Deck 12: Iran, India, and Global Trade

Question 1

What prompted many wealthy Muslims to travel to classical India?

A)To study astrology.
B)To gain mathematical knowledge.
C)To practice sculpting.
D)To obtain medical treatment.
E)To study astronomy.

Answer 1

To obtain medical treatment.

Question 2

The chief crop of Gupta India was

A)rice.
B)cotton.
C)wheat.
D)maize.
E)peanuts.

Answer 2

rice.

Question 3

The Hindu deity Shiva is the god of

A)marriage.
B)creation.
C)war.
D)peace.
E)life and death.

Answer 3

life and death.

Question 4

Indian scholars were so knowledgeable that they were often invited to train Muslims in the city of

A)Medina.
B)Agra.
C)Baghdad.
D)Calcutta.
E)Mecca.

Question 5

Which Hindu deity has been described as a "Christ figure without ethical teachings"?

A)Brahman
B)Shiva
C)Indra
D)Vishnu
E)Kali

Question 6

The Gupta are associated with a revival of

A)Buddhism.
B)Hinduism.
C)Islam.
D)Jainism.
E)Confucianism.

Question 7

India's North and South only began to achieve any sense of uniformity after

A)the introduction of Mahayana Buddhism.
B)the introduction of Theravada Buddhism.
C)the spread of Buddhism throughout the subcontinent.
D)the near extinction of Buddhism in the subcontinent.
E)the spread of Hinduism to Sri Lanka.

Question 8

What was the driving impetus for the change in Hinduism that established a guide for moral and ethical conduct?

A)The Bhagavad-Gita.
B)The Vedas.
C)The Mahabharata
D)The Upanishads .
E)The Rig-Veda.

Question 9

During India's Gupta period, most villagers and farmers experienced

A)overpopulation.
B)a lack of adequate farmland.
C)starvation from famine.
D)a large increase in population of their herds.
E)disagreements concerning control of water resources.

Question 10

What seems to have been the most popular art form among Hindus during most of their history?

A)Sculpture.
B)Painting.
C)Literature.
D)Architecture.
E)Music.

Question 11

What prompted such violent Muslim antagonism toward Indian Buddhism?

A)Buddhists were polytheistic.
B)Buddhists habitually ate pork.
C)Buddhists attempted an alliance with Hindus.
D)Buddhists competed with Muslims for converts.
E)Buddhists called for the overthrow of Islam.

Question 12

In Indian society, by the time of the Gupta period,

A)the status of women had slightly improved from earlier days.
B)the status of women had markedly improved from earlier days.
C)women had clearly become more subservient to men.
D)only widows enjoyed a privileged position.
E)married women had significantly more rights than single women.

Question 13

Which civilizations are associated with a revival of Persian greatness beginning about 247 BCE?

A)Anghor Wat and Cambodian Kingdoms.
B)The Shang and Zhou Dynasties.
C)The Hellenistic and Macedonian Empires.
D)The Parthian and Sassanid Empires.
E)Gupta and Dravidian Civilizations.

Question 14

Kalidasa's contribution lay in the field of

A)politics.
B)medicine.
C)poetry.
D)religion.
E)drama.

Question 15

Which of the following was true of Classical South India?

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 16

Which of the following is most accurate regarding most marriages in Classical India?

A)The marriages occurred late in one's life.
B)The marriages were based on mutual compatibility.
C)The marriages were among Buddhists.
D)The marriages were arranged.
E)The marriages had political motivations.

Question 17

Which of the following seems most accurate about sati?

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

Question 18

What are the labels associated with the lowest members of the caste system?

A)Brahmans and soldiers.
B)Outcastes and untouchables.
C)Priests and Merchants.
D)Undertakers and farmers.
E)The One Percenters and widows.

Question 19

Divorce in Gupta society was

A)unacceptable.
B)rare among the upper castes.
C)generally reserved for the Brahmins.
D)encouraged for the Untouchables.
E)easily obtained.

Question 20

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

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 21

What is the best description of the Upanishads?

