One of the oldest forms of medicine focused on diet, exercise, and other methods to maintain energy in the body
What is Ayurveda?
This term refers to the people who pass the civil service exam and receive a job in the government.
What is a scholar-official?
Currency issued by Song government to replace cumbersome strings of metal cash used by merchants
What is paper money?
These are great examples of the influence of mainland Asia architecture in Japan.
What are Buddhist temples or pagodas?
This is a bone-hard, white ceramic made of a special clay and a mineral found only in China.
What is porcelain?
The term used to describe an empire that allows all different types of beliefs and worshippers to practice within their empire.
What is religious tolerance?
This describes the ruling class and government of Tang dynasty.
What is an aristocracy?
This describe the ruling and government of the Song Dynasty as the civil service exam was open to all people.
What is a meritocracy?
They wrote most literary work during the Heian period.
Who are women?
This is made from mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal
What is gunpowder?
Chandragupta I gave himself this title and turned the Gupta kingdom into an empire.
What is "king of kings"?
Civil service exams were based on this philosopher's ideas.
Who was Confucius?
This type of painting drew on Daoism and showcased nature.
What is landscape?
This religion influenced the cultural attitude of many elites.
What is Buddhism?
List three things any civilization who is going through a golden age might have.
What are wealth, stability, peace, advancements, strong leaders, etc.
This was a negative result of the kind and just ruling of the Gupta leaders.
What is the fall of the Gupta Empire to nomads?
Built before the Tang, but definitely used by them, this helped solve the issue of the great north/south divide in China.
What is the Great Canal?
This group completely replaced the old nobility.
Who are the scholar gentry?
This is the first novel written and focuses on the Heian court.
What is The Tale of Genji?
These two written works were completed during the Nara period even though they were started before.
What are the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki?
These caves are examples of Buddhist temples and artwork such as carvings and murals.
What are the Ajanta caves?
What is one of the causes of the end of the Tang Dynasty?
What are famine, wars and warlords, and rebellions?
These are the THREE main ways that life changed or improved during the Song Dynasty.
What are commerce, agriculture, and urbanization?
This is the name of the author of Japan's first novel.
What is Murasaki Shikibu?
This is the term that refers to the most popular and influential scholars of the Gupta Empire.
What are the "Nine Jewels" of the Gupta Empire?