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| 3140797307 | Where did the Indus River run through? | north India | 0 | |
| 3140812176 | What were the Indus River sources? | Hindu Kush and Himalayas | 1 | |
| 3143067698 | What river was more predictable than the Nile? | Indus | 2 | |
| 3143069850 | What 3 things were cultivated in Indus Valley? | wheat, cotton, barley | 3 | |
| 3143075377 | What were the two main cities of the Harappa society? | Harappa and Mohenjo-daro | 4 | |
| 3143079358 | What did Harappa and Mohenjo-daro do? | standardized weights, measures, architectural styles and brick sizes | 5 | |
| 3143089288 | What did the Harappan religious beliefs emphasize? | fertility | 6 | |
| 3143090628 | When did the Harappan society decline? | 1900 BCE onward | 7 | |
| 3143094152 | What led to subsistence crisis of the Harappan society? | ecological degradation | 8 | |
| 3143099117 | When did the entire Harappan society ALMOST collapse? | 1500 BCE | 9 | |
| 3143111116 | What was the Bhagavad Gita? | short poetic work | 10 | |
| 3143112752 | Whom was the Bhagavad Gita a dialogue between? | Vishnu and warrior | 11 | |
| 3143114842 | What did the Bhagavad Gita illustrate? | expectations of Hinduism and promise of salvation | 12 | |
| 3143126917 | Mahabrata with Baghavad Gita | Smriti texts | 13 | |
| 3143130132 | Smriti sacred texts | remember texts, great epic stories | 14 | |
| 3143130133 | Avatar | when a g descends to interact with humans | 15 | |
| 3143133302 | Moksha | release Atman and reunite with divine | 16 | |
| 3143135398 | Darsan | seeing the deity (but not worshipping an idol) | 17 | |
| 3143140017 | Guru | spiritual leader in Hinduism | 18 | |
| 3143144766 | Vishnu | Preserver god | 19 | |
| 3143144767 | Puja | making offerings to and decorating deity images | 20 | |
| 3143147212 | Shiva | constructive destruction god | 21 | |
| 3143148447 | Atman | soul | 22 | |
| 3143148448 | Bhakti Yoga | Path of Devotion | 23 | |
| 3143151143 | Brahman | Ultimate, impersonal deity | 24 | |
| 3143152398 | Upanishads | Hindu writings focused on What is there and What is it like | 25 | |
| 3143154000 | Samsara | reincarnation | 26 | |
| 3143154001 | Karma | spiritual impurity | 27 | |
| 3143155557 | Prasad | eating food shared with deity | 28 | |
| 3143155558 | Paja Yoga | Path of Meditation | 29 | |
| 3143159950 | Vedas | Hindu writings focused on rituals and gods | 30 | |
| 3143161471 | Aryans | migrated to Indus River Valley | 31 | |
| 3143161472 | Brahma | creator god | 32 | |
| 3143162777 | Vedas and Upanishads | Shruti texts | 33 | |
| 3143167549 | Shruti Sacred texts | heard texts, oldest within Hinduism | 34 | |
| 3143170096 | Who practices Hinduism? | the Indian people | 35 | |
| 3143176463 | What 3 other religions did Hinduism give birth to? | Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism | 36 | |
| 3143183643 | How many deities are there in Hinduism? | many | 37 | |
| 3143185849 | How many impersonal Ultimate Realities are there? | single | 38 | |
| 3143195888 | Does every Hindu worship all of the (millions) of deities? | no | 39 | |
| 3143207743 | What are all the gods forms of? | reality | 40 | |
| 3143209622 | What is the Ultimate Reality? | mystic, cosmic-scale presence | 41 | |
| 3143214465 | What type of religion is Hinduism? (Think: polytheistic, monotheistic) | both, polytheistic, monotheistic and neither | 42 | |
| 3143219496 | What is Hinduism a philosophy of? | way of life | 43 | |
| 3143221306 | What is Hinduism focused on? | this world and beyond | 44 | |
| 3143224775 | What is Hinduism (sometimes) also classified by some? | culture | 45 | |
| 3143226495 | Who was the founder of Hinduism? | no particular founder | 46 | |
| 3143229613 | Name 2 sacred Hindu texts | Shruti and Smriti | 47 | |
| 3143231287 | What are Shruti texts? | heard oldest and most authoritative | 48 | |
| 3143233434 | What are Smriti texts? | remembered great epic stories | 49 | |
| 3143239484 | What, according to Hindu, is the true essence of life | Atman (the soul) | 50 | |
| 3143246009 | Confucian ideas say that you are ___ and ___in character | moral and ethical | 51 | |
