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Chapter 9
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Where was the capital of the Kushan kingdom located?
a. Patalitputra.
b. Bactria.
c. Kanchipuram.
d. Bombay.
e. Karokorum.
2. 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. passed through the Kushan Kingdom.
d. began at commercial shipping centers situated on Sri Lanka.
e. began at the Bactrian coast of the Indian Ocean.
3. The capital of the Gupta Dynasty under Chandragupta I was at
a. Pataliputra.
b. Bactria.
c. Chang'an.
d. Bombay.
e. Delhi.
4. Those Buddhists who applied the term "lesser vehicle" to their rivals were eventually known as
a. Mahayana.
b. Hinayana.
c. Theravada.
d. Shi'ites.
e. none of the above
5. 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. in part, perhaps, because its individualistic outlook appealed to the poorer population and,
in so doing, aroused fear among higher status Indians.
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, but no more than Hinduism or Jainism did.
6. In the split in the Buddhist movement, those who followed the school of Theravada believed in
a. an uncompromising attachment to individual conduct and the ability to escape the
mundane through the pursuit of comprehension.
b. a bodhisattva helping someone to achieve Nirvana.
c. the divinity of Buddha.
d. the possibility of only one reincarnation for each soul.
e. both b and c
7. 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
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d. the growing attractiveness of bhakti to the Indian masses
e. none of the above
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.
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.
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 central and provincial
governments.
d. did not change the traditional autonomy enjoyed by local village leaders.
e. none of the above
Indian Muslims
a. formed Muslim castes, an ironic action in relation to the traditions of Islamic believers
elsewhere.
b. had converted a heavy majority of the Indian population by 500 C.E.
c. ultimately accepted the Indian tradition of having a priestly class to be intermediaries
between god and the believer.
d. both a and b
e. both b and c
In India, Muslims
a. destroyed the caste system.
b. converted many lower caste Hindus to Islam.
c. gave up the tradition of purdah which they practiced elsewhere.
d. converted to Buddhism in large numbers between 800 and 930 C.E.
e. both c and d
Which of the following may have contributed to the decline in medieval Indian manufacturing and
commercial activity?
a. the establishment of highly centralized ruling federations
b. intense local taxation of commerce
c. decreased tariffs between local jurisdictions
d. a decline in foreign trade with Japan
e. both a and d
What factor served as the most significant and potent debilitator of commercial development in medieval
India?
a. the abundance of opportunities afforded by the caste system
b. governmental dominance of foreign trade
c. the restraining effects of the caste system
d. the terrorism of the Muslims of Sind and the Deccan
e. none of the above
____ 15. The stringed instrument used in Indian music is called the
a. nada.
b. raga.
c. sati.
d. sitar.
e. mandolin.
____ 16. The two major geographic components of Southeast Asia are
a. the Rann of Kutch and the Irian tidal zone.
b. an extensive archipelago and a mainland zone from the Malay Peninsula north to China.
c. the Mekong Delta and the Cao Highlands.
d. the Sargasso Hills and the Red River plain.
e. the Tienenman Valley and the Angkor Strait communities.
____ 17. The peoples recognized as being the first migrants into Southeast Asia during the first millennium C.E. were
the
a. Vietnamese and Luo.
b. Mon-Khmer and Javanese.
c. Burmans and Thai.
d. Thai and Munda.
e. Desai and Inuit.
____ 18. Trade in Southeast Asia
a. was greatly helped by the regions close cultural ties to the advanced economies of Japan
and Australia.
b. never became significant due to the area's isolated location.
c. was a relatively minor factor in the economic life of Pagan, Angkor and Vietnam.
d. both a and c
e. a, b, and c
____ 19. The Southeast Asian mainland kingdom formed in the ninth century was
a. Nubia.
b. Angkor.
c. Champa.
d. Malaya.
e. Sukhothai.
____ 20. The Burmans and Thai originally came from, respectively,
a. Manchuria and Taiwan.
b. Tibet and southwestern China.
c. Sinkiang and Nepal.
d. South India and Honshu.
e. Sakhalin and Kwantung.
____ 21. In their political institutions, the new states of Southeast Asia
a. were predominantly replicas of the Chinese system.
b. assimilated Chinese and/or Indian practices into their own ways of doing things.
c. were totally original in the development of their governments.
d. both a and c
e. a, b and c
____ 22. Which of the following statements was true about the religious underpinnings of the Indianized Southeast
Asian states?
a. They had become mainly Daoist by 1000 C.E.
b. They all exclusively adhered to Hindu values.
c. Buddhism determined the path they followed.
d. Although based on Hindu political thought, they afforded great privilege to Buddhists,
who won over the masses.
e. Their religious orientations were entirely free of any external influences.
____ 23. Which of the following is a valid observation about the social practices in the societies of traditional
Southeast Asia?
a. Female rulers dominated life in almost all villages.
b. Southeast Asian women had more rights than Chinese women.
c. In the Indianized states, Hinduism produced the rigid adoption of the caste system.
d. Malay societies employed the democratic practice of electing their kings.
e. all of the above
____ 24. Two major trading states on the Southeast Asian archipelago were
a. Chosen and Payoni.
b. Srivijaya and Majapahit.
c. Cola and Hainan.
d. Colombo and Mombai.
e. Pyongyang and Bangkok.
____ 25. The most famous example of the Buddhist architecture that employed a massive stupa with nine sculpted
terraces is the temple at
a. Kuala Lumpur.
b. Borobudur.
c. Mount Meru.
d. Rangoon.
e. Jakarta.