AP World History: Chapters 2-4 Test

13. Confucius' sayings are collected in the (A) Analects (B) I Ching. (C) The Great Learning. (D) Dao.

(A) Analects

11. The Vedas were written in (A) Sanskrit. (B) Aryan. (C) Dravidian. (D) Hindu.

(A) Sanskrit.

17. What is filial piety? (A) concept whereby family members subordinate themselves to the male head of the household (B) concept of worshipping dead ancestors (C) the method for making steel (D) concept of legalistic government rule

(A) concept whereby family members subordinate themselves to the male head of the household

10. According to Buddhism, pain and sorrow were caused by (A) human attachment to worldly things. (B) human desires to attain Nirvana. (C) extreme asceticism. (D) the desires of the soul.

(A) human attachment to worldly things.

16. Which of the following was NOT an idea that the Han borrowed from the Qin system of government? (A) state Confucianism (B) tripartite division of power (C) the system of provinces and districts (D) merit system

(A) state Confucianism

12. What is the longest reigning dynasty in Chinese history? (A) Shang (B) Zhou (C) Qin (D) Han

(B) Zhou

14. Which of the One Hundred schools of Chinese thought believed that only a strong ruler could keep order in society since man's basic nature was corrupt? (A) Daoism (B) Confucianism (C) Mencius (D) Legalism

(D) Legalism

29. Which Macedonian ruler conquered the Greek city-states and formed the Cirinthian League? (A) Alexander (B) Socrates (D) Sarius (D) Philip

(D) Philip

9. The Upanishads were (A) the Hindu priestly class. (B) the sacred texts of the Aryans. (C) followers of strict Hindu asceticism. (D) a set of commentaries on the Vedas.

(D) a set of commentaries on the Vedas.

22. Which of the following best describes the Greek term "polis"? (A) citizens with political rights (B) a community of citizens in which all economic, political, social and cultural activities are focused (C) all citizens who possessed fundamental rights and responsibilities (D) all of the above

(D) all of the above

8. Chandragupta Maurya ruled (A). a highly centralized empire. (B) a loosely federated kingdom. (C) with a large army and secret police force. (D) both A and C.

(D) both A and C.

15. All of the following were reforms in the Qin dynasty, EXCEPT, (A) standardized weights and measures (B) harsh penal code (C) direct taxation of peasant by the state (D) private commerce and manufacturing expanded.

(D) private commerce and manufacturing expanded.