Unit 2 Review

8 Fold Path

• The 8 rules a Buddhist must follow in order to end suffering and reach enlightenment

• The 8 gods/goddesses a Hindu must pray to everyday

• The 8 rules that a Confucian scholar must follow to work in the government

• The 8 yoga poses a Brahman must master to reach enlightenment

Civil Service Exams

• exams to determine if a person can enter government service in the Han Dynasty

• exams to determine if a person can enter government service in the Qin Dynasty

• exams to determine if a person can enter government service in the Shang Dynasty

• exams to determine if a person can enter government service in the Zhou Dynasty

Caste System

• the social hierarchy of Hinduism

• the social hierarchy in China

• the social hierarchy of Buddhism

• the social hierarchy of Confucianism

Gupta Dynasty achievements

• decimals, zero

• algebra, geometry, fractions

• the abacus, division, subtraction

• negative numbers, calculus, square roots

Why did the Han Dynasty fall?

• the wealthy controlled most of the land, leading to peasant uprisings and war

• there were major earthquakes that diverted the rivers, causing the water source to dry up

• there was a period of famine, in which many people died

• the Mongols came from the north and conquered the Han

Why was Buddhism attractive to people?

• there was no caste, and women found spiritual equality in the teachings

• you could move up in the caste system, and women could rule kingdoms

• Buddhist monks made lots of money and lived in huge palaces

• Buddhist monks were incredibly skilled in martial arts, and were paid mercenaries

What is a "golden age"?

• a time of peace, prosperity, happiness, typically with a flourishing of art, inventions, and trade

• a time of warfare in which new methods of militarism are invented

• a time in which people have gold to use or wear

• a time in which many things are being invented

What construction project was designed to keep the nomads out of China?

• The Great Wall

• Hadrian's Wall

• The Amorite Walls

• The Long Walls

What was unique about the Civil Service Exams?

• They could raise an entire family's social status

• They were only given to certain classes of men

• They were given only during the Qin Dynasty

• They were only given to women

Filial Piety

• the Confucian idea that you must always respect your elders

• the Hindu idea that you must always respect your father

• the Legalist idea that you must always respect the emperor

• the Daoist idea that you must always respect nature