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Chinese Belief Systems
Indian Empires
Chinese Empires
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100
He was the founder of Buddhism
Who is Siddharta Guatama.
100
He was the founder of Daoism.
Who is Laozi.
100
This empire was considered India's Golden Age.
What is the Gupta empire.
100

This empire was weakened by powerful eunuchs, corrupt officials, costly expansion, and rebellions (like the Yellow Turban Rebellion), ending with warlords dividing the empire. 

What is  the Han Dynasty

100
This was the highest caste in Hinduism.
What is the Brahmins.
200
To reach Enlightenment, Buddhists believe you must follow this.
What is the Eightfold Path or the Middle Way.
200

ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, elder brother and younger brother, and friend and friend

What are the five constant relationships in Confucianism.

200

Significant agricultural and trade growth, with common currency, well-maintained roads, irrigation, and exports of silk, spices, and textiles.. happened within this empire. 

Mauyra Empire

200

Powerful rival states fought for dominance after the central Zhou dynasty's power collapsed, eventually leading to the Qin state conquering all others and establishing the first unified Chinese empire under Qin Shi Huang.

What is the warring states period

200
This group was "below" the caste system in India.
What is the Untouchables.
300
This is what the Four Noble Truths were meant to end.
What is suffering.
300
This belief system was the dominant one practiced during the Qin Dynasty.
What is Legalism
300

The brutal violence at this place (or region) led Asoka to converting to Buddhism.

What is Kalinga

300

Built the Great Wall, China's first Emperor, and centralized China into one state.

Shi Huangdi

300

The point of your next reincarnation is based on this in Hinduism.

What is your karma.

400

Buddhism is sometimes not considered a religion because of this fact.

 Buddhists do not worship a specific deity (God).


400
Those who were well schooled in Confucian principles could assist in the government if they did this.
What is passed a civil service exam.
400
Asoka, the greatest ruler of the Mauryan empire, expanded Buddhism by doing this.
What is sending out Buddhist missionaries
400

In this empire, they are famous for inventing paper, the compass, the seismograph, and creating the Silk Road, with Confucianism becoming the state ideology at this time.

Han Dynasty

400

A philosophy viewing humans as self-interested and needing strict laws, harsh punishments, and absolute centralized power for control

What is Legalism

500

The path to liberation, the nature of reality, and universal law, essentially guiding practitioners toward understanding truth, ending suffering, and achieving enlightenment through ethical conduct, meditation, and wisdom  

What is Dharma

500

The ultimate, ineffable source and principle of the universe, the natural, unchanging flow of existence.

What is Daoism

500

This person united India in 324 B.C. He also implemented a strong centralized administration and a unified currency. Established his own empire.

Who is Chandragupta Mauyra

500

This empire unified China, standardizing writing, weights, and currency, and launching massive infrastructure projects. 

Qin Dynasty

500

Inscriptions that primarily convey principles of Dhamma, or "right conduct," promote social and moral values like compassion, truthfulness, and non-violence. They also detail specific policies, such as laws protecting animals and the duties of his officials, and serve as the oldest surviving written documents of historical importance in India.  

Pillar Edicts of Ashoka