Chapters 5 & 6

The words "The universe is sacred. you cannot impove it. If you try to change it, you will ruin it."

Determined the type of job people could have, whom they could marry, and what groups they could socialize with.

followers of this religion believe in a single universal force

religion that reveres the cow as sacred and whose goal is to achieve ultimate reality with a single universal force

Self-denial as a method to achieve an understanding of ultimate reality

in 1974 farmers digging a well about 35 miles east of Xian

Belief that the soul is reborn after death

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

A person's caste was difficult to escape because it was based on

Confucius believed that people should be governed by

According to Confucius, what is the “foundation, whence all other virtues spring”

a method of training developed by the Hindus that is supposed to lead to oneness with Brahman

Another way that Buddhism differed from Hinduism was that Buddhism rejected

One of three chief human-like gods in the Hindu religion

Which Indian Empire traded with China, Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean?

eight steps that Buddhists follow on path to Enlightenment

How was the central bureucracy of the Qin dynasty organized?

the warrior class in Indian society

The founder of the Han dynasty

Siddhartha Gautama’s message about suffering and desire

Siddhārtha Gautama accepted the idea of reincarnation, but he rejected

Ultimate reality or the end of the self and a reunion with the Great World Soul

Harmony with nature and the universal order are beliefs of

The invention that led to major expansion of trade in the Han period

Different cultures shaped this empire because a section of the silk road passed through it..

Which of the following statements about Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism is true? 

Name given to a rigid social structure in Indian society

The force generated by a persons actions that determine how the person will be reborn in the next life

The "enlighted one"

How were government officials chosen in the Han dynasty

Ancient Indians excelled in the science of

In Hinduism, the divine law that requires karma and requires all people to do their moral duty

The golden age of Indian culture occurred under the

The lowest level of Ancient Indian society who were given tasks seen as menial and degrading

religion that claims all people can achieve nirvana

Prosperous cities rose along the main trade routes throughout India during this empire

the name given by Aryans in ancient India to a social structure that divided Indian society into four groups

the system of walls linked by Qin

Reincarnation is the Hindu

Longest poem in any written language