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Religion
India's First Empires
Trade Spreads Indian Religion and Culture
Han Emperors
Miscellaneous
100
Belief in one god
What is monotheism?
100
First empire in India, founded by Chandragupta Maurya
What is the Mauryan Empire?
100
Proved the earth is round
What did Indian scientists prove?
100
Chinese dynasty that ruled for most of the period from 202 B.C. to A.D. 220
What is Han Dynasty?
100
Word describing a route on which many traders traveled in groups
What is a caravan?
200
Belief in more than one god
What is polytheism?
200
Chandragupta's grandson; leader who brought the Mauryan Empire to its greatest height?
Who is Asoka?
200
They invented the idea of zero and of decimal numbers
What did Indian scientist invent?
200
Government that concentrates power in a central authority
What is centralized government?
200
Financial supporters
What are patrons?
300
Creator of the world, in Hinduism
Who is Brahma?
300
He charged a heavy tax, built a huge army, and controlled his government by carefully choosing officials and watching them closely.
Who is Chandragupta?
300
These were caravan routes that crisscrossed central Asia
What are the Silk Roads?
300
Administrative departments of a government; also word describing government jobs and employees
What is civil service?
300
Language of southern India; also the people who speak that language
Who is Tamil?
400
Acceptance of the right of people to have differing religious beliefs
What is religious toleration?
400
He urged religious toleration.
Who is Asoka?
400
One of India's greatest poets and playwrights
Who is Kalidasa?
400
One group's complete control over the production and distribution of certain goods
What is a monopoly?
400
Relating to a social system in which the father is the head of the family
What is patriarchal?
500
The Sect of Buddhism that offers salvation to all and allows popular worship
What is Mahayana?
500
Second empire in India, founded by Chandra Gupta
What is the Gupta Empire?
500
Sect of Buddhism focusing on strict spiritual discipline
What is Theravada
500
Policy of encouraging conquered people to adopt the institutions and customs of the conquering nation
What is assimilation?
500
Relating to a social system in which the mother is the head of the family
What is matriarchal?