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What mountain chain lies north of India?

How did the Chinese civil service system help establish and preserve Chinese values?

What two cities dominated the Indus Valley Civilization?

What are India's two main rivers?

What great Indian epic tells the story of 5 royal brothers and their feud with their cousins?

What unique features did Indus River Valley cities have?

Form of Gov. where local lords governed their own lands but owed military service to the ruler?

What Hindu deity is the "Creator"?

How did those in the lower castes view their position in Indian society?

Some of the oldest examples of Chinese writing are found on what?

This is all of the actions of a person's life that affect his/her fate in the next life.

According to this mandate, what would happen to weak or corrupt rulers?

Chandragupta maintained order through a well organized what?

A key difference between Buddhism and Hinduism is that...

What are the 4 Noble Truths that lie at the heart of Buddhism?

According to ancient Indian society, what is the creative energy that women have?

Why was the Great Wall built?

Indian mathematicians originated the concept of zero and developed this system of numbers.

Who converted to Buddhism, ruled by moral example, and became the most honored Maurya emperor?

In 321 B.C. this young adventurer forged the first Indian empire.

Under the (blank), who ruled from AD 320 to about AD 540, India experienced a Golden Age.

Some people in the lower caste were considered so impure that they were called what?

Tamil merchants traded spices and other luxuries to who?

To Hindus, the ultimate goal of existence is achieving what? It means union with Brahman.

The caste system was the strictest for people in this caste.

The Huang River got its name from this windblown yellow soil that it carries eastward.

The final goal of Buddhist is what? To have union with the universe and escape reincarnation.

Unlike Confucianism, these people sought to live in harmony with nature.

From around 1766 BC to 1122 BC, the first Chinese dynasty dominated the region. It was called..

In Indian society, property belonged to what?

The chief Aryan god (god of war) was who?

These local military rulers undermined emperors who could no longer control them.

What physical barriers separated China from Southeast Asia?

The religious and moral duties of Hindus is what?

What dynasty collapsed after Shi Huangdi's death in 210 BC?

What area of the Indian subcontinent is arid and poor for farming?

To Hindus, every person has an essential self. This is called what?

What was Shi Hangdog's most remarkable and costly achievement?

Which dynasty overthrew the Shang in 1122 BC?

These are seasonal winds of India.

Under the Zhou, the Chinese created the first what?

Hindu (Aryan) teachings were recorded on these. A collection of hymns, chants, and rituals.

Ancient Aryans measured their wealth in what?

This person taught that harmony resulted when people accepted their place in society.

Peoples of the Indus River Valley Civilization were the first to cultivate what?

This is a social group system in India. People are born into it and can rarely change within.

What did Tamil rulers improve to support overseas trade?

Han emperors believed who should win their positions by merit, rather than through family ties?

Whose teachings eventually spread across Asia to become the core beliefs of Buddhism?

The Mandate of Heaven or the divine right to rule meant that...

Around 1500BCE, The Indus culture was conquered by who?

What new technologies did the Aryans introduce to the Indus Valley.