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Discuss the use of the ballgame in the Popol Vuh and in Mesoamerican cultures.

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Angkor tifat
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Palencue
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Chinese imperial palaces never faced north

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A)  to imitate the flow of the rivers.
B)  to position themselves in front of the North Star.
C)  to position themselves in front of the northern mountains.
D)  to avoid evil spirits. D

Question 4

After the Han dynasty fell in 220 CE,the Chinese rejected Confucianism for Buddhism,because they

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A)  blamed Confucianism for civil and cultural dysfunction.
B)  embraced Buddhism's emphasis on the soul.
C)  rejected Confucianism's social hierarchy.
D)  needed Buddhism's position against warfare.

Question 5

What commodity did the Inca apparently value more than silver and gold?

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A)  jade
B)  sand
C)  water
D)  textiles

Question 6

Pure Land Buddhism was particularly attractive to the Japanese during the Kamakura period because it offered the ability to

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A)  own land.
B)  escape familial clan-based authority.
C)  escape from serving in the warrior clans' military.
D)  achieve enlightenment in an afterlife. D

Question 7

The symbolic sacred chamber at the heart of the Hindu temple is known as the

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A)  lingam.
B)  mandapa.
C)  garbhagriha.
D)  sikhara.

Question 8

Why did the Heian women write using the new,purely Japanese system,hiragana?

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A)  The court discouraged displays of education in Chinese by women.
B)  The court banned Chinese in universities and government affairs.
C)  Women used hiragana so their husbands could not read their diaries.
D)  Women felt more connection with the lower classes that used hiragana.

Question 9

Compare the Buddhist "Sunset" pagoda with the Hindu Kandarya Mahadeva temple,focusing on its design and symbolism.

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The Buddhist "Sunset" pagoda and the Hin...

Question 10

The Ife people considered their king's head to be of supreme importance believing it to

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A)  protect them against all enemies.
B)  house the tribe's collective knowledge.
C)  be the home of the spirit.
D)  symbolize triumph over pain.

Question 11

Tibetan Buddhist monks created rolled-up cloth paintings called thangkas as

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A)  record-keeping documents for the monastery.
B)  instructional aids.
C)  meditation aids.
D)  lama genealogies. B

Question 12

Describe the appearance and construction of the Ethiopian rock churches.

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Question 13

The Yoruba people believe that their king links

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A)  heaven and hell.
B)  the gods and ancestral heroes.
C)  the past and the future.
D)  nature's forces and the land.

Question 14

Buddhist monks in Nepal and Tibet adapted Buddhism by

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A)  joining it with Bon,the native mystical religion.
B)  integrating the ethical elements of Confucianism.
C)  replacing the stupas with mountaintop temples.
D)  appointing village chiefs to serve as priests.

Question 15

Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji is considered to be the world's first

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A)  book written by a woman.
B)  published diary.
C)  illustrated book.
D)  Novel.

Question 16

Japanese Heian court women were particularly defined by their

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A)  talents in flower arranging.
B)  language skills.
C)  domestic skills.
D)  child-bearing ability.

Question 17

The Yoruba king must cover his face with rows of beads to

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A)  prevent his subjects from looking at him.
B)  conceal his identity from the gods.
C)  shield viewers from the power of his gaze.
D)  avoid seeing the suffering of his people.

Question 18

Shiva is commonly portrayed dancing within a circle of fire to

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A)  instruct his followers on how to worship him.
B)  symbolize his creative and destructive powers.
C)  represent the mystical state created by dancing.
D)  represent his incarnation as sun god.

Question 19

Identify and explain the contradictions concerning women and education in the beliefs of the Heian Japanese.

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In Heian Japan, there were contradictory...

Question 20

The Chinese were able to build suspension bridges and pagodas because of the development of

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A)  earthen walls.
B)  cypress-bark shingles.
C)  iron- and steel-casting.
D)  sikharas.

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