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Early Asian Art Flashcards

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The Indus Valley civilization is also called

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Harappan

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What are the religiously sanctioned hereditary social classes in India called?

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Castes

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Which relic is housed at the Great Stupa, Sanchi?

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Part of the cremated body of Buddha

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Which of the following is the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth?

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Samsara

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Which of the following is an East Asian reliquary tower built with successively smaller, repeated stories?

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Pagoda

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Which of the following is a philosophy that emphasizes harmony between humans and nature?

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Daoism

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Which of the following is a large stylized masklike face on Chinese vessels?

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Taotie

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Which of the following are enduring monuments of Korea’s distinctive Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE_668 CE)?

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large tomb mounds

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What was the name of the 5,000-mile-long trade route between East Asia and the West?

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The Silk Road

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Which Shinto shrine has been ritually rebuilt every 20 years?

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Inner Shrine, Ise, Japan

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What is the literal meaning of Kofun?

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old tombs

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What are the small, unglazed ceramic sculptures called that are found in Japanese tombs?

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Haniwa

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What are symbolic Buddhist hand gestures called?

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Mudras

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The art of beautiful writing is known as

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Calligraphy

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Qin Shihuangdi’s ceramic soldiers were mass-produced using

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Standardized molds

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Prince Siddhartha Gautama is the historical

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Buddha

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In Buddhism, which of the following symbolizes spiritual purity, the wholeness of creation, and cosmic harmony?

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A Lotus flower

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A stupa has a mast that connects the cosmic waters below the earth with the celestial realm above. The mast is known as the:

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Axis Mundi

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Which of the following is a philosophy that emphasizes a just and harmonious society based on respectful fulfillment of your social roles as husband or wife, elder sibling and younger sibling, and so on?

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Confucianism

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Chinese __________ are paintings that are meant to be viewed in small sections at a time.

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Handscrolls

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