Geography
The world's largest continent
What is Asia
The name for a group, chain, or cluster of islands
Ex. Japan, the Philippines, Hawaii
The primary religion of India with the goal of oneness with the ultimate impersonality of the universal spirit
What is Hinduism (the worship of one absolute, impersonal, universal spirit called Brahma)
The world's oldest living civilization
What is China
A group of extended families who ruled the small states of Ancient Japan
What is a clan
The highest place on earth
What is Mount Everest
The strict division of social classes in Hinduism
What is the caste system
This religion, closely related to Hinduism, has the ultimate goal of escape into oblivion (nirvana)
What is Buddhism
The world's longest wall
What is the Great Wall of China
What is China
What is the Dead Sea
This highway linked China to the Roman world
What is the Great Silk Road
This well-known building was made by a Mogul emperor as a tomb for his favorite wife
What is the Taj Mahal
China's longest ruling dynasty
What is the Chou (jo)
What is Shinto (religion of nature worship)
A large, distinct landmass separated from the rest of the continent of Asia
What is the subcontinent of India
The caste of people in India who were despised by the others, and are subject to the most demeaning and degrading tasks
What is the untouchable
The four traditional castes in Hinduism
What is:
Brahmans (Priests)
Princes and warriors
Landowners and merchants
Farmers, laborers, and servants
The largest continental empire in history
What is the Mongol empire or empire of Genghis Khan
The "founder of Japanese civilization"
What is Prince Shotoku
Asia's three great fertile river valleys
What are the Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, and Huang He
The Hindu belief that constant rebirth, according to the law of karma, helps the soul evolve towards spiritual perfection
What is reincarnation
Three of India's contributions to mathematics
What is:
Zero (symbol for not any)
Place value
Decimal numeral system
Arabic numerals (modern numbers)
Algebra
This Chinese philosopher taught his followers to respect tradition, reverence learning, cherish honesty, and honor family ties
What is Confucius
The feudal classes in medieval Japan
What are:
shoguns (feudal lords who controlled public affairs)
daimios (local landlords)
samurai (warrior or knights)
peasants (the majority of Japanese people)