Question 1

What percentage of the Roman population had converted to Christianity by the time of imperial acceptance of the religion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Five 
B)  10 
C)  25 
D)  40 
A)  Five 
B)  10 
C)  25 
D)  40 B

Question 2

In what region was Roman culture most seriously eroded?

Accepted Answer

A)  Byzantine empire 
B)  Sassanid empire 
C)  Small kingdoms of northern Africa 
D)  Western Europe 
A)  Byzantine empire 
B)  Sassanid empire 
C)  Small kingdoms of northern Africa 
D)  Western Europe D

Question 3

What group was responsible for the disruption of the Gupta empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aryans 
B)  Tamils 
C)  Germans 
D)  Huns 
A)  Aryans 
B)  Tamils 
C)  Germans 
D)  Huns D

Question 4

During what century did the Arabic armies representing Islam reach northwestern India?

Accepted Answer

A)  4th 
B)  6th 
C)  7th 
D)  8th 
A)  4th 
B)  6th 
C)  7th 
D)  8th

Question 5

Compare and contrast Buddhism and Christianity.

Accepted Answer

Comparison: both featured emphasis on ot

Question 6

Which of the following statements about early Buddhism in China is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Chinese imposed some of their own values on Buddhism such as the importance of maintaining families and political loyalty to the state. 
B)  The Indian Buddhist who entered China separated themselves from Chinese traditions and established regional communities that remained independent of the Chinese state. 
C)  Chinese Buddhism bore no resemblance to Indian Buddhism. 
D)  Daoists saw the emergence of Chinese Buddhism as an opportunity to overthrow the fundamental trend in China toward Confucianism. 
A)  The Chinese imposed some of their own values on Buddhism such as the importance of maintaining families and political loyalty to the state. 
B)  The Indian Buddhist who entered China separated themselves from Chinese traditions and established regional communities that remained independent of the Chinese state. 
C)  Chinese Buddhism bore no resemblance to Indian Buddhism. 
D)  Daoists saw the emergence of Chinese Buddhism as an opportunity to overthrow the fundamental trend in China toward Confucianism.

Question 7

Which of the following was a common problem for all three of the Eurasian classical civilizations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Total loss of all elements of civilization 
B)  Outside invasions by nomadic pastoralists 
C)  Failure of the agricultural systems 
D)  Internal rebellions of peasants 
A)  Total loss of all elements of civilization 
B)  Outside invasions by nomadic pastoralists 
C)  Failure of the agricultural systems 
D)  Internal rebellions of peasants

Question 8

Which of the following developments did NOT occur following the fall of the Han dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)  China was ruled for several centuries by the landowning class who operated private armies. 
B)  Southern and northern China pulled apart with greater prosperity in southern China. 
C)  A Hsiung-nu dynasty was established in northern China. 
D)  Buddhism entered China. 
A)  China was ruled for several centuries by the landowning class who operated private armies. 
B)  Southern and northern China pulled apart with greater prosperity in southern China. 
C)  A Hsiung-nu dynasty was established in northern China. 
D)  Buddhism entered China.

Question 9

How did the emergence of Buddhism in China affect Daoism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Daoism merged with Buddhism to create a single religious movement. 
B)  Daoism rapidly disappeared following the appearance of Buddhism. 
C)  The appearance of Buddhism led to greater formalization of Daoist doctrine and more efforts to reach the common people. 
D)  Daoism became an illegal religion and the Chinese state moved rapidly to suppress various Daoist rituals, particularly those dealing with magic and healing. 
A)  Daoism merged with Buddhism to create a single religious movement. 
B)  Daoism rapidly disappeared following the appearance of Buddhism. 
C)  The appearance of Buddhism led to greater formalization of Daoist doctrine and more efforts to reach the common people. 
D)  Daoism became an illegal religion and the Chinese state moved rapidly to suppress various Daoist rituals, particularly those dealing with magic and healing.

Question 10

What was the cause of the demise of the Sui dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rebellions by the Yellow Turbans 
B)  Financial collapse caused by expansion into Korea and central Asia 
C)  Overthrow by a combination of landholders and Buddhist monks 
D)  Invasion from southeast Asia 
A)  Rebellions by the Yellow Turbans 
B)  Financial collapse caused by expansion into Korea and central Asia 
C)  Overthrow by a combination of landholders and Buddhist monks 
D)  Invasion from southeast Asia

Question 11

How did the plagues that swept over the Roman empire in the 2nd century C.E. contribute to the empire?s decline?

Accepted Answer

A)  The plagues killed the last emperor. 
B)  The plagues decimated the population and severely disrupted economic life. 
C)  The plagues led to war with Han China. 
D)  The plagues completely wiped out the population of Rome. 
A)  The plagues killed the last emperor. 
B)  The plagues decimated the population and severely disrupted economic life. 
C)  The plagues led to war with Han China. 
D)  The plagues completely wiped out the population of Rome.

Question 12

The Yellow Turbans were

Accepted Answer

A)  Confucian administrators in the empire of the later Han. 
B)  Buddhist missionaries following the fall of the Han. 
C)  leading members of the scholar-gentry in Han China. 
D)  Daoist leaders of a peasant revolution against the Han. 
A)  Confucian administrators in the empire of the later Han. 
B)  Buddhist missionaries following the fall of the Han. 
C)  leading members of the scholar-gentry in Han China. 
D)  Daoist leaders of a peasant revolution against the Han.

