Contemporary World Civilizations Ara 8. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 20 Soru1.Soru
Which of the following cannot be considered as the competencies needed for the 21st century's global education?
commitment to the idealized national values, culture, and religion. |
commitment to lifelong and global learning. |
awareness of diversity, commonalities, and interdependence. |
acceptance of responsibility for global citizenship. |
recognition of the geopolitical and economic interdependence of the world. |
commitment to the idealized national values, culture, and religion.
2.Soru
Which Buddhism has a head unlike others?
Theravada Buddhism
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Tibetan Buddhism
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Vajrayana Buddhism
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Zen Buddhism |
Pure Land Buddhism |
Unlike Buddhism in other lands, it has a head who is also a political head, the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama was exiled because he led a political rebellion since Lamaism is an integral part of Tibetan culture.
3.Soru
The policy that governed relations between South Africa's white minority and non-white majority and sanctioned racial segragation and political and economic discrimination is known as ......... .
apartheid |
colonialism |
nazism |
pluralism |
tyranny |
apartheid
4.Soru
Which of the following is NOT one of the organizations/movements that opposed the caste system in India?
The Brahmo Samaj
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Arya Samaj
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Prarthana Sabha
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Lingayat |
Dalits |
Dalits is one of the lower casts that is officially known as the Scheduled Castes. In all other choices, organizations/movements that opposed the caste system are given.
5.Soru
Which of the following is a difference between Hindu and Buddhist civilizations?
90% of Hindus live in India whereas Buddhism is spread throughout East Asia.
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Hinduism is messianic while Buddhism is a religion which includes steps of conversion.
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Hinduism is more polytheistic compared to Buddhism.
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Hinduism has a cast system attached; Buddhism does not. |
Buddhism initially had precepts embodied in the Four Noble Truths. |
Both religions spread throughout the region, but Buddhism is more messianic (recruits through missionaries) while Hinduism is a religion in which one must undergo a series of steps for conversion.
6.Soru
Which is one of the religions that heavily influenced the civilizations that originated in the Rift and the Nile Valleys?
Shamanism
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Taoism
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Judaism
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Budism |
Hinduism |
The civilizations that originated in the Rift and the Nile Valleys were heavily influenced by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
7.Soru
Which one of the following is a principle that the Christian churches had agreed on by the 21st century?
- Creed: Love God and each human being
- Observe the Ten Commandments
- Follow the teaching of the Bible
I, II and III
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I and III
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Only II
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II and III |
Only I |
By the 21st century the various branches of the Christian churches had agreed on the following principles: Creed: Love God and each human being (love your neighbor); Observe the Ten Commandments; Follow the teaching of the Bible, both the Old and the New Testaments.
8.Soru
Major historical events are culminations of events occurring sequentially or in a “cycle of history”.
Which one is false about the Axumite Empire?
It rose up in the highlands of northern Ethiopia and the highlands of the State of Eritrea.
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Its seaport was the port of Adulis at the Red Sea.
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The rise of the Persian Empire’s being a big threat to the Roman Empire affected them badly.
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Emperor Justinian, urged Axumite Emperor to pay taxes for their Persian silk trade through the Red Sea. |
The Persian Empire defeated the Axumite forces in Southern Arabia. |
In 533 CE, Emperor Justinian, sensing the need for alliance, sent a letter to the Axumite Emperor urging him to block Persian silk trade through the Red Sea. The Persian Empire’s formidable power defeated the Axumite forces in Southern Arabia. The Axumite Empire that ruled over northeast Africa and Arabia did not recover from this defeat, so option D is false about the Axumite Empire.
9.Soru
Which of the following explanations show the real cause for the Japan occupation to Asia from 1930 to 1945?
To stop the dependency of the Asian countries upon the sponsorship of Western powers. |
To expand the political and military powers of the Japan over the USA.
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To propagate the Shinto religion to the Asian countries. |
To make an alliances with the regional forces in equal conditions |
To decrease the rising power of the Chinese and Korean governments. |
Japan occupied Asia from 1930 to 1945 and their real purpose is to stop the dependency of the Asian countries upon the sponsorship of Western powers.