A)The Upanishads were poetic musings about the Aryan history.
B)The Upanishads were philosophical musings and speculations about life.
C)The Upanishads were historic chronicles of the development of Aryan civilization.
D)The Upanishads were a series of poems dealing with the three main Hindu gods.
E)The Upanishads were part of the Mahabharata , the world's longest poem.

Question 22

What was the religion and value-system of the upper classes of the Sri Vijaya Empire in Sumatra, which they spread throughout the Orient?

A)Buddhism.
B)Islam.
C)Hinduism.
D)Sikhism.
E)Jainism.

Question 23

Under the Indian caste system, which of these jobs would an outcaste not perform?

A)burying the dead
B)working as a common laborer
C)begging
D)selling animal products
E)All of these jobs would be off limits to an outcaste.

Question 24

____________________ was the most significant leader of the Kushan Empire.

Question 25

The world's longest poem is the ____________________.

Question 26

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

Question 27

The ____________________ are Hindu philosophic works based on involved speculation.

Question 28

Ritual suicide of Indian widows was termed ____________________.

Question 29

The major source of foreign troubles for India has been its

A)sea frontiers to the east.
B)borders with China.
C)resident colonies of foreign traders.
D)lack of strong military leadership.
E)frontier with Afghanistan.

Question 30

Southeast Asian peoples generally accepted Hindu-Indian culture

A)through conquest.
B)selectively.
C)entirely.
D)only religiously.
E)only under threat of death.

Question 31

What is one of the major differences between Hinduism and other major religions?

A)Hinduism has formal places of worship.
B)Hinduism has no single sacred book of uniform beliefs.
C)Hinduism has just one major god.
D)Hinduism has a written history.
E)Hinduism has many rituals.

Question 32

One of the major sources of information on the Gupta period in Indian history comes from the ____________________ monk Fa Xian.

Question 33

Hinduism in Southeast Asia is one of the most notable examples of a mixed religion, which is known as ____________________.

Question 34

The warriors of the ____________________ developed an effective tactic of using horses for mobility and strong bows to fire arrows from a distance at Roman legionnaires.

Question 35

The Cambodian structure at Angkor

A)was built as a Buddhist shrine.
B)is the oldest religious structure in the world.
C)at one time served as Buddhist religious headquarters.
D)is the oldest continually used temple complex in existence.
E)was seized by invaders from Thailand, deserted for hundreds of years, and is now a tourist attraction.

Question 36

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

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

Question 37

The Hindu attitude toward sex seems to have been that it was

A)natural.
B)unclean.
C)fun.
D)evil.
E)holy.

Question 38

The temple at Anghor Wat was initially a(n)____________________ shrine.

Question 39

The head of an Indian family could be compared to a(n)

A)Jewish patriarch.
B)Muslim caliph.
C)Buddhist monk.
D)Christian matriarch.
E)Muslim ulama.

Question 40

Violence between Muslims and non-Muslims was a trademark of the ____________________ Sultanate.

Question 41

Term for identification: Vishnu

Question 42

Term for identification: Shiva

Question 43

Term for identification: Vedas

Question 44

Term for identification: stupas

Question 45

Elaborate on the significant advances and challenges of the Gupta Period.

Question 46

Term for identification: Brahmanism

Question 47

Term for identification: community of discourse

Question 48

Discuss the role of literature in Indian religion.

Question 49

Describe life in Classical India.

Question 50

Term for identification: Mahabharata

Question 51

Term for identification: Delhi sultanate

Question 52

Term for identification: Mahmud al-Ghazni

Question 53

Discuss the influence of the Parthian and Sassanian Empires on the region around what is modern-day Iran. Include the centuries of Parthian conflicts with Rome, the concept of the shahanshah, and unique aspects of the Sassanians.

Question 54

Discuss the expansion of Buddhism under the patronage of the Kushan Empire. Include the concept of community of discourse and economic and cultural impact.

Question 55

Term for identification: Kushan

Question 56

Discuss the geographic boundaries and issues regarding Classical India's religions, both domestic and foreign.