1.
The Aryans introduced or were responsible for the following:
A) Sanskrit
B) caste system
C) the Indian epics
D) all of the abovbe
2.
The Mahabharata is
A) a dancing girl
B) a jade ceremonial disk
C) an epic
D) an untouchable
3.
India's oldest known devotional texts are the
A) Vedas
B) Upanishads
C) Mahabharata
D) Ramayana
4.
The Law of Karma holds that accumulated deeds
A) determine what happens in your life
B) determine your place in the caste system
C) determine whom you will marry
D) determine your physical state in the next life
5.
In the Bhagavad-Gita, the fundamental teachings of Hinduism are expressed by the inclusion of an epic from the epic
A) Karm
B) Mahabharata
C) Vedas
D) Ramayana
6.
In the Shang Dynasty, rulers were more similar to
A) the kings of Egypt
B) the rulers of Greece
C) the kings of Mesopotamia
D) a special group of priests
7.
China's oldest written text is unusual in that it contains no creation myths or stories of gods. It is called
A) Shi jing
B) I jing
C) Dao de jing
D) yin/yangs
8.
The Dao is best defined as
A) the yin/yang
B) the qi
C) the book of change
D) the way
9.
Daoism and meditation are compatible because the adherent to Daoism seeks
A) material success
B) individual insight
C) communal benefits
D) family harmony
The Aryans introduced or were responsible for the following:
A) Sanskrit
B) caste system
C) the Indian epics
D) all of the abovbe
2.
The Mahabharata is
A) a dancing girl
B) a jade ceremonial disk
C) an epic
D) an untouchable
3.
India's oldest known devotional texts are the
A) Vedas
B) Upanishads
C) Mahabharata
D) Ramayana
4.
The Law of Karma holds that accumulated deeds
A) determine what happens in your life
B) determine your place in the caste system
C) determine whom you will marry
D) determine your physical state in the next life
5.
In the Bhagavad-Gita, the fundamental teachings of Hinduism are expressed by the inclusion of an epic from the epic
A) Karm
B) Mahabharata
C) Vedas
D) Ramayana
6.
In the Shang Dynasty, rulers were more similar to
A) the kings of Egypt
B) the rulers of Greece
C) the kings of Mesopotamia
D) a special group of priests
7.
China's oldest written text is unusual in that it contains no creation myths or stories of gods. It is called
A) Shi jing
B) I jing
C) Dao de jing
D) yin/yangs
8.
The Dao is best defined as
A) the yin/yang
B) the qi
C) the book of change
D) the way
9.
Daoism and meditation are compatible because the adherent to Daoism seeks
A) material success
B) individual insight
C) communal benefits
D) family harmony