10.Soru
Which of the following is NOT a member of Buddhist civilizations?
Korean civilization
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Vietnamese civilization
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Singaporean civilization
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Cambodian civilization |
Laotian civilization |
Singaporean civilization is a member of Chinese civilization.
11.Soru
Which one is NOT a component of the eight-fold path?
Right understanding
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Right concentration
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Right livelihood
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Right activities
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Right views |
To eliminate the suffering caused by desire, and to reach nirvana, one must go through an eight-fold path: right activities, right concentration, right effort, right intentions, right livelihood, right mindfulness, right speech, and right views.
12.Soru
Which of the following is not one of the key terminal ports used by the Berber traders in the pre-Islamic era?
Timbuktu |
Leptis |
Sabratha |
Dougga |
Thubrba |
Timbuktu
13.Soru
Which of the following is not one of the reasons why African Civilization is less articulated in a sense of pride and confidence?
There is no worthwhile contribution of African Civilizations to humanity that merits research. |
A singular historical perspective representing singular African Civilization has not been institutionalized. |
Whatever civilization might be visible in Africa such as Egyptian and Maghreb civilizations were dissociated as non-African. |
Slavery and colonialism hindered the sober analysis and articulation of the value of African Civilization. |
African civilization is analysed by scholars from the point of view of material and structural perspectives. |
There is no worthwhile contribution of African Civilizations to humanity that merits research.
14.Soru
Which of the following writing system, equivalent Latin for Rome, is the language of sacred texts of Hinduism?
Hieroglyph
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Pictographic
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Sanskrit
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Linear A |
Cuneiform |
Sanskrit, equivalent Latin for Rome, is the language of sacred texts of Hinduism.
15.Soru
According to Buddhism, which of the following is NOT included in the path that one must follow in order to reach nirvana?
Right activities
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Right concentration
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Right mindfulness
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Right adaptation |
Right effort |
To achieve nirvana, an individual must follow an eight-fold path: right activities, right concentration, right effort, right intentions, right livelihood, right mindfulness, right speech, and right views.
16.Soru
Which of the following statements about Indian Politics is false?
I.Gandhi used Hindu symbols and slogans in his political work towards Indian independence.
II. The identification of Hinduism with the Indian polity arose after independence, when the concept of Hindutva, implying that the true citizens of India were Hindus, was developed.
III. The Indian National Congress, equated modernity with secularism.
IV. The Indian National Congress promoted the caste system as Hindu feeling has made a political comeback.
V. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which came to complete power in India in 2014 ,has aimed to develop secularism with continued efforts in modernization.
II,IV and V |
Only V |
III,IV and V |
II and IV |
II and V |
II,IV and V
17.Soru
When did the Cold War begin?
1939
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1940
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1945
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1950 |
1952 |
The Cold War began in 1945 between the West, which promoted democracy and capitalism, and the East, which practiced state communism and central planning.
18.Soru
Which one is correct about Shinto?
- It’s the natural religion of Japan
- It reflects the “way of God”.
- It has no established dogma
- Its unique book is Kami.
Only II
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I and II
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I, II and III
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II, III and IV |
I, II and IV |
I, II and IV
19.Soru
To which caste does a politician belong to?
Brahmin
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Kshatriya
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Vaisya
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Sudra |
Shinto |
The Kshatriya represented the heart. They symbolized defenders of society and were politicians, soldiers, and administrators.
20.Soru
When did the Brahmins receive a setback in Hindu history?
Epic Period
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Vedic Period
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Mauryan Era
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Gupta Period |
British Period |
The Brahmins, however, received a setback during the Mauryan Era (322-184 BCE) when its most famous member, the Emperor Ashoka, who united almost all of India, became a Buddhist and attempted to make India a Buddhist state. Buddhism had started as a reaction against too much elitism on the part of the Brahmins as had another religious group, the Jains. During the next five centuries, Buddhism declined, as did its attempt to minimize caste barriers in favor of universal brotherhood.
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