Unit 2 TEST REVIEW
Practice Questions
1 Which of the following was a common problem
for all three of the Eurasian classical civilizations?
A)Total loss of all elements of civilization
B)Outside invasions by nomadic pastoralists
C)Failure of the agricultural systems
D)Internal rebellion of peasants
• Correct answer-B
Explanation- Huns caused the collapse of all of
the Eurasian classical civilizations
• Rome paralleled Greece in all of the following
ways except which of the following?
A)Economic Structure
B)the ability to establish a long-lasting empire
C)culture
D)politics
• B
Greeks don't create a long lasting empire because
they are not unified (city-states)
• How was the social hierarchy of India transformed during
the reign of the Guptas?
A)in general restrictions against low-caste groups and women
became harsher and more persuasive
B)while restrictions against untouchables became more strict,
women achieved greater equality during the Gupta period
C)brahmins and other upper-cast groups lost their clear social
distinctiveness as Indian society became more open to social
mobility
D) the castes were abandoned and replaced by the tripartite
system of general varnas
• A
women generally don't gain more rights as societies become more modern.
Instead they often lose rights
• Which of the following statements most
accurately compares the Greek religion to that of
the Indian and Chinese civilization?
A)greek religion was a vastly more sophisticated
belief based on moral precepts and a strong
attachment to an afterlife
B)greek religion was more strongly spiritual than
either the Indian or Chines religions
C)the greeks failed to develop religion of any kind
D)greek religion was derived from a belief in the
spirits of nature elevated into a complex set of
Gods
D
• Which classical civilization was first to decline?
A)Han China
B)Rome
C)Gupta India
D)they all declined at the same time
A
the huns caused the collapse of all of them and
the Huns were the closest to China so it
happened there first
What was the impact of the decline of classical
civilizations on the major religions?
A)the major religions became more regionalized in
specific civilizations
B)aside from the emergence of Islam, the other major
religions suffered a decline
C)the major world religions actually spread to new areas
in which beliefs and cultural allegiances took o n new
territorial patterns
D)Hinduism and Daoism shared in the general decline of
animist religions during the fall of the major civilizations
c
religion creates stability for people whose government
has just collapsed
• The creation of agricultural surpluses resulted
in
A)social stratification
B)an industrial revolution
C)matrilineal patterns of marriage
D)a lack of social stratification
• A
surpluses=specialization=stratification
• What was the attitude of Roman imperial administration to
local governments within the empire?
A) local governments were replaced by military garrisons
directly responsive to the central government
B)local governments were replaced by professional
bureaucrats formally trained at imperial universities
C)local governments were handed over to relatives of teh
imperial family who ruled as vassals of the empire
D)local governments were granted considerable autonomy,
and in some cases whole kingdoms were preserved
• D
not C because there would not be enough relatives of the
family to rule all of Rome
The rationalization for the overthrow of the
Shang based on the principle of divine judgment
was called
a)Tian's justice
b)Judgement of the gods
c)the Divine Wind
d)the Mandate of Heaven
• D
What was the chief religion of early Japan prior
to the 5th century C.E.?
a)Shinto
b)Christianity
c)Islam
d)Buddhism
A
Shinto is Japan's major religion at this time
How did the classical civilizations' view of social
organization differ from that of modern Western
civilization?
a)Classical civilizations had poorly defined groupings
b)Classical civilizations felt that social mobility was
critical to the well-being of the society
c)Modern societies are predicated on the social
mobility based on talent and the work ethic]
d)Modern societies lack any kind of social groupings
designed to imply status
C
• What was the cause of the deteriorating
condition of the peasantry in later Han China?
a) A lengthy drought that caused failure of the
crops
b)The growth of slavery following the
introduction of Buddhism
c)The growing power of the great landholders to
tax leading to growing serfdom
d)Confucian acceptance of the enslavement of
the small farmers
C
This same thing always happens in China
• Which of the following is NOT a similarity
between Christianity and Buddhism?
a)Both developed an important monastic
movement
b)Both stressed the possibility of an afterlife
c)both accepted the existence of holy men who
built up spiritual merits that could be tapped by
other believers
d)both placed great emphasis on church
organization and structure
• D
Christianity does- Buddhism doesn't
• According to Confucius, for what reason
should superior men rule?
a)To enrich their families and earn distinction
b)To establish the glory of the emperor
c)To establish the glory of the regional
aristocracy
d)To serve society as a whole
• D
the point of Confucius is to have your place in society and
know it and not go away from it and not A because
Confucian is not about wealth and distinction
What was the status of women during the Han
dynasty?
a)women enjoyed equal status with males during
the Han dynasty
b)despite the Confucian requirement for female
deference to males, women during the Han had
more freedom than during later dynasties
c)despite the Confucian requirements for male
deference to females, women had less freedom
than during later dynasties
d)the demeaned status of women was represented
by their inability to share in family property
• D
Africa role in trade during the Classical period was
a)that it was often in contact with other civilizations
in cultures
b)intermittent and indirect
c)as the sole provider of slaves
d)without valued and important trade goods as
everyone was seeking East Asian goods
• A
not B because they are part of the sand roads and
the Indian ocean trade network
If the appeal to a supernatural source of power
enhanced the authority of a ruler, what was its chief
drawback?
a)it also strengthened the class of priests who came to
dominate the royal courts
b)it established that the supreme political authority was
granted by the ruler's vassals
c)it tied the rulers to an increasingly conservative religion
in the face of aggressive demands for religious reform
d)it implied that rulers who failed in their duties had lost
their supernatural support and could be overthrown
• d
The concept of "barbarians"
a)was strictly a chines idea
b) was only developed in the nineteenth-century
European culture
c)was commonly used to distinguish between
cosmopolitan, urban-focused cultures and
nomadic peoples
d)was dropped in modern cultures
• c
Racial concepts of civilizations were utilized to
justify
a)ninteenth-century imperialism
b)the establishment of the Shang dynasty in China
c) the roman empire
d)the enslavement of conquered peoples in the
ancient world
a
not c because it was based on citizenship not race
not d because they will enslave anyone
Which of the following statements best describes
the political philosophy of Shi Huangdi and his
government?
a)they were opposed to any political philosophies
other than the officially approved legalist doctrines
b)the Qin government was essentially Daoist
c)Shi Huangdi and his advisors followed the political
philosophy of Mencius, one of Confucian's disciples
d)Shi Huandgdi's government applied the concepts
of many political philosophies including
confucianism and Daoism
• A
the Qin dynasty was focused on Legalism
How did the Gupta Empire compare in terms of political
organization to the Maurya empire?
a)their domains were not nearly as large, nor did they
exercise such centralized control over the petty states
b)the Gupta empire was much larger than the Mauryan
and also more centralized
c)the Gupta empire was based on the concept of linked
city states unlike the republican basis of the Mauryan
empire
d)the Gupta emperors possessed a much more
professionalized bureaucracy on the model of the chinese
scholar gentry
C
Gupta empire was decentralized
not A because Gupta was slightly bigger than Gupta
Which of the following statements about the Indian
Ocean Trade Network, in the 5th century, is NOT
true?
a)there were communities of merchants living in
most civilizations connected with the trade routes
b) harsh sailing conditions hampered trade
c)Rome was an important trade partner
d)Chines products drove all trade as they were the
most deftly manufactured
D
because China did not drive all trade just most