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Who were the warlike people who migrated to the Indus Valley from Asia sometime after 1500 BC?

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Aryans

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What is the physical features is a land called?

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Topography

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The Aryans established a language in India called _____.

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Sanskrit

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Vedas (a collection of religious literature) means what?

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Knowledge

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Want members of the family were included in the joint family?

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Children, grandchildren, wives, and close blood relative of a common ancestor

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What is the name for the social class in India?

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Castes

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What determined where you lived, what you did (job), what you wore, what you ate and who you could eat with, as well as whom you can marry

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Castes

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How many castes and sub castes were there in India?

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Between two and three thousand

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What religion believes that all religions are equally true and equally false?

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Hinduism

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What are the philosophical assays explaining the Vedas?

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Upanishads

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What is the name Hindus give it to the “spirit” they believe it is every god (world soul)?

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Braman

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According to the Vedas, what is the purpose and goal of man?

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To reunite his soul with the world soul

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What did the Hindus believe about moving castes?

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Good in life = up

Bad in life = down

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Who was the founder of Buddhism?

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Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

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According to Buddhism, what is the state of absolute peace and happiness where one loses himself into nothingness?

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Nirvana

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What were the 2 “holy books” of Hinduism?

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Vedas and Upanishads

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What did the Buddhists believe were just “guidebooks” rather than “holy books.”

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Vedas and Upanishads

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Who was Chandragupta Maurya’s grandson?

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Asoka

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What is significant about Asoka?

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He was the most important leader of the Mauryan Empire; he extended the empire; he became a Buddhist; orgaanized the government

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What happened soon after Asoka’s death?

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the Mauryan Empire collapsed

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What was perhaps the greatest era of prosperity and achievement in India?

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the Gupta Empire

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Who was the foremost Indian poet and dramatist of the Gupta Empire period.

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Kalidasa

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Who is known as the “Indian Shakespeare”?

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Kalidasa

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In ancient days the Chinese named their land _____.

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the Middle Kingdom

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What is one of the worlds oldest civilizations?
China
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What became the leading religion in China?
ancestor worship
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Name the two important rivers in China.
Huang He River (aka Yellow River) | Yangtze River
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How many characters does the Chinese language have?
over 65 thousand
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Tor F?: Chinese is a tonal language.
True
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Philosophy---Confucianism or Taoism?
Confucionism
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Harmony in relationships---Confucianism or Taoism?
Confucianism
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Active living---Confucianism or Taoism?
Confucianism
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Mystical---Confucianism or Taoism?
Taoism
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Harmony with nature---Confucianism or Taoism?
Taoism
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Passive living---Confucianism or Taoism?
Taoism
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Who was the founder of Confucianism?
Confucius
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Who was the founder of Taoism?
Tao-Tzu
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What is the center of Chinese society?
the family
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What was the Chinese goal?
Career in government service
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What is the religious literature of Confucianism?
Analects
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What important relationship did Confucius leave out of Confucianism?
the relationship between man and God
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What was the longest lasting Dynasty in China?
Chou dynasty
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What Dynasty gave China it's name?
the Ch'in dynasty
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What Dynasty is responsible for the Great Wall of China?
Ch'in
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What dynasty ruled during the Pax Sinica?
Han Dynasty
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What was the greatest accomplishment of the Han dynasty?
the Silk Road
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What was the silk Road?
a trade route between China and Western World
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What dynasty reigned during the "golden age of China"?
T'ang Dynasty
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What dynasty renewed the interest in art and literature?
T'ong Dynasty
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What was the basic unit of social, religious, and political organization in Japan?
the clan
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According to legend, who was the first emperor of Japan and who supposedly was a direct descendant of the sun goddess?
Jummu Tenna
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What does Shintoism mean?
"the way of the gods"
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What prince made Buddhism the favored national religion of Japan?
Prince Shotoku
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What became known as the "Great Change"?
the Taika Reform
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What was the family that named their daughters to Royalty sons to gain power?
Fujiwara
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What was the unwritten code of the samurais that governed their loyalty, honor, justice, courage, sincerity, and politeness?
Bushido
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What does Bushido mean?
the way of the warrior
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What are the vast grassy plains that stretch from western China to eastern Europe that should be associated with the Mongol Empire?
steppes
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Who was one of the greatest conquerors in history(his name means "universal ruler" and should be associated with the Mongols)?
Genghis Khan
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Who united the Mongol tribes?
Ghenghis Khan
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When did Genghis Khan die/
1227
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TorF?: The Mongols completely conquered China.
True
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TorF?: Ghenghis Khan died shortly after the Mongols conquered China
False
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Who completed the conquest of China?
Kublai Khan
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TorF?: Kublai Khan incorporated Chinese elements into his government.
True
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TorF?: Ghenghis Khan was the last of the Great Khans
False
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TorF?: Batu Khan was the last of the Great Khans.
False
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TorF?: Kubla Khan was the last of the Great Khans.
True
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The land Batu Khan conquered was known as _____.
The Golden Horde
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Who overthrew Mongol control in Moscow?
Ivan III
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What does autocratic mean?
ruling with unlimited authority

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