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| It is located in the northernmost reaches of the Indian subcontinent |
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| One of the two twin capitals of the Indus river valley |
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| One of the two twin capitals of the Indus river valley |
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| Indo-European people that migrated to India, they came from Asia and eventually conquered north India. |
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| The earliest Veda and is a collection of 1028 hymns. |
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| Text that Aryans wrote the Vedas in. |
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| A subsection of the Mahabharata, about a discussion between the warrior Arjuna and the god Krisna |
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| The last Veda to be written, it is where the most abstract account of all reality is found |
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| The highest caste in Hinduism, made up of priests. |
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| A member of the caste in Hinduism made up of royal peoples or warriors, the second highest caste in Hinduism |
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| A member of the caste in Hinduism made up of the skilled workmen, the third highest caste in Hinduism |
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| A member of the caste in Hinduism made up of the workers, servants, and slaves, the fourth highest and last caste in Hinduism |
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| An outcast or someone who is banned from a society |
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| Means “self”, but can also mean “soul” or “ego” |
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| The endless cycle of life, suffering, death, and rebirth |
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| A duty that one must fulfill in his or her lifetime |
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| The effects of actions presented by people in their lives |
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| The creator god, one of the three main gods of Hinduism |
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| The preserver god, one of the three main gods of Hinduism |
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| The destroyer god, one of the three main gods of Hinduism |
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| An enlightened human being, believed to have a destiny in life |
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| Man who was a Buddha, and began the religion of Buddhism by observing the world around him and saying what he believed would allow someone to achieve nirvana |
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| The highest point of Buddhism belief, equivalent to Christian heaven |
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| The basic teachings of Buddhism, they include the nature of suffering, the origin of suffering, suffering’s cessation, and the way leading to the cessation of suffering. |
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| The four things Siddhartha saw to make him want to know how to fix these things. The four sights are illness, old age, death, and one that Siddhartha could not understand. A man was very poor, but he was still very happy. |
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| Night Of The Great Renunciation |
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| The night that Buddha, or Siddhartha Gautama, realized what the things were in life that mattered, and that suffering is all through life. This is where the religion originally began. |
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| Mother of Siddhartha Gautama, believed to have a painless birth and that the trees bent down to help her deliver her son, she died soon after the birth |
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| One of the most important Buddhist symbols, as it represents the teachings of the Buddha. |
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| The Buddhist practice of non-extremism. |
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| The Eightfold Path of Right Conduct |
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| Describes the way to end suffering |
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| A mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics. |
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| Collections of inscriptions on pillars. |
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| An Indian emperor, of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled from 273 BCE to 232 BCE. |
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| The founder of the Maurya Empire |
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| The oldest surviving Buddhist school |
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| One of the two main existing schools of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice. It was founded in India. |
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| The body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India. |
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| Arose either side of the beginning of the common era and opened the path to enlightenment to all beings. |
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| A polemical term coined by Mahayana Buddhists to denigrate their opponents. |
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| Second largest river in China |
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| Fu His (created I Ching, a text that is mad of long and short lines representing the balance between yin and yang.) Shan Nung, (gave the Chinese the plow and the market place.) Huang Ti (developed fire.) Ti Yao (illustrates the conept of virtue determining the emperor, which was later articulated by Confucius.) Pan Ku (labored to construct the universe we know.) |
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| Practiced Belief that deceased family members continued existence |
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| Hanyu Piny in translation of Chinese Name |
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| The dynasty after Shang but before Qin, longest lasting dynasty. |
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| One of the cradles of Chinese civilization. Was the center of Eastern Zhou. |
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| Chinese concept of legitimacy of rulers. |
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| Governed Chinese behavior and helped enforce virtuous behavior |
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| A virtue of the Chinese, a love and respect of elder family members and ancestors |
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| The 1st Chinese emperor, born in the 3rd Century, his opponent were the Confucians, untied the warring provinces of China and built the Great Wall |
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| Famous dynasty that is known for united China, forming legalism and the massive Terracotta Army was constructed during this dynasty |
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| Only structure visible with the naked human eye on the Moon, built on mountainous regions and runs on for approx. 4500 miles along the northern borders of China, one of the most unsuccessful structures in the world as it did not succeed in preventing invasion |
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Qin Shi Huangdi’s prime minister, one of the most famous Legalist contributor,
Believed that rulers should rule with this Trinity:
Fa- law or principle
Shu- method, tactic or art
Shi- power, charisma or legitimacy |
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| School of Law, one of the 4 main philosophical schools |
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| Influenced China for centuries with their fusion of Legalism and Confucianism, battled against the Huns (Xiong-Nu) |
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| Emperor of the Han Dynasty, conquered Vietnam, Manchuria and North Korea, reigned from 141 to 87 BCE |
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| Period when the Han Dynasty controlled power at Ch’ang An, 202 BCE to 9 CE |
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| 25 to 221 CE, period in which the Hans defeated the Huns in 89 CE, extended their power to the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf in 97 CE |
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| Union of nomadic tribes in central Asia, repeatedly attacked China, lost to the Han Dynasty in the 1st century |
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| Han Dynasty general and cavalry commander, beat back the Huns and secured control over the Tarim Basin for China |
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| Prefect of the Great Scribes during the Han Dynasty, father of Chinese historiography |
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