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1. The archaeological sites of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, both troves of early cultural artifacts, were a part of what historical region?
2. In Chinese pottery, Ge ware is a type of greenware that is famous for which of these features?
3. The "haniwa" were ritual and funerary objects created during the Kofun period in Japan (3rd to 6th centuries AD). The figures were made into everyday objects, but perhaps the most popular were the haniwa soldiers dressed in armor. With what material were these simple, early Japanese treasures made?
4. After his conversion to Buddhism, Ashoka (268 to 232 BC) of the Mauryan Empire ordered the destruction of thousands of stupas and their artifacts across the subcontinent of India.
5. Famous for numerous pieces of its red-painted pottery being smuggled overseas, in which country would you find the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Ban Chiang?
6. Chinese Shang dynasty bronze vessels known as "zun" were often formed into the shape of animals and were used for ritualistic purposes. Which of the following did they hold?
7. Resembling several delicate sets of antlers layered upon each other, the intricate gold crowns of Silla were discovered in burial mounds in the city of Gyeongju in which Asian nation?
8. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Filipino traditional houses known "torogans"?
9. Angkor Wat in Cambodia was designed to look like which metaphysical place, the spiritual center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology?
10. Finding itself between the ancient Romans and the Han Chinese, which other empire schemed to prevent these two behemoths from communicating effectively with one another so it wouldn't find itself cut out of the Chinese silk market?
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