Hinduism
Buddhism
Japan
China
100

A sensuous, full-bodied goddess that personifies fertility and vegetation

What is a yakshi?

100

A great circular mound that acts a monument to house relics of the Buddha

What is a stupa?

100

Who is Hokusai?
100

What is the Forbidden City, 15th century C.E., Beijing, China?

200

This dynasty in 1000 CE in India was responsible for the patronage of a massive amount of Hindu temples

What is the Chola Dynasty

200

A sacred diagram of the universe

What is a mandala?

200

The name for Japanese woodblock prints made during the Edo Period. 

What is ukiyo-e?

200

This Chinese silk painting by Fan Kaun shows the absolute grandeur of nature and the people are insignificant in relation to nature

Fan Kuan, Travelers by Streams and Mountains, c. 1000 C.E., Song Dynasty, China

300

This temple has a garbha griha or womb chamber

What is the Lakshmana temple?

300

What is the Great Stupa at Sanchi?

300

What monogatari emaki begins with a solitary figures in calm before moving into a slowly building chaos reminiscent of cinema?

What is Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace?  

300

The Tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor of China has this many terracotta warriors

6,000 

400

Hinduism is polytheisitic (many gods), but this word describes the various natures and how hindu deities can take many forms.  

What is multiplicity?

400

This physical practice was to align religious practitioners to the cosmos

What is circumambulation?

400

The material used in Toda-ji that exemplifies the link between the natural environment, Shintoism, and Buddhism

What is wood?

400

The massive tomb complex of The First Emperor’s were built after the unification of China. They reflect these three things about his reign:

1. very high degree of organization

2. massive amounts of money and machinery

3. absolute power

500

A symbolic or ritual gesture or pose used by Hindus

What is a mudra?

500

The dry garden at Ryoan-ji demonstrates this Zen Buddhist practice

What is meditating to reach enlightenment?

500

The aesthetic of Rustic simplicity and Truth to materials

What is Zen Buddhism?

500

The sculptors for Army of the First Emperor of Qin used the same molds repeatedly for different parts of the statues but assembled the parts in many different combinations in order to convey these two Chinese values: 

uniformity and individuality