Deck 9: The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

Question 1

What was the significance,religious and otherwise,in the careers of the Chinese Buddhist monks Fa Xian and Xuan Zang?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Using specific examples,discuss the impact of Islam on the art and architecture of India.

Answer 2

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Question 3

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Chandragupta I and Chandragupta II

Answer 3

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Question 4

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Guptas

Question 5

How did local,Indian,and Chinese elements and influences interact to help shape the societies of early Southeast Asia? Were Southeast Asian cultures really unique,or were they largely based upon those of India and/or China? What were some of the factors that led many in Southeast Asia to adopt Theravada Buddhism?

Question 6

How did the geographic features of Southeast Asia influence the developmental possibilities,and the subsequent evolution,of its two basic regions?

Question 7

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Kushan Kingdom

Question 8

What were some of the chief destinations along the Silk Road? What kind of products traded along the Silk Road? In what ways was the Silk Road as much a conduit of ideas as it was a highway for trade goods?

Question 9

To what degree was religion a major influence in Indian art and literature? Cite representative examples from Hinduism,Buddhism,and Islam to illustrate and support your viewpoint.

Question 10

What factors might explain the success of Hinduism,first in the challenge of Buddhism and second,in the later challenge of Islam?

Question 11

In the years following the death of Siddhartha Gautama,how was Buddhism transformed? What were the catalysts that spurred these transformations? How did the beliefs of followers of the Theravada and Mahayana branches of Buddhism differ? How did their positions reflect differing ideas about the likelihood of their followers achieving nirvana? Do you think the term Hinayana was originally used as an expression of contempt?

Question 12

What were the challenges that the geography of the Indian subcontinent presented as impediments to the imperial ambitions of the Guptas and the later Mughals?

Question 13

Discuss the reasons,religious and otherwise,which explain the decline of Buddhism in the land of its birth.

Question 14

Compare and contrast the Mauryan and the Gupta dynasties.How did they differ in terms of territory? Which seemed to have the most effective administration? Which had the most lasting impact on Indian society,and why?

Question 15

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Kanishka

Question 16

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Fa Xian and Xuan Zang

Question 17

In what way was Islam established in India? To what extent was this new religion able to gain converts from the indigenous Hindu and Buddhist populations? How did the introduction of Islam impact India's caste system?

Question 18

According to the text,the penetration of the islands of the Pacific was one of the greatest maritime feats of human history.Using outside sources,discuss the extent of this migration and the manner in which it was accomplished.Focus on the continuity of Malayo-Polynesian culture in the course of this migration

Question 19

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Pataliputra

Question 20

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Silk Road

Question 21

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sati

Question 22

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Parsis

Question 23

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Chola and Pallava

Question 24

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Bamiyan Buddhas

Question 25

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purdah

Question 26

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Tamerlane

Question 27

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Nirvana

Question 28

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Mahayana

Question 29

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Avalokitsevaran/Guan Yin

Question 30

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Delhi sultanate

Question 31

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Rajputs

Question 32

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Nanak and Sikhism

Question 33

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Mahmud of Ghazni

Question 34

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Theravada

Question 35

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Devi

Question 36

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Samarkand

Question 37

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bhakti

Question 38

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Hinayana

Question 39

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bodhisattva

Question 40

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the Sind and Punjab

Question 41

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Srivijaya and Majapahit

Question 42

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Sun Temple at Konarak

Question 43

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Ajanta caves

Question 44

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Strait of Sunda and Strait of Malacca

Question 45

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Aryabhata

Question 46

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nada

Question 47

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Ellora rock temple

Question 48

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Kalidasa's The Cloud Messenger

Question 49

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the Irrawaddy,the Salween,the Chao Phraya,and the Mekong

Question 50

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rock paintings at Sigiriya

Question 51

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Mamallapuram

Question 52

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Dandin's The Ten Princes

Question 53

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Khajuraho

Question 54

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Thai and Burmese

Question 55

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sitar

Question 56

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Mount Kailasa

Question 57

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Pagan

Question 58

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Malay Peninsula

Question 59

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Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat

Question 60

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Cosmic Dance of Shiva

Question 61

In the divisions within Buddhism,those who followed the school of Theravada believed in

A) an attachment to individual conduct and the ability to escape the mundane through the pursuit of understanding.
B) a bodhisattva helping someone to achieve Nirvana.
C) the divinity of Buddha.
D) the possibility of only one reincarnation for each soul.
E) the Twelve Fold Path.

