Chandragupta Maurya

b. Ashoka

c. Skanda Gupta

d. Bidhusara

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Dharma represented the faithful performance of one’s duties that pertained to one’s varna classification in life

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The two main cities of the early Indus Valley Society unearthed by archeologists were

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a. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

b. Ganges

and Jarmo

c. Bhopal and Delhi

d. Indus and Ahimsa

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The major river within the Indus Valley which has the most spiritual, or sacred meaning for the people of India.

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a. Indus

b. Himalaya

c. Ganges

d. Hindu Kush

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The vedas were composed as sacred hymns that provided many insights into the ancient Aryan culture

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Buddhism grew to be an extremely popular form of religious expression within classical India

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The major natural barriers that protected the flourishing Indus Valley in the north

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a. The Indian and Atlantic Oceans

b. The Ganges and the Amazon

c. The Gobi and Sahara Deserts

d. Himalayas and the Hindu-Kush

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Buddha’s central teachings are known as

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a. Hinayana

b. The Upanishads

c. Bodhisattvas

d. The Four Noble Truths

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Sati is the most extreme form of female subordination known as the practice of widows throwing themselves on the funeral pyres of their recently dead husbands

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The Kushans dominated Bactria and other parts of Northern India for nearly two centuries making this kingdom a powerful and influential center of commerce and trade which connected with China and West Asia

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What civilization emerged along the Indus River Valley system

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a. Harappan

b. Ganges

c. Aryan

d. Shang

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The figures within Buddhism who had gained enlightenment but dedicated themselves to helping others were called

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a. bodhisattvas

b. Mauryans

c. kanishka

d. saints

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__________ were the western invaders that came to the Indus Valley whose influence over the next thousand years produced a blended culture

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a. Indus

b. Aryans

c. Shang

d. Bhopals

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Which of the following groups was not one of the Indian castes or classes

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a. Jodhpurs

b. Vaishyas

c. Shudras

d. Kshatriyas

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________ was a Mauryan ruler that renounced all violence after becoming a Buddhist and also encouraged the construction of temples, shrines, and the development of Buddhist artistic expressions throughout India

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a. Stupa

b. Ashoka

c. Sati

d. Chandragupta Maurya

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The practice of renouncing all possessions and or the participating in a very rigid or extreme form of self-denial is also referred to as the Four Noble Truths

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During the post-Vedic age, which of the following applied to the position of women

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a. they were increasingly barred from religious and social activities

b. rarely could women gain any influence over household management

c. girls were generally not engaged until their late teens or even early twenties

d. it became much easier for them to remarry after their husband’s death

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Of the different varna classifications the Brahmin were the caste that dealt with work that was impure, such as jobs involving contact with dead bodies, human or animal waste

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Who was the Macedonian ruler that invaded India in an effort to bring the vast territory under the influence of his empire

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a. Chandragupta Maurya

b. Achilles

c. Sidhartha

d. Alexander

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The influence of Buddhism was so pervasive in India that pilgrims often travel great distances to visit Stupas where relics of the Buddha were kept, but later turned into temples

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