These are seasonal winds that bring rain to parts of India.
What are monsoons?
100
According to Hinduism, this is the sum total of all of a persons actions in life. If the person did more good than bad, this would be good.
What is karma?
100
Payment that the bride's family makes to the groom (like they're bribing him to take her)
What is a dowry?
100
A system of government under the Zhou empire in which regional lords had power in their area, but were required to give military support to the emperor in times of war.
What is feudalism?
100
A medical treatment developed in Han China that involved placing needles into specific places on the body to treat ailments.
What is acupuncture?
200
This is an Aryan tribal chief.
What is a rajah?
200
These are the social groups into which Indian society was divided. People were born into these groups, and they believed they could not get out of them without dying and being reincarnated in a different form.
What are castes?
200
The decimal system was created in India during this dynasty.
What is the Gupta dynasty?
200
These are groups of families that claim a common ancestor.
What are clans?
200
Local military rulers in China
What are warlords?
300
This part of India is dry and unproductive for farming.
What is the Deccan plateau?
300
This philosophy's major premise is that all of life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow. (Be more specific than "Buddhism")
What is the Four Noble Truths?
300
The Tamil kingdoms of the Deccan were great traders, and traded with China and this major empire.
What is the Roman empire?
300
Yellow wind-blown silt carried by the Huang He (Huang River) in China
What is loess?
300
Shi Huangdi tried to stop invasions from raiding tribes in the north by doing this.
What is building the Great Wall?
400
Archaeologists found evidence of underground sewer systems in Mohenjo-Daro. This led them to believe that the people of the Indus civilization had complex governments and ________________.
What is lived in carefully planned cities?
400
Before Hinduism and Buddhism developed in India, the Aryans had gods. Their major god was ________, the god of war.
What is Indra?
400
This Indian ruler converted to Buddhism and led by moral example.
Who is Asoka?
400
This philosophy is concerned with rejecting conflict and living in harmony with nature.
What is Daoism?
400
Shang priests left examples of their writing on these artifacts.
What are oracle bones?
500
Ancient Aryans measured their wealth in this form.
What is cows and bulls?
500
Many Chinese liked Mahayana Buddhism because it emphasized this concept.
What is personal salvation?
500
In ancient Indian civilizations, property belonged to _________________.
What is the family?
500
According to this concept developed during the early Zhou period, the gods would end their support for rulers who are corrupt or weak.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
500
The Han emperor Wudi did this to improve the economic situation in China.