This is the key figure in Jainism, a member of the warrior class, left home to become a wandering holy man.
Who is Vardhamana Mahavira
100
Siddhartha Guatama
What is the Buddha's real name/birth name
100
Mauryan Emperor during ca. 269-232 BCE, grandson of Chandragupta
Who is Ashoka
100
River in the north, known for its unique color, abundant agricultural area
What is the Yellow River
100
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What is Buddha's Footprints (Buddhapada), India, 1st c. BCE
200
This occupation was impossible for the Jains, due to their beliefs
What is farming
200
translation of "the Buddha"
What is "the enlightened one/awakened one"
200
This action caused Ashoka to embrace Buddhism and consumed him with remorse
What is the slaughter, war, and conquering of thousands in Kalinga
200
River in the south-- warmer and wetter-- well suited for rice cultivation
What is Yangzi/Yangtze River
200
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What is Mauryan pillar /Asokan-type pillar, India, mid 3rd c. BCE
300
This was the main concept of Jainism
What is ahimsa (non-violence), do not create violence against other living beings
300
the four sights
What is the sights the Buddha sees when he crossed paths with a decrepit old man, terribly diseased man, dead man carried to a funeral, and then a calm ascetic person in a yellow robe (a wandering monk)
300
Ashoka created these structures to inform people of his policies
What are large stone pillars
300
Meaning of yin and yang
What is (yang), masculine features; (yin) feminine features
300
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What is Oracle Bone, China, Shang--1766-1122 B.C
400
Jainism flourished during this dynasty
What is Mauryan Dynasty (ca. 322-185 BCE)
400
The Four Noble Truths
What is (1) pain and suffering, frustration, and anxiety are ugly but inescapable part of human life; (2) suffering and anxiety are caused by human desires and attachments; (3) people can understand these weaknesses and triumph over them; (4) this triumph is possible through the Eightfold Path.
400
Dynasty during ca. 1500-1050 BCE, writing emerges
What is the Shang Dynasty
400
Image #4
What is Standing Sakyamuni, India, 2nd C BCE
500
True or False: Jainism was considered an atheistic practice because there is no god.
True (according to Professor Dubois)
500
the Eightfold Path
What is right knowledge, right purpose, right conduct, right speech, right livelihood, right endeavor, right awareness, and right contemplation.
500
TITLE and YEAR of text during the Zhou Dynasty that depicts glimpse of what life was like at various social levels; earliest Chinese poetry
What is the "Book of Songs" ca. 900 BCE
500
Image #5
What is Qin's Life-size soldiers, China, 3rd C BCE