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Whose holiest books were the vedas (holiest rig) and wrote in sanskrit?

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Aryans

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A group started by British merchants who created a monopoly in india?

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BEIC

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A religion started by Siddhartha because he was concerned about suffering- the goal of this religion is to reach enlightenment (nirvana)?

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Buddhism

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The social hierarchy of the Aryans?

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Caste system

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Order of caste system?

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Priests 
warriors
artisans
servants
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Untouchables
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The Chinese form of government brought to China by Mao Zedong it has been in place since 1949?

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Communism

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A philosophy that talks about filial piety and respect of elders?

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Confucianism

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What is the filial piety?

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The duty of the child to the parent

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The careful grooming of Mao Zedong’s image?

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Cult of personality

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A time period where young people ruled china?

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Cultural revolution

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Who were the red guards?

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Mao’s army mostly made up of young students as young as ten

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What is daoism and who created it?

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A religion created by Lao Zi that says retreat to nature and talks a lot about Chi: the flow of everything

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A polytheistic religion that includes of many gods and believes in reincarnation?

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Hinduism

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What was the INC?

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The indian national congress formed to get freedom from the british

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What is a policy of being isolated from outside political affairs?

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Isolationism

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What qin shihuangdi used to rule by strict law and punishment?

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Legalism

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An excuse to rule?

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The mandate of heaven

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A group of people who believed in a democracy for China, and now currently live in Taiwan?

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Nationalists

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What is the ROC?

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republic of china also known as the nationalist party

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What Gandhi and the Jains believe in?

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Nonviolence

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Why were the opium wars fought and who was fighting?

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Because the British sold so much opium Lin Xi zu started a war to decline trade and it was british vs china

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Who won the opium wars and why?

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British because china was still behind from isloationism

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What are oracle bones?

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Bones used to tell your future

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What was the partition of india?

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When India and pakistan split apart

