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50 Cards in this Set
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India: Nomads are...
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Wanderers
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India: Monsoons are...
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Yearly winds that blow from the west and bring moisture off the ocean. Once over land, it falls as rain.
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India: The Swastika means...
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"Good Luck"
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India: Hinduism is...
a. Polytheistic b. Monotheistic |
a. Polytheistic
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India: World soul means...
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a spirit that supposedly plants, animals, and gods belongs.
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India: Pantheism is...
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The Idea that there is deity in nature.
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India: The belief in reincarnation is...
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that a person lives more than once in different bodies. Even in Animals.
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India: A caste is...
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a social class that you are born in to.
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India: The four main castes are...
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1. Priests
2.Warriors and Rulers 3. Farmers and Traders and Laborers 4. Servants Untouchables |
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India: What are the books of hinduism called?
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Vedas
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India: Who decided to found bhuddism?
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Sidhartha Guatama
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India: Buddah means...
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Enlightened one
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India: Buddah's view of life is called...
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the four noble truths
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India: The steps to hinduism are called the...
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eightfold path
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China: Civalization began along the River.
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Yangtze
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China: Dynasties are...
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A line of kings or rulers that belong to the same family
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China: What was the earliest dynasty of china?
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The Shang Dynasty
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China: The Shang Lived along the or the river.
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Huange He or yellow river
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China: The Shang dynasty created what before the europeans?
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bronze
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China: What is an oracle?
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a message given to another person that they thought was a prophet or god.
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India: What is Mohenjo Daro's Sister City?
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Harrappa
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China: Oracles showed Kings and warriors what?
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Decisions about life.
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China: Which dynasty came after the Shang?
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Chou
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India: Linguistics is the study of...
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Languages
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China: Under what dynasty did the chinese develop a love of arts like education artistry and literature?
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Chou
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India: Indus were...
a. Highly Sophisticated People b. Highly Selfish People c. Low esteemed people |
A. Highly Sophisticated People
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China: Pictographs are...
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pictures that are used in place of words
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China: Pictograph also means ?
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character
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China: The chinese alphabet contains how many characters?
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fifty thousand
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China: Classics are thought to be what?
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the best of it's kind.
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China: What is another name for the chou dynasty?
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The Classic age
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China: Who is Confucious?
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a great influence on china during the classical age. He taught about peace and perfectness of society.
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China: Learning with out is and learning without is .
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snare; thought; danger
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China: Music is used in what chinese sport?
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archery
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China: What dynasty came after the Chou dynasty?
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Ch'in
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China: Who was the leader of china during the Ch'in dynasty?
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Qin Shi Huangdi
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China: What kind of government did the chi'in dynasty set up?
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Bueraucracy
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China: Which dynasty standardized money and measurements?
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Ch'in
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China: From which dynasty did china get it's name?
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Ch'in
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China: How long is the great wall of china?
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fifteen hundred miles long
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China: Under which dynasty was the great wall built?
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The Chi'in
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China Which ruler had the terra cotta soldiers guarding his tomb?
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Qin shi huangdi
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China: How many terra cotta soldiers are there?
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six thousand
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China: Which dynasty ruled after the chi'in?
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the han
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What are chinese officials called?
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Mandarins
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What is acupuncture?
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a way of relieving pain
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China: What is the silk road?
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a chinese trade route
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China: What kind of government does china have today?
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communist
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India: Definition of terra cotta
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Clay pottery, very breakable
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Is this Fun?
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No
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