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Q | Answer |
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What is Hinduism? | The belief that all the universe is part of the unchanging, all powerful spiritual force call brahman |
What are the most important Hindu gods? | Brahman, Vishnu, and Shiva |
The Hindu teachings were recorded in... | The Vedas and the Upanishad |
The essential self is... | Atman |
The goal of existence is to achieve... | Moksha |
Hindus believe in... | Reincarnation |
_refers to all the actions of a person's life that affect his or her fate in the next life | Karma |
Religious and moral duties of an individual | Dharma. |
Nonviolence | Ahmisa |
Who founded Jainsim | Mahavira |
A new religion that grew our of Hindu traditions is.. | Jainism |
Who founded Buddhism | Siddhartha Gautama |
Four Noble truths | 1. All life is full of pain, suffering, and sorrow. 2. Cause of suffering is from desire 3. To end suffering you must overcome desire 4. To overcome desire you must follow the eight fold path |
Eightfold Path | Aspiration, contemplation, concept, effort, livelihood, mindfulness, speech, views |
Union with the universe and the release from the cycle of rebirth is... | Nirvana |
Middle Path | Eightfold Path |
Followers collected Buddha's teachings in the... | Tripitaka |
Smaller groups are | Sects |
Differing or opposing ideas | Dissent |
The most honored Mauryan emperor and was Chandraguptas grandson was... | Aoka |
Who converted to Buddhism, rejected violence, and resolved to rule by moral example | Asoka |
People sent on religious mission to spread Buddhism throughout Asia were the... | Missionaries |
Under whos rule was the power was left in the hands of individual villages and of city government elected by merchants and artisans | Gupta's rule |
Trade and farming flourished across the _ empire | Gupta |
Period of great cultural achievements | Golden age |
numbers based on 10 | Decimal system |
Hindu and Buddhists taught | math, medicine, physics, languages, and literature |
Large dome shaped shrines that housed the sacred remains of the Buddha or other holy people | Stupas |
wall painting | murals |
What are the 5 constant relationships | 1. Friend to friend 2. older brother to younger brother 3. husband to wife 4. Father to son 5. Ruler to subject |
2 main elements of confucianism | Duty and humanity |
Hindus believe in... | Brahman |
Lowest-ranked outcastes | Untouchables |
ideal family was a _ in which the parents, children, grandchildren, uncles, and their offspring share a common dwelling | joint family |
payment to the bridegroom | dowry |
system of ideas | philosophy |
respect for parents | filial piety |
complete control of a product or business by one person or group | monopoly |
increasing the amount of territory under the Chinese rule | expansionism |
local military rulers | warlords |
doctor inserting needles under the skin at specific points to relieve pain or treat various illnesses | acupucture |
Lessons for a Woman was written by | Ban Zhao |
Process for paper | Cai Lun |
Started the Maurya | Chandragupta Maurya |
Son of Chandragupta M. | Bindasaura |
Started the Gupta empire | Chandragupta 2 |