| A | B |
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| Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Preserver; and Shiva, the Destroyer | most important Hindu gods |
| Vedas and Upanishads | sacred texts where Hindu teachings were recorded |
| Atma | every person has an essential self |
| Moksha | Ultimate goal of existence Hindus believe |
| reincarnation | rebirth of the soul in another bodily form is a Hindu belief |
| Karma | refers to all the actions of a person's life that affect his or her fate in the next life |
| Dharma | the religious and moral duties of an individual |
| ahimsa | nonviolence key moral principle |
| nirvana | Buddhist final goal. a union with the universe and lease from the cycle of rebirth |
| Buddha rejects | priests, formal rituals, and many gods of Hinduism |
| Three basic teaching of Hinuism | moksha, reincarnation, atma |
| Buddhism spread to | China, Tibet, Korea, and Japan+ |
| Asoka | most honored Maurya emperor |
| advance in learning | devied simple system of writing numbers that is used to day called Arabic |
| family life | ideal family was the joint family, all living in the same dwelling |
| Confucius | philosopher |
| Shi Huangdi | costly achievment was the Great Wall |
| Silk Road | trade route that link China and the west |
| Han Dynasty | strengthened the gov. and economy |
| Three advance in Han Dynasty | Technology, Medicine and Science |
