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Religion
Citystate/civ./emp.
Trade
Climate & Geography
Life in Ancient Asia
100
The religion that teaches that Brahman is the universal spirit who created the universe and everything in it.
What is Hinduism?
100
The city and surrounding countryside.
What is city-state?
100
The main trade network in Asia, it reached from China to the Mediterranean.
What is the Silk Road?
100
What the summers and winters are like in Central Asia.
What is cool in winter and hot in summer?
100
Some major achievements of Ancient Asia.
What is writing, laws, trade networks, roads, and art?
200
The religion that believes in reincarnation.
What is Hinduism and Buddhism?
200
A region that shares culture.
What is civilization?
200
This is the spread of culture traits through trade.
What is cultural diffusion?
200
What grows in Central Asia in the mountains and plains.
What is grass?
200
How belief systems (religions) kept order in the Indian empire.
What is by teaching people they should accept their place in the caste system and fulfilling their duties?
300
The religion that teaches all humans suffer because we want what we can't have.
What is Buddhism?
300
Includes many civilizations.
What is empire?
300
Some items/technology traded in Asia along the Silk Road.
What is silk, spices, horses, etc.?
300
The type of societies in Central Asia, named for the fact they herded animals.
What is pastoral?
300
How belief systems (religions) kept order in the Chinese Empire.
What is by teaching that everyone know their place and should follow the laws?
400
The religion that teaches that you can relieve your suffering by reaching nirvana by following the 8 fold path.
What is Buddhism?
400
includes neighboring city-states.
What is civilization?
400
Some ideas spread through Asia and Europe along the Silk Road.
What is Buddhism, Hinduism, writing systems, etc.?
400
The types of animals raised in Central Asia.
What is cattle, goats, sheep, etc.?
400
The families that ruled generation after generation.
What are dynasties?
500
The religion that believes your soul or atman will eventually join Brahman.
What is Hinduism?
500
Large geographic region.
What is empire?
500
The regions linked by the Silk Road.
What is Asia (China, Central Asia), and the Roman Empire (Europe)?
500
The name for 5,000 miles of grasslands in Central Asia.
What is the steppes?
500
The reason writing was important in building and maintaining an empire.
What is it communicated the laws written by the Emperor to the people?