Chapter 6

Question 0

what is the term for the 4 classes into what humankind is divided in Indian thinking

Answer 0

Varna

Question 1

Which Han court official unserved the embers throne and launched a series of aggressive reforms including dividing up large estates

Answer 1

Wang Mang

Question 2

what class in Indian society was made of warriors

Answer 2

Kshatriyas

Question 3

where was slavery central to the functioning of the economy during the classical period.

Answer 3

Rome and Greece

Question 4

which women Chinese writer and official wrote that a woman was required to always humble herself before others

Answer 4

Ban Zhao

Question 5

which of the following statements concerning Chinese merchants is false

Answer 5

State officials and landlords ostracized Chinese merchants, having no relationship with them despite the potential for profit

Question 6

which was not true of slavery in classical China

Answer 6

A relatively large percentage, perhaps as much as one third of the population, were slaves

Question 7

what is true of slaves in classical Athens

Answer 7

The growth of democracy was accompanied by the simultaneous growth of slavery on a mass scale

Question 8

which was a feature of slavery in the Roman world

Answer 8

slaves made up a substantial portion of the population including 33 to 40%

Question 9

in classical Greece homoerotic relationships between men or women were

Answer 9

culturally approved in most Greek city states