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When was Buddhism created?

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2500 years ago

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Who is the creator of Buddhism?

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No one

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What did Buddhism branch off of?

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Hinduism

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Known as the Buddha

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Siddhartha Gaudama

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Freedom from the cycle of rebirth and suffering

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Nirvana

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What is the 1st noble truth?

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Life always involves suffering

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What is the second noble truth?

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The origin of suffering is our desires

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What is the third noble truth?

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Suffering wills top when desires are stopped

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How can one get away from suffering and reach nirvana?

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The eightfold path

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Buddhas teaching

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Tipitaka

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Where do Buddhists worship?

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Home, temples

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Spiritual leader of Tibetans and believed to be the reincarnation of Buddhas close follower

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Dalai Lama

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What year was the Dalai Lama forced to flee from the Chinese?

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1959

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A fight between the British and Chinese about trading opium

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Opium war

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Who won the opium war?

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British

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What did the British force china to do after the opium war?

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Treaties and took over Hong Kong

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Western powers moved swiftly to carve out spheres of influence along the Chinese coast

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Spheres of influence

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Who took over China?

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Britian, Russia, France, Germany

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A policy for the Chinese to open trade to everyone on an equal basis

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Open door policy

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Chinese trained in martial arts that tried to kill foreigners

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Boxers

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Believed in a democratic China

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Chiang Kai Shek

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Believed in a communist China

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Mao Zedong

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Mao flees to the Himalayas in 1934

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Long march

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What were some methods that Mao tried to move forward and advance?

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Planting, industrialization

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Who did Mao accuse of conspiring against him and the failure of The Great Leap Forward?

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The educated

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Assumes control of communist party after Mao’s death

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Deng Xiaoping

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What did Xiaoping end?

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Self reliance and isolation from the rest of the world

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What did the Chinese government control?

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Farms, schools, hospitals, factories

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Students who protested peacefully and were killed

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Tiananmen Massacre

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Common ethnic and cultural background

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Homogenous society

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Who acknowledged China’s powers?

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Korea

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Why did Korea adopt isolationism?

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They were afraid of invasions

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Who ruled over Korea after China couldn’t support them?

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Japan

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When did the Korean War start?

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1950-53

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The dividing line of North and South Korea

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38th parallel

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People started to use metal implements

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Metallurgy

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Groups of families in Japan

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Clans

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What were some things that Japan adapted from the Chinese?

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Writing, government, art, music, literature, science, philosophy, farming

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Warrior knights of Japan

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Samurai

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Local lords ruled the land, but were bound to higher lords and emperor by family

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Feudalism

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How long was Japan isolated for?

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200 years

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How did the Japanese end isolationism?

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Went to western Europe to learn about government, industry, and militaries. Expanded business.

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How does the US respond to Japan’s actions during WWII?

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Blocked supplies and needs, bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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What does the US do after bombing Japan?

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Helps Japan become democratic, builds their economy back up and becomes a modern power

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What did the Japanese believe while WWII was going on?

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Never give up the fight

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What did Japan try to do during WWII?

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Take over Asia

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Heaven granted a ruler, the mandate, or right to rule

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Mandate of Heaven

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Why is China attacked for their record on human rights?

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China restricts rights such as freedom of speech and press

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Why was the opium war fought?

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British refused to stop trading with China

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What year did China become communist?

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1949

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What was the last dynasty of China? Why did it fall?

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Qing dynasty; the west forced them to follow their ways and make more concessions to them

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What was the attitude of the Japanese government prior to and during WWII?

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Japan was militaristic and wanted to take over all of Asia. They invaded china multiple times and also believed to never give up

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Why did Mao flee to the Himalayas?

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Chiang Kai Shek was expelling members of the nationalist party who was communist

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Taking over small islands and slowly conquering an area of land

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Island hopping

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