History 151

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History 151

• Summer, 2001
• Quiz 2

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• India was first brought into contact with the
  West by
• A) the Aryans
• B) Chandragupta
• C) Alexander the Great
• D) the Sumerians

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• King Ashokas greatest significance derives from
  the fact that he introduced and emphasized
• A) organized religion
• B) religious tolerance
• C) social equality
• D) caste divisions

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• The ancient Indian term for the Code of Morals
  prescribed for a particular caste was
• A) veda
• B) dharma
• C) karma
• D) theraveda

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• Within the developed caste system, the group of
  people assigned the greatest prestige were the
• A) rajas
• B) priests
• C) merchants
• D) artisans

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• All of the concepts list below were
  characteristic of the Shang period except for
• A) the importance of family
• B) the Mandate of Heaven
• C) ancestor worship
• D) the importance of education

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• Due largely to the influence of Confucius, the
  Chinese outlook is markedly
• A) secular
• B) democratic
• C) religious
• D) liberal

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• Confucius believed the chief goal of politics to
  be
• A) equality
• B) autocracy
• C) innovation
• D) harmony

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• The phrase nature-based philosophy which
  de-emphasizes the role of government best
  describes
• A) Confucianism
• B) Legalism
• C) Daoism
• D) Moism

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• The book attributed to Confucius is called the
  ___________________.

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• According to traditional Chinese ideas, old
  people are to be
• A) ignored
• B) tolerated
• C) revered
• D) patronized

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• The near-universal social arrangement for ancient
  cultures was
• A) anarchy
• B) patriarchy
• C) matriarchy
• D) theocracy

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• The following figure is generally considered to
  be the true founder of Athenian democracy
• A) Solon
• B) Cleisthenes
• C) Pisistratus
• D) Pericles

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• The Messenians were
• A) invaders of Troy
• B) inhabitants of Crete
• C) Spartan slaves
• D) Philips soldiers

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• Athens decisive naval victory over Persia
  occurred at the battle of Thermopylae.
• True
• False

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• Charonea marks
• A) Spartas victory over Athens
• B) Greeces triumph in the First Persian War
• C) Troys destruction
• D) Philips conquest of Greece