World Civilizations Online Chapter 8 -- Multiple Choice Quiz

Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1		What group invaded India beginning in the 6th century C.E.? Need a hint?

2		Which of the following elements was not present in the political organization of the early Aryan kingdoms in the foothills of the Himalayas? Need a hint?

3		Where did the Aryan kingdoms spread to from the Indus river valley and Himalaya foothills? Need a hint?

4		Which of the following statements concerning the kingdoms of the Ganges plain is most accurate? Need a hint?

5		What was the position of the brahmans in the kingdoms of the Ganges plain and southern India? Need a hint?

6		In what way were the brahmans of the early kingdoms of the Ganges plain similar to the Chinese scholar-gentry? Need a hint?

7		Which of the following was not a brahmanic privilege in the early kingdoms of the Ganges plain? Need a hint?

8		What social change took place before the establishment of the first Indian empire in the middle centuries of the last millennium B.C.? Need a hint?

9		Which of the following castes was not at the top of the Indian social hierarchy? Need a hint?

10		What determined a person's place within the Indian social hierarchy?

11		Which of the following statements about the Indian caste structure is correct? Need a hint?

12		Dharma was the Need a hint?

13		Karma was the Need a hint?

14		Transmigration was the Need a hint?

15		What was the typical household among upper-caste groups in Indian society? Need a hint?

16		What was the typical household among lower-caste groups in Indian society? Need a hint?

17		Which of the following religions originated in India? Need a hint?

18		Which of the following was not a teaching of Buddha? Need a hint?

19		After Buddha's death, his teachings were preserved primarily by Need a hint?

20		Which of the brahmanic teachings did Buddha accept? Need a hint?

21		Which of the following statements concerning the Greek invasion of India is true? Need a hint?

22		The political manual utilized by the Mauryas for government was the Need a hint?

23		The emperor who converted to Buddhism was Need a hint?

24		Why were the Buddhists vulnerable to the restoration of brahmanic authority? Need a hint?

25		How did the brahmans deal with Buddha? Need a hint?

26		How did the Guptas differ from the Mauryas? Need a hint?

27		The author of the Kamasutra was Need a hint?

Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.