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A valuable cloth made in China.
Silk
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A type of money.
currency
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Family that includes parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles....
extened family.
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A large landmass that justs out from a continent.
subcontinent
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A strong wind in Asia that brings rain at certain times of the year.
monsoon
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A fortress within a city.
citadel
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A social class of people in India.
caste
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Rebirth of a soul in the body of another living organism.
reincarnation
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The moral duties of each person in the religion of Hinduism.
Dharma
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The Hindu belief of being nonviolent.
ahimsa
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The lasting peace one wants to achieve in the Buddhist religion.
nirvana
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The yellow-brown soil left behind by the Yellow River.
loess
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The way a person thinks on what he or she believes to be true.
philosophy
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The basic training for govenerment jobs.
Civil Service
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Because India was surrounded by Mts., deserts, and water it ......
isolated them from the rest of the world.
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Name the two rivers that start in the Himalaya Mts.
Indus and Ganges
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The religion with no one founder.
Hinduism
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The religion in India that has many gods and goddess.
Hinduism
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The religion that is made up of a blending of different beliefs.
Hinduism
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According to the idea of reincarnation, faithful followers of Hindusm wil be.....
reborn into a higher caste.
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According to Buddha, how can people truly be happy without human suffering?
give up selfish desires
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Chandragupta's beliefs regarding his power was that he should have....
absolulte power.
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What Indian emperor thought of his people as his children?
Asoka
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What Indian emperor game up war and violence?
Asoka
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After the Battle at Kalinga, who became filled with sorrow over the bloodshed?
Asoka
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What means..."sitting near a teacher"?
Upanishad
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The warm and wet part of China.
Southern China
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The cold and dry part of China.
Northern China
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Because China was isolated by mountains, deserts, and water.... they called themselves...
the Middle Kingdom.
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All civilizations were located near a major ....
river.
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The most important feature in Chinese society is always the.....
family.
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What connected China with the West?
The Silk Road
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Who taught people to show loyalty and respect to all?
Confucious
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According to Confucisu's teachings, rulers and their people must act....
properly and respect those above and below them.
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The teachings of Confucius was brought back to give men who deserve a job in the ....
Civil Service
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Who was the first to connect the Great Wall of China?
Shi Huangdi
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Who had all the books burned in China?
Shi Huangdi
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What group of people wanted to bring back respect and tradion in China?
the Han Rulers
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What three things did the Huang He (Yellow River) bring to China that was helpful?
- Water supply for crops
- Rich loess that settled after flooding
- Water supply for cities
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What does "China's Sorrow" refer to?
How the Huang He flooded with out warning and many people, livestock, crops and homes were washed away and destroyed.
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Who founded Buddism?
Siddhartha Guatama
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Buddism only focuses on the teachings of ......
Buddha
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What religioun is a mixing or blending of other religions and cultures?
Hinduism
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Many gods in a religion is called...
polytheism.
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