Chapter 4, Ancient India and China

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Used by the Ancient Chinese to contact ancestors

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Oracle Bones

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Confucius teaching: Respect for one's parents and elders.

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Filial Piety.

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Book of Confucius teachings

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Analects

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Why were the monsoons of India critical to their survival?

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Monsoons would carry heavy rains, that could cause the flooding of the Indus River, leaving behind valuable soil.

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Why did India develop the caste system?

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The development of the caste system gave each person a place in society and an identity within India.

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Why were the untouchables isolated in Indian society?

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The people of India believed the untouchables could negatively effect a person's karma.

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Why do the Hindu believe that most people are reincarnated?

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All of the Above.

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Why did most people live in Eastern and Southern China?

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The rivers, Yellow and Yangtze, are both located in the eastern and southern China; the geography of the west and north of China are virtually uninhabitable; the land in the east and south is suitable for farming rice, the primary crop of Chinese farming.

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Which Chinese school of thought is described by the quote, "A leader is best when people barely know they exist, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

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Daoism

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Why did Siddhartha Gautama leave home for the first time in 29 years?

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Gautama left home following a chariot ride where he witnessed people suffering, and he wanted to find a way to end people's suffering.