Asia Review 2

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The Four Noble Truths, Eight-Fold Path (living the right way), meditation, and the belief that if one avoids selfish desires one can live a life without suffering. This describes what religion?

Hindus believe in the rebirth of the soul in order to reach Nirvana (everlasting peace) in order to be reborn into a higher social class. What is the term that describes this process?

What is the sea that is located between the mainland of Asia and the archipelago islands of Japan?

What peninsula contains two countries and is located between China and Japan, and also served as a bridge of culture throughout history?

In what country in South Asia did the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism originate (begin)?

What river begins in China and flows into southeast Asia along Laos, Cambodia, and through Vietnam into the South China Sea?

What country after World War II became free from Japanese control and also had a civil war between communist and democratic forces and was helped by the Soviet Union and China?

What is the name of the Hindu social class system that determines one’s occupation, marriage, and status in life?