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15 Cards in this Set
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Which Indian ruler believed that "government is the science of punishment"?
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Chandragupta Maurya
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Why did the people of the Indus Valley settle where they did?
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The area had the best conditions for agriculture.
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Why were the Aryans able to take the farmland away from the native people in India?
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They had horses.
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The people of Mohenjo-Daro disappeared. What is one possible reason?
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The people wre the victims of an earthquake or a flood.
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What religion teaches that people should seek love, truth, the joy of knowledge, and a calm mind?
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Buddhism
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Most Indus Valley cities were alike in what way?
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They were built with similar street layouts.
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What is another name for Buddha?
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the Enlightened One
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The Aryan religion developed into another religion. What was it?
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Hinduism
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Which religion teaches that life on Earth is a struggle between the forces of light and the forces of darkness?
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Zorostrianism
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What happened after Ashoka's death?
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500 years passed before India was united again.
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Zarathustra changed the religious beliefs of the Persians. How?
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He taught to believe in only two gods.
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Who ruled during the time of the India's Golden Age?
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Chandragupta II
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Which leader created the Persian Empire?
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Cyrus the Great
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Darius improved the communications within the Persian Empire? How?
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He used couriers who rode horses to carry messages aacross the empire.
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What is another name for the Enlightened One?
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Buddha
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