Religion
Hinduism or Buddhism: The belief that everything exists is Brahman
Hinduism
Which is biggest USA, China, or India?
United States
What is the yearly flooding that creates good soil for farmers?
Monsoons
What is the name of the system that determines the level of a person in society?
Caste System
What is a Chinese dynasty?
Family of Rulers
Hinduism or Buddhism: The deities of Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma
Hinduism
What is the biggest continent?
Asia
What is the name of the river civilization that has an agricultural base, traded out to Mesopotamia, and had a written language?
Indus River Valley
What do we call the route merchants took to sell silk?
Silk Road
Who was Confucius?
wise Chinese teacher
Hinduism or Buddhism: There is an eight fold path with four noble truths
Buddhism
Name a geographical feature of India:
Himalayan Mountains
Ganges River
Indus River
Which river is yellow due to sediment, and called the “Huang He”?
Yellow River
Name one way the Chinese celebrate the New Year:
red, dragons, fireworks, loud music
What as the main idea of Confucianism?
jen
Hinduism or Buddhism: Reincarnation until nirvana
Buddhism
Name a geographical feature of China:
Gobi Desert
Himalayan Mountains
Yellow River
Yangtze River
Which river is from the ancient fiefdom called Yang, and called “Chang Jiang” or “Ch’ang”?
Yangtze River
What was the name of the king that changed his ways after finding Buddhism? (He made a Buddhist temple, made pillars with Buddhist teachings, etc.)
Asoka
What was built starting in the 3rd century, stretches 2,500 miles, and was used to protect from intruders?
the Great Wall of China
True/False: Confucianism is a religion.
False
What is an archipelago?
Chain of Islands
How is silk made?
Silk worms, cocoons, steam the cocoons, thread, weave
Confucius believed that the relationship between ____________ and ____________ was the only equal one.
Friend and Friend
What two things did China invent?
Paper and silk