Ancient China/India Quiz

the belief in multiple gods is

what do the four civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China) all have in common?

Children should respect their parents is a belief held by which philosophy?

This philosopher's ideas were written in a book called the Way of the Dao.

The goal of the religion is to reach Brahman (oneness with the universe).

The pain, poverty, and sorrow that afflict human beings are caused by their attachment to things of this world. Once people let go of their worldly cares, pain and sorrow can be forgotten. This is a characteristic of which religion?

______________ is the belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death.

The __________ is a critical part of the Dynastic Cycle in ancient China. New rulers use it to give their new dynasty legitimacy (AKA the reason for their rule).

Emperor _______ was the first emporer of China, the founder of the short lived Qin Dynasty, made legalism the state philosophy during his real, and introduced a road/money system.

Why was Emperor Wudi so important to the Han Dynasty in China?