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What is believing in many gods?
Polytheism
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What did the Qing's do?
Built Yuan Ming Yuan
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What is the queue order?
The mandatory hair style of the manchus
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What was the writing of the Aryans?
Sanskrit
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What caused the sepoy rebellion and what was it?
When the workers of the BEIC rebelled because of no more pensions, bullet grease was used by pig and cow fat, and they abused the workers to much
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What is sikhism and what does it believe in?
An eastern religion and it believes in reincarnation and monotheism
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What is the three gorges dam?
The biggest power source in the world that blocks up the Yangtze river
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What was the Tiananmen square massacre?
When the people wanted to speak to the government, but they would not leave, so the government opened fire on them
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What are the holy books of the Aryans?
Vedas
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Which is the holiest book of the Aryans
Rig Veda
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What happened at the Xi'an incident?
When the men of the nationalist party captured Chiang Kai Shek and made a peace treaty with the communists to fight the war
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What was the garden that took 150 years to build created by the Qing and burned by the french?
Yuan Ming Yuan
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Who was Ghandi?
He was a person who believed in nonviolence and went on marches and hunger strikes to get freedom from the Biritsh
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What did Qin Shihuangdi do?
He connected the great wall, roads and canals, qin's tomb, terra cotta statues, standardized axels, weights, and paper money
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Who were the sepoys and what did they do?
The Sepoy's were workers for the BEIC and they rebelled because the British gave them no more pensions, used pig and cow fat bullet grease, abused the sepoys
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Who were the Aryans?
They took over india, wrote in sanskrit, and had vedas as there holy books
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Who was Sun Tzu and what did he do?
He wrote the art of war, a book based on battle tactics and strategies during the warring states period
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Who was Confucius?
A philosopher who created confucianism
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Who was the second to last emperor and instead of building China a navy she built them a marble ship in a lake?
Ci xi (empress dowager)
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Who created Daoism?
Lao zi
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Why did the INC not represent India enough? Also what formed because of this poor representation of India?
They did not include Muslims, therefore the Muslim league formed
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Who had a huge Chinese navy, had a bigger fleet then Columbus?
Zheng He
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Who was the Yongle emperor?
Zhu Di
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Who started the BEIC?
British merchants
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Who was the leader of the Taiping rebellion?
Hong Xiuquan
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Who took over most of Eurasia?
Genghis Khan
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Who started the one child policy?
Deng Xiaoping
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Who was the father of modern China and tried to China to be a democracy?
Sun Yat-Sen
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Who was the first leader in the Yuan dynasty?
Kublai Khan
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What is the lowest rank in the caste system?
The untouchables
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Who was the creator of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Guatama
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Why did Siddhartha create Buddhism?
Because he was concerned with suffering
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Who wrote the letter to Victoria to stop Opium trade?
Lin Zi xu
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Who was the first leader of the communist party and fought the Nationalists?
Mao Zedong
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What was a system of law used by Qin Shihuangdi and it is ruled by strict law and punishment?
Legalism
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What is an Island off of india?
Sri Lanka
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Why is the yellow river called the river of sorrow?
Because it changed course and killed millions of people
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What was the garden that took 150 years to build?
Yuan Ming Yuan
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What is the muslim part between India?
Bangladesh
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Who rebelled over gun cartridges being made out of pig and cow fat?
The sepoys
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Who created the kingdom of heavenly peace and what was the rebellion called?
Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping rebellion
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What type of economy does China have?
A command economy
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Who created the caste system?
The Aryans
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What is the only pass onto India?
Khyber pass
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What river was the Harrapan and Mohenjo-Daro started on?
The Indus river
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What was the holy river of India where they cooked and bathed?
The Ganges river
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What is the southern capital of China?
Nanjing
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What are bones that had the oldest of the Chinese writings on them?
Oracle bones
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Who fought against the communists in the civil war?
Nationalists
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Where was Kublai Khan from?
Mongolia
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Where is the ROC (republic of China) in?
Taiwan
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What is the writing of the Aryans?
Sanskrit
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2nd largest city in india?
Mohenjo-Daro
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What was the massacre in 1989?
Tiananmen square
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What was the holiest book of the Aryans?
The Rig Veda
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What forced the Chinese civil war to halt or awhile?
The XI'an incident
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What killed 20-45 million people (greatest famine in history)?
Great Leap forward
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Who founded the BEIC
The British merchants
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Who wrote the art of war?
Sun Tzu
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Homeland of the Khans?
Mongolia
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People: Cook & wash in this holy river of India?
Ganges
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Social system of India since the Aryans?
Caste
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Father of modern China
sun yat-sen
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Time where kids ruled china?
Cultural revolution
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Where does one go when they reach enlightenment in Buddhism?
Brahman
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Difference between Brahma, Brahman, and Brahmin?
Brahma:God Brahman: Ultimate reality Brahmin: Priest
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Advanced city in India?
Mohenjo-Daro
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What religion was in China during Mao's rule?
No religion
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Oldest book and writing in India?
Sanskrit and Vedas
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Sikhs believe in?
Equality Reincarnation Guru
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Shang dynasty used what to make art?
Bronze casting
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Because of the partition what 2 countries where created and what religion?
Pakistan and India, Pakistan for Muslims and India for others
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Tibet sits on what plateau?
Plateau of tibet
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Peoples republic of China?
Communist party
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3 hindu gods and what they do?
Brahma: Creator Vishnu: Protetor Shiva: Destroyer
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Only port open to trade in China before Opium wars?
Cantan
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Major plateau over India?
Deccan
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Jains believe in what?
Nonviolence
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What started because of the Versailles treaty?
May 4th movement
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What mountain range was created when China crashed into India?
Himalayas
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3 differences between Buddhism and Hinduism
Hinduism: Believes in reincarnation, No alcholhol or meat, believes in the caste system Buddhism: Does not believe in reincarnation, no dietary restrictions, does not believe in the caste system
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1st noble truth
There is suffering in the world. To live is to suffer.
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2nd noble truth
The cause of suffering is self centered, desire and attachments
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3rd noble truth
The solution is to eliminate desire and attachments
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4th noble truth
To reach Nirvana one must follow the 8 fold path

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