| A | B |
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| Four Varnas of the Caste System | Brahmins, Ksatriyas, Vaisyas, Shudras, Untouchables |
| Warriors and Ruling Class of Hinduism | Ksatriyas |
| Priests and Scholars Class of Hinduism | Brahmins |
| Farmers and Business class of Hinduism | Vaisyas |
| Servant class of Hinduism | Shudras |
| Basis of Hindu Caste System | Purity and Pollution |
| Reformer of Hinduism | Siddhartha Gautama |
| The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism | All life is suffering (1), suffering comes from desire (2), there is a way out of suffering (3), the way out of suffering is to follow the Eightfold Path (4) |
| What the Eightfold Path includes | Understanding, purpose, speech, conduct, livelihood, effort, awareness, concentration |
| Goal of Buddhism | To reach Nirvana |
| Nirvana is to Buddhism as- | Moksha is to Hinduism |
| Era of Warring States | no central govt, constant fighting and disorder |
| Three philosophies that emerge during the Era of Warring States | Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism |
| Two important Confucian ideas | ren (appropriate feelings) and li (correct actions) |
| Filial Piety | Respect for one's parents |
| How Buddhism spread | Silk Roads |
| Five Key Confucian Relationships | Ruler-subject, father-son, husband-wife, older brother-younger brother, friend -friend |
| Idea of Han Dynasty | Confucianism |
| spread of Confucianism | China to Korea and Japan |
| Translation of Dao | The way |
| Wu Wei | Act by not Acting |
| Dao= | Less govt |
| Daoist attitude towards war | only for defense |
| Legalist idea towards man | inherently evil, needs strict laws and punishment to behave |
| Legalist ideas towards govt | Strong central govt with absolute leader and heavy taxes |
| Journey of Hebrews | Mesopotamia to Palestine and Egypt (enslaved in Egypt), move to eastern Mediterranean, established Israel |
| Invasions of Hebrews | Assyrians, Babylonians, swallowed by greek and Roman empires |
| Scattering of Jews | Diaspora |
| Country where Jesus was born | Judea (Roman province) |
| first and second followers of Christ | Jews, then gentiles (non-jews) |
| Travels of Paul | Used Roman roads and sea routes to spread Christianity |
| Edict of Milan | Made christianity legal in Roman Empire |
| Early Spread of Christianity | Roman Empire to Mesopotamia, Iran and parts of India |
| Southwest Asian Christianity | Nestorian Christianity |
| Spread of Nestorian Christianity | spread across Silk Roads to Central Asia, India, and China |
| Northern African Christianity | Coptic Christianity (Coptic-language used) |
| Spread of Coptic Christianity | Egypt and Ethiopia |
