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| This served as the northeast border of India | Himalayas |
| According to the Eightfold Path, Nirvana is | the ultimate state of elightenment and release from pain |
| These are the duties and responsibilities of a man in each social class | dharma |
| the concept that royal authority came from heaven with divine approval as long as it was just and effective was | Mandate of Heaven |
| The oldest major religion to originate in India is | Hinduism |
| Chinese civilizations developed around these two river valleys | Yellow and Yangtze River |
| Taoism emphasizes | harmony between the individual and nature |
| Buddhism was founded by | Siddhartha Gautama |
| Asoka adopted Buddhism after | witnessing the aftermath of a brutal battle |
| The Gupta rulers encouraged learning based on | upanishads |
| The Golden Age of India refers to the | flourishing of arts and sciences during the Gupta dynasty |
| Confucian teachings were accepted in China | only after Confucius's death |
| This facilitated trade and travel between Europe and Asia | the Silk Road |
| the mountain range on the northwestern side of India | Hindu Kush |
| What ocean surrounds the penninsular area of India | Indian Ocean |
| ancient Chinese contributions | paper, silk, acupuncture |
| the desert in China that demonstrates extreme temperatures of hot and cold, and serves as a barrier to those entering China | Gobi |
| The dynasty that ruled China for the longest time | Zhou |
| The Great Wall of China was started during the rule of | Qin Shihuangdi |
| Daoist teaching rejected the idea that | people should renounce worldly ambition |
| This allowed for Chinese culture to develop in a unique way for a period of time | geography |
| The concepts of yin and yang involve | the opposing forces present in nature |
| What makes China hard to invade from the west | mountains and desert |
| This is the Hindu god that will help to overcome obstacles | Ganesha |
| The river that was the most important river for trade in China | Yangtze |
| He was the ruler during the Golden Age of India | Chandragupta II |
| These are considered to be the two sacred writings of Hinduism | Upanishads and Vedas |
| These were the laws carved into stone and wood pillars throughout India so that people would know what was expected of them and how they should live | Rock of Edicts |
| This class of people developed as a result of the civil service system | mandarins |
| He was the leader at the height of the Han dynasty who developed the Silk Road and the civil service system | Wudi |
| He was the founder of the Chinese philosophy of respecting your elders through principles of ethics, and he believed humans were good, not bad | Confucius |
| The group that occupied the lowest level of the Chinese social hierarchy was the | merchants |
| In Hindu belief, the form a person will take in the next life is determined by | karma |
| After crossing the mountains, Aryan invaders moved | through the Indus River valley into the Ganges Plain |
| These made invasions more difficult, which allowed India to develop a distinct culture | physical barriers |
| The four main social classes that made up the complex social system in the Indian civilization were called | varnas |
| The language of the Aryans was called | Sanskrit |
| The Gupta Empire is known for all of the following except | increased rights for women |
| A standardized system of weights and measures was introduced by | Wudi |
| The introduction of civil service examinations for government service began during the | Han |
| All of the following occurred during the Zhou dynasty except | the invention of the wheel |
| What is the name of the pass that invaders used to enter India | the Khyber Pass |
| This was the defense mechanism used to keep invaders out of China | the Great Wall of China |
| According to Hindus, the ultimate goal is to reach a state of enlightenment and oneness with the universe called | moksha |
| This is the European term for the rigid social structure that ranked people and was based on their heredity which could not be changed | caste system |
