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Identify the following terms. -the Sind and Punjab

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Identify the following terms. -Easter Island

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Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, i...

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Kalidasa


A) was a great military ruler.
B) wrote Ramayana.
C) combined poetry and prose as well as several languages in his plays.
D) ended his life as a Sufi mystic.
E) advised Asoka in the construction of the latter's pillars.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

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Identify the following terms. -nada

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The Buddhists who applied the term "lesser vehicle" to their rivals were eventually known as


A) Mahayana.
B) Hinayana.
C) Theravada.
D) Shi'ites.
E) Sivas.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Identify the following terms. -Guptas

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The Guptas refer to an ancient Indian dy...

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This fifth-century Indian astronomer accurately calculated the value of pi,and calculated the length of the solar year to be slightly more than 365 days.


A) Golagrama
B) Utpala
C) Aryabhata
D) Kamalakara
E) Vasistha

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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Identify the following terms. -Theravada

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Theravada, which means "The School of th...

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Trade in Southeast Asia


A) was greatly helped by the region's close cultural ties to Japan and Australia.
B) was of considerable importance in the Indonesian archipelago.
C) was the major factor in the economic life of Pagan, Angkor and Vietnam.
D) was exclusively with China.
E) came only with the arrival of the Portuguese.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Identify the following terms. -Nirvana

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Nirvana is a key concept in some Eastern...

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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.

F) All of the above
G) C) and E)

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According to the text,the penetration of the islands of the Pacific was one of the greatest maritime feats of human history.Using outside sources,discuss the extent of this migration and the manner in which it was accomplished.Focus on the continuity of Malayo-Polynesian culture in the course of this migration

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The penetration of the islands of the Pa...

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The Kushan peoples


A) were, originally, inhabitants of Mesopotamia.
B) had been herder-nomads until they moved into the Irrawaddy Valley.
C) were of Indo-European background, driven out of Central Asia by the Xiongnu.
D) settled in Sri Lanka.
E) defeated the Aryan invaders of India.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Which of the following was not true about religious practice in Southeast Asia?


A) Buddhism and Hinduism were never in competition in the region.
B) Rulers used either Hinduism or Buddhism to gain a political advantage.
C) Hinduism served to fortify the positions of the upper class.
D) Theravada Buddhism became a dominant religious force in much of the region.
E) Daoism did not become a major movement in Java or Sumatra.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Identify the following terms. -Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon

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The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the ...

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India's "classical age" is traditionally associated with the


A) Maurya dynasty.
B) Gupta dynasty.
C) Tughluq dynasty.
D) Angkor dynasty.
E) Mughal dynasty.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Identify the following terms. -Maori

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Identify the following terms. -Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat

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Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat are two signi...

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In the divisions within Buddhism,those who followed the school of Theravada believed in


A) an attachment to individual conduct and the ability to escape the mundane through the pursuit of understanding.
B) a bodhisattva helping someone to achieve Nirvana.
C) the divinity of Buddha.
D) the possibility of only one reincarnation for each soul.
E) the Twelve Fold Path.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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In the years following the death of Siddhartha Gautama,how was Buddhism transformed? What were the catalysts that spurred these transformations? How did the beliefs of followers of the Theravada and Mahayana branches of Buddhism differ? How did their positions reflect differing ideas about the likelihood of their followers achieving nirvana? Do you think the term Hinayana was originally used as an expression of contempt?

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