Chapter: 4 Test Review

Alexander the Great unified all of northern India including the Indus and Ganges valleys and the southern Himalayas?

According to the 4 Noble Truths one can overcome their desires and attain enlightenment by following the Eightfold Path.

According to the Rig-Veda, rulers and warriors were created from the god's ____________?

According to the Rig-Veda, what group was created from the god's legs?

The Analects contained Confucius' words of wisdom as recorded by his students.

What ruler of China took the title "First Emperor" and ruled China in a cruel and ruthless manner?

The Ganges and what river are most important to the people of India?

In Hinduism, what is the state of perfect understanding in which the inner self disappears to merge with the spirit?

In ancient China, what is the belief that the royal authority to rule comes through divine approval?

What person became known as Buddha or the Enlightened One?

What would happen if there was contact between people who were members of different castes?

What is the rebirth of the inner soul in another body?

What person originally ruled India very harshly and later became a kinder ruler when he gradually accepted Buddhism?

Silk-making was the special skill the Chinese had at the beginning of the Shang times.

What 2 areas did cities of the Indus valley show more concern with than any other cities of their time?

Which religion or philosophy believes that a ruler should provide his subjects with rich rewards and harsh punishments?

What people did Wu-ti's trusted government official find that were almost as civilized as the Chinese?

What is the name of the language that remains a learned and sacred language in India today?

Chinese people's lives were governed by their duties to what two important authorities?

Which religion or philosophy is concerned with "The Way" or the universal force that guides all things?

What were the most precious books of Confucian scholars?

What did the Chinese call their country?

What nomads from central Asia entered the Indus valley around 1500 B.C?

What philosopher was the founder of Taoism?

In Buddhism, what is the condition of release from pain and selfishness and reaching a perfect state of blessedness?

What Chinese invention helped the peasants with building the Great Wall?

What were tortoise shells scratched with Chinese characters and used to foretell the future called?

What ruler brought the Indus Valley under control of a single ruler for the first time in a long time?

What was the name of the collection of essays that give us most of our knowledge about Hindu beliefs?

What do you call a person in India outside the caste system who is even lower than a servant?