Key Traits of Civilization
Potpourri
Hinduism
Ancient China
Buddhism
100

Requires the existence of a trading center.

Advanced Cities

100

City  located in Modern-day Pakistan, part of the Indus Valley Civilization

Mohenjo-Daro

100

What is the name of the social class system Hindus are born into and cannot change?

The castle system

100

The founder of Confucianism was named:

Confucius

100

Founder of Buddhism

Siddartha Gautama/Buddha

200
Name of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, earliest civilizations began here

Mesopotamia

200

Name of the Sumerian writing system meaning "wedge-shaped"

Cuneiform

200

What is the religious and moral duties of an individual called?

Dharma

200

What is the name for non-action/following the Dao?

Wu-wei

200

Where did Buddhism and Hinduism originate from?

India

300

Laws and tax collection are examples of this key Trait of civilization

record keeping

300

What modern day countries make up the land area of Ancient India? (3)

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

300

What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?

Vedas, Bhagavad-Gita, Ramayana

300

What Chinese philosophy believes that a powerful government is the key to social order?

Legalism

300

In both Hinduism and Buddhism, the moral principle of non-violence

Ahimsa

400

This key trait of civilization is the creation of new tools to make tasks easier.

Improved Technology

400

The ideas that people's actions affect their life.

Karma

400

One of the major gods of Hinduism, part of the Trimurti

Vishnu

400

Founder of Daoism

Laozi

400

Buddhist enlightenment, goal of Buddhists

Nirvana

500

The development of skills in a specific kind of work

Specialization

500

What type of religion is Hinduism?

Polytheistic

500

Sacred river that cleanses Hindus of their transgressions

Ganges

500

The universal force that guides all things in a Chinese philosophy of the same name.

The Dao

500
What brought Buddhism from India to other parts of Asia?

Trade

Silk Road

Missionaries

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