Eastern Civilizations Practice Test 2

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Eastern Civilizations Practice Test 2

Test your knowledge about the fascinating histories, beliefs, and cultures of Eastern civilizations with our engaging quiz! Covering a range of topics from ancient philosophies to important figures, this practice test is perfect for students, history buffs, and anyone interested in the subject.

25 carefully crafted questions
Multiple-choice format for easy answering
Learn and reinforce key concepts in Eastern history

25 Questions6 MinutesCreated by LearningTiger304

Who was Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi?

The best emperor of Pakistan

The first person to rule a unified China and to call himself Emperor

The Chinese inventor who created paper

The Mongols

Who were/are the Yamato?

The men who invented Yams in Japan.

The Dynasty which has ruled Japan for 1400 years.

A very impressive motorcycle

The dynasty which built the great wall of China

What was the Caste system?

A system one used to build castles

The Mongols

A way of organizing society/occupation by birth

The Hindu Holy Trinity

Which is a correct step on the 8 Fold Path of Buddhism?

Right Action

Right Flavour

Right Stature

Right Angle Triangle

Legalism was a philosophy which believed that...

Humans are naturally kind

Humans need laws to organize themselves

Humans are naturally mean

Humans are naturally evil, but laws can help fix that.

Shinto is unique as it has...

Very imperssive arches

No founder or holy book

No set diet restrictions

No mongols

Someone may quit Hinduism and become a Buddhist in Ancient India if they were:

A woman

A wealthy merchant

A warrior seeking new battles

Someone born to a low caste.

Confucianism was a philosophy which encouraged

Filial Piety

Good ethics

Confusing the Mongols

Confessing your sins

The Yamato Emperor invented the word Shinto to...

Make Japan's culture/religion seperate from Buddhism

Create a new religion

Replace the old name of the religion which was: Zuki-tuki-booki-looki

Say he owned Shintoism, because he named it.

The Four Noble Truths were discovered by the Buddha when he...

Made them up

Sat under a tree for several weeks and contemplated life.

Found them in a box.

Stole them from the Mongols

Daoism and Shintoism have what in common?

They both have temples.

They both were followed by Mongols.

They both have followers who are old men with beards.

They both have a heavy focus on honoring nature.

Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi brought many changes to China. Which of the following were things he changed.

Giving each province their own unique currency

Opening Confucian schools for the poor

Making all written language the same

Forcing children to work for The Mongols

Kami are Gods

True, they are all very powerful and control the world

False, they range wildly from weak little kami of rice to big huge Kami of the Ocean

The Aryans introduced the caste system in India to:

Organise society better

Control their newly conquered people by putting them into the lowest castes

Create a stable society which would never change

To stop the Mongols

During the Warring States Period many different philosophies came into existence to:

Try and and stop the war by making the leaders/people better.

Make rulers better at fighting so that they may win the war.

Give nerds something to do with all their free time since schools were closed.

Answer big questions about life, the universe and everything.

The Yamato Clan conquered Japan by:

Killing all of their enemies

Using the Mongols to supress other clans

Convincing rival families/the population to follow them.

Gradually taking control of production, weapons, religion, titles and status.

Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi reportedly died doing what?

Drinking way too much wine

Strapping himself to a chair, atop of a pile of fireworks and lighting them in hopes that he may go into space.

Drinking a potion of immortality

Being friends with The Mongols

To fulfill your Dharma in Hinduism was to do what?

Fulfill your lifes purpose

To do good things to hopefully get a better life next time

To meditate frequently

To shake off your sins and put on a cloak of cheddar

Why did the Yamato Dynasty say they were descended from the Kami Ameratsu?

To become more important/viewed as better than other powerful families?

To rally the country against a potential Korean invasion.

One God Sun God RA RA RA!

To consolidate their power through manipuplating the faith of the common people, to protect them from....The Mongols!

The Han Dynasty officially replaced legalism with which philosophy?

Mongolianism

Confucianism

Daoism

Neo-Legalism

Which Emperor commissioned a book of stories about Shintoism (And his family)

Emperor Jimmu

Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi

Emperor Khan

Emperor Temmu

Buddhists are generally vegetarian today. Why is this weird?

The Buddha died eatting pork.

Vegetarian food was really bad in ancient times.

Humans are omni-vores.

The Mongols.

Eastern Civilizations Practice Test 2

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