Deck 3: Empire

Question 1

During which of the following ancient Chinese dynasties were the Book of Changes and the yin-yang sign codified and written down?

A) the Shang dynasty
B) the Qin dynasty
C) the Zhou dynasty
D) the Han dynasty

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Multiple architectural orders were incorporated into the Colosseum,including

A) Corinthian and Ionic.
B) Doric and Composite.
C) Composite and Minoan.
D) Doric and Ionic.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Who is considered the author of the The Way of Life,which is Daoism's primary philosophical treatise?

A) Lao Tzu
B) Confucius
C) Huang Che
D) Wu Ding

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following terms refers to the "dutifulness"-a relationship that prescribed that a family and clients equally owed "total obedience" to the pater in ancient Rome?

A) patricians
B) vigils
C) plebians
D) pietas

Question 5

What is significant about the literary work,Georgics?

A) It models the best approach to agricultural practice for soil conservation and yield.
B) It reveals details about the commercial practice of grain distribution in the Roman Provinces.
C) It chronicles the agricultural calendar, similar to an almanac.
D) It celebrates Augustus' gift of farmlands to veterans of civil wars.

Question 6

Which of the following rivers is associated with the city of Rome?

A) the Tigris
B) the Tiber
C) the Euphrates
D) the Arno

Question 7

Who was the Roman rhetorician who recognized the power of the Latin language to communicate with the people?

A) Cicero
B) Virgil
C) Horace
D) Ovid

Question 8

Which of the following is the Chinese term for the unifying principle in all nature?

A) li
B) jen
C) qi
D) te

Question 9

According to Confucian thought,traditional Chinese values include self-control,propriety,and

A) virtuous behavior.
B) political ambition.
C) competitive spirit.
D) intellectual curiosity.

Question 10

Which of the following structures is associated with the oculus?

A) the Pont du Gard
B) the Column of Trajan
C) the Arch of Titus
D) the Pantheon

Question 11

Which of the following marks the historical beginning of the Roman Republic?

A) the expulsion of the Etruscan kings
B) Aeneas' battle with Turnus
C) the death of Laocoon
D) the death of Remus

Question 12

On the sculpture of Augustus of Primaporta,which of the following is Cupid riding?

A) a horse
B) a satyr
C) a camel
D) a dolphin

Question 13

To attain Dao ("the way"),an individual must practice

A) "not-doing."
B) spiritually connecting with all things.
C) seeking to preserve political state.
D) observing harmony through a well-ordered society.

Question 14

Which of the following terms refers to good and righteous conduct reflecting the cosmic moral order that underlies all existence?

A) bodhisattva
B) dharma
C) dhammapada
D) nirvana

Question 15

Which of the following terms refers to a place or state free from worry,pain,and the external world?

A) bodhisattva
B) dharma
C) nirvana
D) dhammapada

Question 16

What was the political result of Ovid's writings?

A) Augustus did not approve of the writings and banished Ovid from Rome.
B) Augustus promoted Ovid to a state position, giving him the title of "laureate."
C) Augustus commissioned Ovid to write an epic in the Greek style specifically for the Roman people.
D) Ovid was tried for treason and Augustus ordered his execution by hanging.

Question 17

What is culturally significant about the Aeneid?

A) It represents the Roman "ideal" citizen, who favors civic duty above all else.
B) It is a series of poems that demonstrate love of nature and the virtues of the agrarian lifestyle.
C) It is a moral warning to Roman citizens about the importance of military service.
D) It serves as a model for building family to support the "best of Rome."

Question 18

Which of the following terms refers to the poorer class who were the craftspeople,merchants,and laborers in ancient Rome?

A) patricians
B) vigils
C) plebians
D) pietas

Question 19

Which of the following terms refers to the wooden floor of the Colosseum?

A) arena
B) insula
C) vigils
D) voussoir

Question 20

Which of the following terms refers to the land-owning aristocrats who served as priests,magistrates,lawyers,and judges in ancient Rome?

A) patricians
B) vigils
C) plebians
D) pietas

Question 21

Chinese unification under Qin Shihuangdi embraced the idea the state was required to exercise power over the individual,known as

A) Legalism.
B) communism.
C) a monarchy.
D) an oligarchy.

Question 22

Discuss the significance of the yin-yang symbol for early Chinese culture.

Question 23

Which of the following terms refers to a person who is very near total enlightenment and,before crossing over to nirvana,vows to help others strive toward nirvana?

A) bodhisattva
B) dharma
C) dhammapada
D) nirvana

Question 24

Support the assertion that much of what we know about "everyday Roman life is a direct result of the Vesuvius eruption."

Question 25

What is a stupa,and what is its function in Buddhism?

Question 26

Explain pietas as it existed in ancient Rome.

Question 27

Explain how it is true that "geographically,Rome lies between ...two cultures"-Etruscan and Greek.

Question 28

Contrast the chief features of the domus and the insulae.

Question 29

Which of the following terms can be translated as "Enlightened One"?

A) Ashoka
B) Buddha
C) Vishnu
D) Shiva

Question 30

Which of the following terms can be translated as "the path of truth"?

A) bodhisattva
B) dharma
C) dhammapada
D) nirvana

Question 31

Which of the following terms refers to burial mounds that were erected by the emperor Ashoka and which served as reliquaries for the Buddha's remains?

A) yakshi
B) mandala
C) stupa
D) chatra