Question 13

Which of the following was a general tendency during the spread of the world?s great religions at the end of the classical period?

Accepted Answer

A)  The adoption of pantheons of gods 
B)  The abandonment of formal theology 
C)  Disbelief in the existence of an afterlife 
D)  Concentration of a single divine force as opposed to a host of divine spirits 
A)  The adoption of pantheons of gods 
B)  The abandonment of formal theology 
C)  Disbelief in the existence of an afterlife 
D)  Concentration of a single divine force as opposed to a host of divine spirits

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT a problem in the process of decline within the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  A series of plagues 
B)  Lead poisoning 
C)  Rising population leading to food shortages 
D)  Increasing burdens on the state?s budget leading to greater taxation 
A)  A series of plagues 
B)  Lead poisoning 
C)  Rising population leading to food shortages 
D)  Increasing burdens on the state?s budget leading to greater taxation

Question 15

What Roman emperor attempted to reverse the decline of the empire by administrative reform and improvement in the system of tax collection?

Accepted Answer

A)  Constantine 
B)  Commodus 
C)  Septimius Severus 
D)  Diocletian 
A)  Constantine 
B)  Commodus 
C)  Septimius Severus 
D)  Diocletian

Question 16

What was the impact of the reassertion of Hinduism on the caste system of India?

Accepted Answer

A)  The caste system was abolished. 
B)  The caste system remained important and unchanged. 
C)  The caste system was restricted to northern India. 
D)  The caste system became more complex. 
A)  The caste system was abolished. 
B)  The caste system remained important and unchanged. 
C)  The caste system was restricted to northern India. 
D)  The caste system became more complex.

Question 17

What was the primary result of the fall of the Roman empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Despite the collapse of classical Mediterranean civilization, the basic cultural unity of the region was retained. 
B)  The collapse of the Roman empire led to cultural regression throughout the region of Mediterranean civilization. 
C)  Rome?s fall split the unity of the Mediterranean lands that had been won through Hellenistic culture and then the Roman empire. 
D)  Rome?s fall was devastating in its eastern half, but the culture of the western regions was fundamentally unaffected. 
A)  Despite the collapse of classical Mediterranean civilization, the basic cultural unity of the region was retained. 
B)  The collapse of the Roman empire led to cultural regression throughout the region of Mediterranean civilization. 
C)  Rome?s fall split the unity of the Mediterranean lands that had been won through Hellenistic culture and then the Roman empire. 
D)  Rome?s fall was devastating in its eastern half, but the culture of the western regions was fundamentally unaffected.

Question 18

What dynasty succeeded the Han?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tang 
B)  Song 
C)  Sui 
D)  Qin 
A)  Tang 
B)  Song 
C)  Sui 
D)  Qin

Question 19

Which of the following statements concerning the Roman upper class at the end of the empire is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Roman upper class valiantly attempted to halt the decline of the empire, but was overwhelmed. 
B)  Because the Roman upper class made up the bulk of the officer corps of the Roman armies, their decline was particularly critical. 
C)  Rome?s upper classes became steadily more pleasure-seeking and individualistic, turning away from the political devotion that had characterized the republic. 
D)  Alone among the Roman social groups, the elite was able to increase their numbers and thus became more dominant in the political structure. 
A)  The Roman upper class valiantly attempted to halt the decline of the empire, but was overwhelmed. 
B)  Because the Roman upper class made up the bulk of the officer corps of the Roman armies, their decline was particularly critical. 
C)  Rome?s upper classes became steadily more pleasure-seeking and individualistic, turning away from the political devotion that had characterized the republic. 
D)  Alone among the Roman social groups, the elite was able to increase their numbers and thus became more dominant in the political structure.

Question 20

The word for Buddhist holy men is

Accepted Answer

A)  buddhas. 
B)  bodhisattvas. 
C)  mahayanas. 
D)  monks. 
A)  buddhas. 
B)  bodhisattvas. 
C)  mahayanas. 
D)  monks.

Exam 10: The End of the Classical Era: World History in Transition, 200-700 Ce

What percentage of the Roman population had converted to Christianity by the time of imperial acceptance of the religion?

In what region was Roman culture most seriously eroded?

What group was responsible for the disruption of the Gupta empire?

During what century did the Arabic armies representing Islam reach northwestern India?

Compare and contrast Buddhism and Christianity.

Which of the following statements about early Buddhism in China is most accurate?

Which of the following was a common problem for all three of the Eurasian classical civilizations?

Which of the following developments did NOT occur following the fall of the Han dynasty?

How did the emergence of Buddhism in China affect Daoism?

What was the cause of the demise of the Sui dynasty?

How did the plagues that swept over the Roman empire in the 2nd century C.E. contribute to the empire?s decline?

The Yellow Turbans were

Which of the following was a general tendency during the spread of the world?s great religions at the end of the classical period?

Which of the following was NOT a problem in the process of decline within the Roman Empire?

What Roman emperor attempted to reverse the decline of the empire by administrative reform and improvement in the system of tax collection?

What was the impact of the reassertion of Hinduism on the caste system of India?

What was the primary result of the fall of the Roman empire?

What dynasty succeeded the Han?

Which of the following statements concerning the Roman upper class at the end of the empire is most accurate?

The word for Buddhist holy men is

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