Deck 15: South and Southeast Asia Before 1200

Question 1

A chaitya hall is the best example of a ____.

A) Buddhist stupa hall
B) Muslim palace
C) Hindu rock-cut temple
D) Cambodian Mahameru

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A yakshi is the personification for which of the following?

A) Fertility and vegetation
B) War and conquest
C) Famine
D) Meditation

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Gandhara region is the home of many portrayals of ____.

A) the Buddha in human form
B) Shiva
C) yakshis
D) yogic postures

Answer 3

A

Question 4

For more than four centuries,successive Khmer kings worked on the grand complex of temples and palaces at this site,and each king built a temple mountain dedicated to his personal god.

A) Angkor Wat,Cambodia
B) Vishvanatha Temple,Khajuraho
C) Great Stupa,Sanchi
D) Borobudur,Java

Question 5

The sacrifice that was part of the Aryan religion included placing ____ into fire.

A) milk and soma
B) goats and wine
C) old garments
D) images of the gods

Question 6

One explanation for the sexually explicit images at Khajuraho relates them to which of the following?

A) Fertility and the propagation of life
B) Greco-Roman influences
C) Buddhist practices
D) Khmer influences

Question 7

The steatite seals found in the Indus Valley resemble seals found at contemporary sites in ____.

A) Persia
B) Mesopotamia
C) Egypt
D) Jordan

Question 8

The profusion of sexually amorous couples in Indian art indicates which of the following?

A) Wanton behavior and lack of discipline
B) An effort to dispel negative associations with sexuality
C) Return to the "old ways"
D) Spiritual favor and prosperity

Question 9

The small seal discovered at Mohenjo-daro reveals an interesting iconography.Which of the following depictions from that seal supports the Indian practice of meditation?

A) Figure is Shiva as lord of the beasts
B) Figure is in a suggested yogic posture
C) Figure is Shiva as lord of the creation
D) Figure is Buddha in his first incarnation

Question 10

Which of the following is a Buddhist monastery?

A) Khajuraho
B) Deogarh
C) Mamallapuram
D) Sanchi

Question 11

Which of the following was the unifying characteristic of the regional dynasties of South Asia in the third through first centuries BCE?

A) Patronage of Shiva
B) Patronage of Vishnu
C) Patronage of Buddhism
D) Patronage of Devi

Question 12

Some of the coins that were struck by Kanishka were modeled on ____.

A) Hellenistic coins
B) Indus Valley coins
C) the imperial coinage of Rome
D) Chinese coins

Question 13

The Aryans,a mobile herding people,laid the foundation for ____ in India.

A) agriculture
B) metalwork
C) trade
D) new religious ideas

Question 14

Which of the following was among the innovative ideas of the Upanishads?

A) Velief in the birth of the Buddha
B) Velief in Shiva as lord of the Dance
C) Velief in an endless round of rebirths
D) Velief in the trinity of Vishnu,Shiva,and Devi

Question 15

To date,what has not been discovered in the Indus Valley?

A) Palace or temple architecture
B) Public bathing facilities
C) Private housing
D) Marketplace

Question 16

The Aryans composed compilations of religious learning including hymns for priests called ____.

A) vedas
B) yakshis
C) upanishads
D) stupas

Question 17

The Indus Valley civilization arose in ____.

A) Iran
B) Pakistan
C) Afghanistan
D) Iraq

Question 18

The caves of Ajanta provide evidence for ____.

A) later Indian painting tradition
B) an early Indian painting tradition
C) sexually explicit sculpture
D) history of the reign of Ashoka

Question 19

The pillar of Ashoka with its lion capital shows a strong influence coming from which of the following groups?

A) Achaemenids
B) Sumerians
C) Greeks
D) Romans

Question 20

The pillars of Ashoka go deep into the ground,connecting the earth to the sky.It can be said that they form which of the following?

A) The path to enlightenment
B) The cosmic mountain
C) The Wheel of the Law
D) The axis of the universe

Question 21

The Vishnu Temple at Deogarh has guardians and mithuna protecting the doorway.Why is this done?

A) It was a sculptural device always used.
B) It was done to protect the temple from evil.
C) It is a transition point between the dangerous outside and the sacred interior.
D) It conforms to Buddhist tradition.

Question 22

Who was Jayavarman II?

Question 23

Who was Ashoka,and why is he significant?

Question 24

What is the meaning of the Shiva Nataraja?

Question 25

The gigantic faces on the Bayon,a temple in Cambodia,may represent ____.

A) Suryavarman II
B) Lokeshvara,Lord of the World
C) Shiva,Lord of the Dance
D) Ashoka

Question 26

____ became the dominant sect of Buddhism in southern India,Sri Lanka,and mainland Southeast Asia.

A) Theravada
B) Ascetic
C) Mahayana
D) Bodhisattva