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What mountain range to the north of the Indian subcontinent separates it from Asia and is the tallest mountain range in the world?
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Himalaya
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Which one of the following geographic features in NOT in the Indian subcontinent?
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Yellow River Valley
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What are seasonal wind patterns in southern Asia known as?
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Monsoons
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What group of Indo-European nomads began migrating into India by 1500 BC and blended in with the native populations to form a new culture?
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Harappans
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What is Sanskrit?
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An Indo-European written language developed in ancient India
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What is a caste?
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A social group defined by occupation and family lineage
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What group of people were at the bottom of ancient Indian society?
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Varnas
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What grandson of Chandragupta Maurya is generally considered to be greatest ruler in Indian history?
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Asoka
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To what religion did the Mauryan ruler Asoka convert?
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Buddhism
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What was the name of the Buddhist monk from China who visited India during the fifth century AD and wrote widely about the Gupta Empire?
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Faxian
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What was the primary reason for the prosperity of the ancient Kushan Empire?
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Its involvement in the Silk Road trade routes
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What is the Bhagavad Gita?
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The most famous section of the Mahabharata
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Who is Aryabhata?
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The most famous mathematician of the Gupta Empire
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What do we call the earliest pieces of Sanskrit literature, containing Hindu religious chants and stories?
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Vedas
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What are the more common names for the Huang He and Chang Jiang rivers in China?
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Yellow and Yangtze
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What did the Zhou rulers believe gave them the right to rule after the fall of the Shang Dynasty?
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Mandate of Heaven
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What term means the "duty of members of the family to subordinate their needs and desires to those of the male head of the family"?
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Filial Pirety
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Which term means an "upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed from one generation to another"?
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Aristocracy
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What concept refers to the regular pattern of dynasties rising, falling, and being replaced throughout China's long history?
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Dynasty Circle
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Which of the following was NOT a philosophy that originated in ancient China?
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Buddhism
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Who was the founder of confucianism?
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Confucius
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Who was the founder of Daoism?
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Laozi
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Which Chinese philosophy stated that "the way to follow the will of Heaven is not through action but inaction"?
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Daoism
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Which Chinese philosophy supported the concept of the Five Constant Relationship?
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Confucianism
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During the Qin period, what were the nomadic people to the north of ancient China called?
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Xiongnu
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Which Chinese philosophy did the Qin Dynasty adopt as its official ideology?
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Legalism
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What division of the new Qin government system was responsible for checking on all government officials to make sure they were doing their jobs?
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Censorate
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Who founded the Han Dynasty?
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Liu Pang
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What was adopted as the official state philosophy of the new Han Dynasty?
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Confucianism
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Which of the following was not a technological innovation made during the Han period in China?
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Gunpowder
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What Han dynasty government used?
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Confucianism
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What Qin dynasty government used?
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Legalism
