| A | B |
| Aryans | Introduced Caste System to India |
| Indus River | Life force of Indus Valley |
| Harrapa | Indus Valley city that was advanced in planning and had a sewer |
| Asoka | Mauryan leader who provided free hospitals and good roads |
| Yin and Yang | Symbol of Taoism and Confucianism |
| Zoroaster | Persian prophet who believed in opposing forces in the Universe |
| Confucianism | Religion that stresses importance of education |
| Subcontinent | A large landmass that justs out from a continent |
| Braham | A single spiritual power that resides in all things |
| Calligraphy | The art of elegant handwriting |
| Caste | A complex system of social groups into which people are born and cannot change |
| Karma | Belief that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences |
| Hinduism | Religion that was primarily spread along the trade routes |
| Huang He | River around which ancient China was centered |
| Ganges | River around which the Gupta Empire was centered |
| Persians | Empire that had a beauracracy |
| Zoroastrianism | Main religion of Persian Empire |
| Taoism | Religion that stresses simplicity and harmony in nature |
| Mountains | Isolated India from China |
| Gupta | Empire that developed number system based on zero |