Question 1

One would best describe the attitude of Southeast Asian colonies to their Indian colonizers as

Accepted Answer

A)  resentful and antagonistic. 
B)  perplexed. 
C)  accepting and cooperative. 
D)  accepting but selective. 
E)  domineering. 
A)  resentful and antagonistic. 
B)  perplexed. 
C)  accepting and cooperative. 
D)  accepting but selective. 
E)  domineering.

Question 2

Ritual suicide of Indian widows was termed ____________________.

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The answer of Ritual suicide of Indian widows was termed...

Question 3

The practice of sati

Accepted Answer

A)  appears to have been very common up to World War II. 
B)  was required of all widows. 
C)  involved the segregation of women from outside society. 
D)  often took the place of divorce in India. 
E)  refers to ritual suicide of wives after the deaths of their husbands. 
A)  appears to have been very common up to World War II. 
B)  was required of all widows. 
C)  involved the segregation of women from outside society. 
D)  often took the place of divorce in India. 
E)  refers to ritual suicide of wives after the deaths of their husbands.

Question 4

Which of the following was true of Classical South India?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had little contact with Southeast Asia. 
B)  It had no art. 
C)  It was strongly influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism. 
D)  It left the most written records. 
E)  It constantly had to worry about Islamic invaders from the west. 
A)  It had little contact with Southeast Asia. 
B)  It had no art. 
C)  It was strongly influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism. 
D)  It left the most written records. 
E)  It constantly had to worry about Islamic invaders from the west.

Question 5

The main cause of differences between northern and southern India seems to have been

Accepted Answer

A)  the war-like culture of the North. 
B)  the lack of invasions in the South. 
C)  the Mahayana Buddhism of the South. 
D)  the acceptance of Buddhism in the North but not in the South. 
E)  the flourishing of the arts in the North. 
A)  the war-like culture of the North. 
B)  the lack of invasions in the South. 
C)  the Mahayana Buddhism of the South. 
D)  the acceptance of Buddhism in the North but not in the South. 
E)  the flourishing of the arts in the North.

Question 6

Sources for Gupta India are somewhat sparse,because Hindu and Buddhist traditions are both ____________________.

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The answer of Sources for Gupta India are somewhat sparse,because...

Exam 12: Classical India

One would best describe the attitude of Southeast Asian colonies to their Indian colonizers as

Ritual suicide of Indian widows was termed ____________________.

The practice of sati

Which of the following was true of Classical South India?

The main cause of differences between northern and southern India seems to have been

Sources for Gupta India are somewhat sparse,because Hindu and Buddhist traditions are both ____________________.

The Earliest Human Societies

Mesopotamia

Early Africa and Egypt

India's Beginnings

Warriors and Deities in the Near East

Ancient China to 221 BCE

The Agrarian Revolution in the Americas

The Greek Adventure

Greek Humanism, 800-100 BCE

Rome from City-State to Empire

The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity in the West, 31 BCE-600 CE

Imperial China in Its Golden Age

The Americas to the Fifteenth Century

Islam

Mature Islamic Society and the First Global Civilization

Africa from Axum, to 1400

The Mongols Unify Eurasia

Japan and Southeast Asia

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A Larger World Opens

Religious Division and Political Consolidation in Europe

Asia in the Era of the Gunpowder Empires

Africa in the Era of Expansion

China from the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

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From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

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European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

China in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America from Independence to Dependent States

Modern Science and its Implications

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

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