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what is the name of this object? |
bi disk (most important made from jade) |
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stupas like the one at sanchi are often decorated with fertility figures called |
yakshi |
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what is the Aztec name for this god |
Quetzalcoatl |
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this is a sculpture of |
vishnu |
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what is the name of the earliest chinese dynasty? they were warlike and highly stratified |
shang |
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what type of exercise practiced all over the world today appears in some of the earliest seals in south asia |
yoga |
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the "clay circle sculptures placed upon old japanese tombs are called |
haniwa |
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chichen itza and some other mayan sites include many sculptures of fallen warriors known as |
chacmool |
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the design of the ____ is based on the stupa but the base rises for several stories |
pagoda |
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confucious lived during the ____ period |
warring states period |
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prince siddhartha was known as ______ after he achieved enlightenment and became the first buddha |
shakyamuni |
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in sculptures and paintings, buddhe will often sit upon a _____ |
lotus |
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many mesoamerican temples are built in the _____ style |
talud-tablero |
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devi appears in many guides including the consort of the gods and ______ the warrior goddes who rides a lion |
durga |
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who wrote the tao te ching which is the foundational daoist text |
laozi |
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which south asian ruler adopted buddhism as the state religion and erected large pillars proclaiming buddhist laws throughout his realm? |
ashoka |
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this shrine which is rebuilt every 20 years is dedicated to |
amaterasu |
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what is the name for the first major meso american civilization who decorated their plazas with massive portrait heads |
olmec |
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hindus and buddhists both use _____ (cosmic diagrams) as part of their worship |
mandalas |
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which chinese term refers to objects like shihuangdis terra cotta army |
minqi |
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what are two attributes of the buddha visible in this image? |
urna and ushnisha |
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what is the name of the golden hall of buddhist monasteries? |
kondo |
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what typically decorated the roof comb of a mayan temple |
portrait of the ruler |
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what is the name for hindu priests |
brahmin |
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what is the stupa? |
a circular mound housing the buddhas (shakyamuni) remains or relics. 50 foot tall earth and rubble domical mound. worships walk around in a clockwise direction. |
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what are the sensuous goddesses that oersonify fertility and vegetation and tie buddhist iconography to earlier south asian pictorial traditions? |
yakshi |
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what are the gods who have thr ability to transform but only elites are able to see them? |
chavin |
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moche |
complex forms to pots but simple decoration |
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what was the serpent mound made for? |
for a heavenly audience. no real use. |
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who is the mother of cultures in mesoamerica? |
the olmec |
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what is an urna |
curl of hair between the eyebrows, shown as a dot |
buddha |
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what is a ushnisha |
a cranial bump shown as hair in the earliest images |
buddha |
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what is a mudra? |
hand gestures conveying fixed meanings (buddha) |
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dharmachakra |
two handed gesture with right thumb and index finger forming a circle |
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abhaya |
right hand up. palm outward, a gesture of protection or blessing |
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who is vishnu? |
vishnu is the preserver of the universe. frequently portrayed with 4 arms. holding things including a conch shell trumpet and discus |
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what does durgas defeat of the demon mahisha symbolize? |
the triumph of good over evil |
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japans earliest distinct culture |
the jomon |
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old tomb in japanese |
kofun |
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