GED Test Prep - Social Studies - Question List

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1. Which of the following religious ideas did early Christianity share with Mahayana Buddhism?
  1. Transubstantiation
  2. Reincarnation
  3. Personal salvation
  4. Sacrificial offerings
2. How were Indo-European steppe tribes different from Indian, Middle Eastern, and Chinese societies before 800 B.C.E.?
  1. Indian, Middle Eastern, and Chinese societies were much more concerned with expansionism than the Indo-Europeans.
  2. Indo-European steppe tribes were more likely to have created religious architectural monuments.
  3. Indian, Middle Eastern, and Chinese societies created permanent settlements, with wealth based upon land ownership.
  4. Monarchies ruled Indian, Middle Eastern, and Chinese societies; Oligarchies ruled the Indo-Europeans.
3. What does the Chinese system of Mandate of Heaven refer to?
  1. China’s superiority to the rest of the civilization of the world.
  2. The emperor’s power is never-ending.
  3. The emperor’s obligation to provide fair and just laws to his people.
  4. The emperor is granted his power from heaven.
4. What was the one unifying institution in medieval Europe?
  1. The European monarchy system
  2. Artists’ guilds
  3. The Roman Catholic Church
  4. The University of Paris
5. The Chinese had a virtual monopoly on which of the following for many, many years?
  1. Rice
  2. Porcelain
  3. Bamboo
  4. Silk

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