| 3143300255 | Who was the founder of Confucianism? | Confucius and Mencius | 52 | |
| 3143249531 | Who was Confucius? | educator and political advisor | 53 | |
| 3143253598 | What did Confucian ideas center information on? | junzi | 54 | |
| 3143254939 | What is junzi? | superior indiviudals | 55 | |
| 3143259910 | List 4 key confucian values | Ren Li Xiao Morality/Junzi | 56 | |
| 3143261806 | What is Ren? | a sense of humanity, kindest, benevolence | 57 | |
| 3143263514 | What is Li? | a sense of propriety, courtesy, respect, deference to elders | 58 | |
| 3143265143 | What is Xiao? | filial piety, family obligation | 59 | |
| 3143270727 | Who was Mencius? | spokesman for Confucian school | 60 | |
| 3143272167 | What did Mencius believe? | in the goodness of human nature (red) | 61 | |
| 3143274592 | What did Mencius advocate government by? | benevolence and humanity | 62 | |
| 3143279049 | What type of view did Xunzi have on human nature? | less positive | 63 | |
| 3143280429 | What did Xunzi believe about humans? | purely selfish, pursue own interests | 64 | |
| 3143285328 | What did Xunzi prefer in order to bring organization to society | harsh social discipline | 65 | |
| 3143291093 | What did Xunzi advocate? | moral education and good public behavior | 66 | |
| 3143294629 | What did Daoism feature? | prominent critics of Confucian activism | 67 | |
| 3143296140 | What did Daoism prefer? | philosophical reflection and introspection, a life in harmony with nature | 68 | |
| 3143298077 | Who was the founder of Daoism? | Laozi | 69 | |
| 3143311001 | What did Laozi allegedly write? | Daodejing | 70 | |
| 3143312432 | What was the Daodejing? | Classic of the Way and of Virtue | 71 | |
| 3143318688 | What is Zhuangzi | writings; compendium of Daoist philosophy | 72 | |
| 3143321739 | What is the Dao? | the way of nature, the way of the cosmos | 73 | |
| 3144289404 | How does the Dao accomplish everything? | by doing nothing | 74 | |
| 3144295010 | According to the Dao, how should humans tailor their behavior? | to the passive and yielding nature of the Dao | 75 | |
| 3144299381 | According to the Dao, what has only brought this world chaos? | ambition and activism | 76 | |
| 3144303484 | What type of communities did the Dao advocate? | small, self-sufficient | 77 | |
| 3144332157 | What were the political implications of Daoism? | served as counterbalance to Confucian activism | 78 | |
| 3144336456 | What is Legalism? | the doctrine of practical and efficient statecraft (no concern with ethic and morality) (no concern with the principles governing nature) | 79 | |
| 3144341982 | Who was Shang Yan? | chief minister of Qin and Legalist writer | 80 | |
| 3144343799 | Who Han Feizi? | synthesized Legalist ideas in essays | 81 | |
| 3144348539 | Name the 6 things the Legalist doctrine did | 1. the state's strength was in agriculture and military force 2. discouraging commerce, education and the arts 3. harnessing self-interest of the people for the needs of the state 4. called for harsh penalties even for minor infractions 5. advocated collective responsibility before the law 6. not popular among Chinese, but practical; put end to Period of Warring States | 82 | |
| 3144367582 | Who founded Buddhism? | Siddhartha Gautama (became the Buddha) | 83 | |
| 3144372428 | Why did Siddhartha Gautama give up his comfortable life? | to search for the cause of suffering | 84 | |
| 3144374298 | Where did Siddhartha Gautama receive enlightenment? | under the bo tree | 85 | |
| 3144376692 | Where was Siddhartha Gautama the first sermon at? | Deer Park of Sarnath | 86 | |
| 3144386682 | Who did Siddhartha Gautama organize and what were they made into? | group of followers into community of monk | 87 | |
| 3144390091 | What is the name of the Buddhist doctrine? | the dharma | 88 | |
| 3144393521 | According to Buddhism, what are the ways to end suffering? | Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path | 89 | |
| 3144397000 | According to Buddhism, what is suffering caused by? | desire | 90 | |
| 3144407796 | What is the religious goal of Buddhism | personal salvation (nirvana) state of perfect spiritual independence | 91 | |
