Topic 3 Review: Ancient India and China

What country used a caste system?

• China
• Rome
• India
• Americas

fixed social class system into which a person is born is called a -

• level
• varna
• caste
• class

How did you move up and down in a caste system?

• bribes
• by getting rich
• Eightfold Path
• reincarnation

Siddartha Guatama founded what religion

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Judaism

Where did Hinduism and Buddhism originate?

• India
• China
• Europe
• Africa

What is reincarnation?

• a social system
• an economic system
• a cycle of death and rebirth until nirvana or moksha is achieved
• a labor system

What are the 4 Noble Truths?

• idea that life is pain and suffering and is caused by man's desires
• idea that one's goal is to go to heaven
• idea that one's goal in life is to indulge yourself
• idea that life is all about moderation

What religion reinforced the idea of a caste system?

• Christianity
• Hindusim
• Islam
• Jainism

What concept does this social pyramid illustrate??

• communism
• laissez faire
• Mandate of Heaven
• caste

What was the Silk Road?

• a black market

• a trade route from China to Europe

• an early American trail

• a book about Daoism