Question 62

India's "classical age" is traditionally associated with the

A) Maurya dynasty.
B) Gupta dynasty.
C) Tughluq dynasty.
D) Angkor dynasty.
E) Mughal dynasty.

Question 63

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Borobudur Temple

Question 64

The Indian sea routes used by the Romans to ship Silk Road imports back to Rome

A) began at the seaports along the Bay of Bengal.
B) went through the Sunda Strait.
C) expanded in the first century C.E. when sailors mastered the monsoon winds.
D) began at commercial shipping centers situated on Sri Lanka.
E) began at the Bactrian coast of the Indian Ocean.

Question 65

The Buddhists who applied the term "lesser vehicle" to their rivals were eventually known as

A) Mahayana.
B) Hinayana.
C) Theravada.
D) Shi'ites.
E) Sivas.

Question 66

Nanak

A) was the last Mongol invader to successfully control the entire Indian subcontinent.
B) was the favorite bodhisattva of the Mahayana Buddhists.
C) renounced the Zoroastrian tradition of asceticism.
D) founded a new religious movement, although he had originally tried to integrate Hindu and Muslim ideas and practices.
E) conquered Delhi.

Question 67

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Easter Island

Question 68

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Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon

Question 69

All of the following were true of the Kushan kingdom except

A) trade between China and Rome served it well.
B) the increasing appeal of Buddhism helped it to grow.
C) it met a dubious end in the third century.
D) under King Kanishka, Buddhism was outlawed and destroyed.
E) King Kanishka was an ardent Buddhist.

Question 70

The greatest of the Kushan rulers was

A) Rurika.
B) Tiberius.
C) Chandragupta.
D) Kanishka.
E) Fa Xian.

Question 71

Buddhism declined in India

A) because its most fervent supporters went abroad as missionaries to Persia and the Malay peninsula.
B) because of a terror campaign launched by militant Muslims.
C) because of the rise of bhakti/devotion in Hinduism, which appealed widely to Hindus.
D) because of the slow but steady emigration of millions of Buddhists who feared physical harm from Hindu and Muslim rulers.
E) after the fall of the Gupta Dynasty, as did Hinduism and Jainism.

Question 72

Where was the capital of the Kushan kingdom located?

A) Pataliputra
B) Bactria
C) Kanchipuram
D) Bombay
E) Karakoram

Question 73

Which of the following was not a factor in the decline of Buddhism in India?

A) Hinduism's increasing appeal
B) Buddhism's reinforcement of the Indian caste system
C) Hinduism's increasing religious ardor
D) the growing attractiveness of bhakti to the Indian masses
E) Buddhism's rejection of the caste system

Question 74

Mahayana Buddhism

A) was less religious and more "philosophical" than Theravada Buddhism.
B) attempted to maximize the number of people who could obtain release from the wheel of life.
C) revered Nanak.
D) began in Persia and spread to India during the time of the Gupta Dynasty.
E) had no impact outside of India.

Question 75

The Mongol khan from Samarkand who attacked the Islamic state of the Tughluq Dynasty was

A) Tamerlane.
B) Genghis Khan.
C) Chalukya.
D) Malmug Khan.
E) Chandragupta XIV.

Question 76

The Kushan peoples

A) were, originally, inhabitants of Mesopotamia.
B) had been herder-nomads until they moved into the Irrawaddy Valley.
C) were of Indo-European background, driven out of Central Asia by the Xiongnu.
D) settled in Sri Lanka.
E) defeated the Aryan invaders of India.

Question 77

Muslim rule in India

A) maintained a close alliance with Baghdad.
B) was totally assimilated into Hindu culture.
C) employed many Hindus in powerful positions within the government.
D) reserved most of the high posts in the central government and the provinces for Muslims.
E) never made use of Hindus on any level of government.

Question 78

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Maori

Question 79

Islam was spread through parts of India by the military advances of

A) the Rajputs.
B) Mahmud of Ghazni.
C) the Nanaks.
D) Samudragupta.
E) Asoka.

Question 80

The capital of the Gupta Dynasty under Chandragupta I was at

A) Pataliputra.
B) Bactria.
C) Chang'an.
D) Bombay.
E) Delhi.