| 3144411073 | Who did Buddhism appeal to? | members of lower castes because it did not recognize social hierarchies of castes and jati | 92 | |
| 3144416417 | What was one of the reasons Buddhism became more popular? | less demanding than Jainism | 93 | |
| 3144418979 | Rather than using Sanskrit, what did Buddhism use? | vernacular tongues | 94 | |
| 3144426444 | Where was Qin located? | west China | 95 | |
| 3144431087 | What policies did Qin dynasty adopt? | legalist | 96 | |
| 3144433176 | What did the Qin dynasty encourage? Why? | agriculture; resulted in strong economy | 97 | |
| 3144438707 | What type of weapons did they use? (Think: material) | iron | 98 | |
| 3144440691 | How did the Qin dynasty unify China in 221 BCE? | conquered other states | 99 | |
| 3144440692 | Who was the first emperor? | Qin Shihuangdi | 100 | |
| 3144444042 | What did Qin Shihuangdi establish? | centralized imperial rule | 101 | |
| 3144447169 | What project did Qin Shihuangdi do? | connecting and extending the Great Wall | 102 | |
| 3144450334 | Why did Qin Shihuangdi bury 460 scholars alive? | their criticism against the Qin | 103 | |
| 3144451776 | What books did Qin Shihuangdi not burn? | some with utilitarian value | 104 | |
| 3144456480 | During the Qin dynasty where were the tombs placed and what were they? | underground; palaces with life-sized terra cotta figures | 105 | |
| 3144467147 | How did the Qin dynasty collapse? (2 reasons) | 1. massive public works generated tremendous ill among people 2. waves of revels overwhelmed Qin court | 106 | |
| 3144479233 | The Huang He and the Yangtze Rivers flow into the ___ which is formed by the ____ ____. | Tibetan Plateau; Himalaya Mountains | 107 | |
| 3144486667 | Why did India used to be a separate piece of land, but it moved north and is still moving north today? | plate tectonics | 108 | |
| 3144489802 | Because India is constantly moving, what formed? | Himalaya Mountains | 109 | |
| 3144495495 | Where does the snow from the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau flow through? | rivers into the East China, Yellow and South China seas | 110 | |
| 3144499474 | What River Valley does Eastern Zhou grow out of? | Huang He | 111 | |
| 3144502515 | Where does Western Zhou expand to? | coastal areas of Huang He and Yangtze valleys | 112 | |
| 3144506704 | Where does the Xin Dynasty emerge from? | where Western Zhou was | 113 | |
| 3144511462 | Because the empire in the Zhou Dynasty became so large, where did another ruler rule from? | Xi'an | 114 | |
| 3144515283 | Where was the local power entrusted to? | regional rulers who collected tribute for the Zhou rulers | 115 | |
| 3144518121 | What was the Zhou Dynasty's religion governed by? (2 things) | local beliefs nature spirits | 116 | |
| 3144522516 | What did the Zhou Dynasty introduce and popularize? | Mandate of Heaven | 117 | |
| 3144524295 | What did the Mandate of Heaven state? (2 things) | 1. earthly power of rulers was given by heavens 2. right to rule could be taken away by heavens if ruler was not observing high standards of honor and justice, ensuring order and harmony | 118 | |
| 3144533554 | What type of writing-language was used during the Zhou Dynasty? | pictographic language | 119 | |
| 3144535914 | What did pictographic language look like? | just like what the characters represented | 120 | |
| 3145196507 | What was the Zhou Dynasty's social structure order? | Zhou ruler regional governor province magistrates noblemen gentry gentlemen yeoman commander peasant slaves | 121 | |
| 3145217572 | Where did the Zhou Dynasty trade? | Asia | 122 | |
| 3145222072 | Where did the Zhou Dynasty get the horse-drawn chariots? | central Asia | 123 | |
| 3145226855 | Where did the Zhou Dynasty get tin for metallurgy? | Malay peninsula | 124 | |
| 3145232375 | Where did the Zhou Dynasty get shells? | Burma and Maldive Islands | 125 | |
| 3145237991 | Where did the Zhou Dynasty (possibly) get pottery from? | Mohenjo-daro and Harappa | 126 | |
| 3145248131 | What is 1 reason the Zhou Dynasty ended? | 1. towards end of the dynasty, they began to fight | 127 | |
| 3145255085 | What is the name of the dynasty after the Zhou? | Xin Dynasty | 128 | |
| 3143135204 | Darsan | 129 |
