Hum 111 Quiz 2

Question 1 .4 out of 4 points Correct In which river's valley did the Chinese people first settle around 7000 BCE?
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Selected Answer: Yellow River
Correct Answer: Yellow River . Question 2 .4 out of 4 points Correct Why around 1500 BCE did the longest-lasting class system begin in India?
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Selected Answer: Invading Aryans conquered and enslaved the inhabitants
Correct Answer: Invading Aryans conquered and enslaved the inhabitants . Question 3 .0 out of 4 points Incorrect Why do sensuous form, vibrant color, a profusion of ornament, and rich texture dominate Indian art?
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Selected Answer: To attract the attention of the gods
Correct Answer: To capture the essence of the divine . Question 4 .4 out of 4 points Correct Why has Qin Shihuangdi's actual tomb never been excavated?
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Selected Answer: It may be surrounded by a river of mercury
Correct Answer: It may be surrounded by a river of mercury . Question 5 .4 out of 4 points Correct What does the yin-yang symbolize?

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Selected Answer: The perpetual interplay and mutual relation among all things Correct Answer: The perpetual interplay and mutual relation among all things

. Question 6 .4 out of 4 points Correct What did the Tang Chinese believe their capital city's grid plan mirrored?
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Selected Answer: Order of the cosmos
Correct Answer: Order of the cosmos . Question 7 .4 out of 4 points Correct What immediate act by the first shogun, Yoritomo, defined his rule?
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Selected Answer: Land grants to his followers
Correct Answer: Land grants to his followers . Question 8 .4 out of 4 points Correct Why did the Heian women write using the new, purely Japanese system, hiragana?
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Selected Answer: The court discouraged shows of education in Chinese by women
Correct Answer: The court discouraged shows of education in Chinese by women . Question 9 .4 out of 4 points