India's First Empires and China's First Dynasties

Indian mathematicians...

What do Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism have in common?

As part of Budddhism's Four Noble Truths is the call to follow the Middle Path, also known as ______

Siddhartha was born...

The Mauryan, Kushan, and Gupta empires benefited from their empires being...

In his lifetime, Confucius was concerned about violence, corruption, and lack of morality in the _____ dynasty

Hindus developed the practice of yoga to

Architecture originally meant to house a relic of the Buddha, built in the form of burial mounds

Which is a cocept of Hinduism that emerged in the 6th century BCE?

In around 320 CE, Candra Gupta made alliances with powerful families and established the...

Both Hinduism and Buddhism are primarily concerned with...

The concept of karma is ruled by the _____, or divine law (one follows the duties depending on their status in society)

The Qin Dynasty employed the philosophy of ____ in its government

The founder of Buddhism was

Confucius believes everyone should be governed by the...

The Indian state founded by Candragupta Maurya (ruled 324 BCE-301 BCE) was...

Most of the trade during the Han Dynasty was conducted...

The idea of _____, is that the force of a one's actions in this life determines how one will be reborn in the next life.

Hinduism came to have a number of humanlike gods and goddesses, including Shiva, known as...

Which is NOT one of the Five Constant Relationships

An artistic legacy of Qin Shihuangdi's rule was...

Daoists believe that the way to follow the will of Heaven is...

Which of the following are among Siddhartha's Four Noble Truths

After a period of civil war (400 BCE-221 BCE), the ____ dynasty was declared.

Confucius' most significant political idea was...

A system of ideas based on the teachings of Laozi (the Old Master)

Within the Mauryan Empire, the champion of Buddhism, and the Mauryan's greatest ruler, was...

The major river in India, located just south of the Himalayan Mountains is the

China's population tripled by the peak of Han Dynasty rule. What was the highest number?

The dynasty that incorporated Confucius philosophy into the government was the ____ Dynasty

An epic poem consisting of about 90,000 two-line stanzas...

The Qin Dynasty was geographically larger than the later Han Dynasty

After Siddhartha's death around 483 BCE, Buddhism...

Buddhism rejects the idea of reincarnation, but accepts the concept of the rigid caste system

Aryans in India viewed a proper, ordered society as made up of four groups. Rank the four from highest rank to lowest.

What was perhaps the most important invention that happened during the Han Dynasty?

A philosophy that proposes human beings are evil by nature and should be governed by strict laws with harsh penalties

The Han Dynasty introduced the _______ to choose givernment officials on the basis of merit

Despite having a life where it appeard he had everything, Siddhartha Gautama...

During these early dynasties, China faced constant threats of invasion from nomads in the north living...