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Name: ____________________
Date: ____________________
RESPONSE
Period: ____________________
SHORT CONSTRUCTED
Expansion of Buddhism
KEY
Spread of Buddhism
Area of origin,
5th century B.C.E.
JAPAN
5th to 2nd century B.C.E.
2nd century B.C.E. to
3rd century C.E.
MONGOLIA
3rd to 8th century C.E.
A LTA I M T N S
SOGDIANA
N
TIA
SH
IRS
PAM
Taxila
Sea of
Japan
ESERT
GOBI D
Yungang
.
AN
llo
Ye
Nanjing
Yellow
Sea
Chang‘an
w
East
China
Sea
CHINA
n
Ya
Lhasa
HIMA
zi
g
TIBET
Nara
KOREA
Dunhuang
TAKLIMAKAN
DESERT
Heian
L AYAS
Sarnath
Ganges
BURMA
Ajanta
VI
E
TN
AM
INDIA
South
China
Sea
Angkor
Bay of
Bengal
Arabian
Sea
0
500
0
INDIAN OCEAN
1000 km
500
Borobudur
1000 mi.
Please see other side.
7070200CR
CONSUMABLE
ASSESSMENT CODE
7070200
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Directions: Use the map on the previous page to answer the following questions.
Question
In what city did
1.
Buddhism originate,
or begin?
Buddhism spread
from China to what
two countries?
Answer
2.
Use the map and the statements below to answer the following questions.
Reasons for the spread How would this have led to the spread of
of Buddhism
Buddhism in China?
China was located near
3.
India; the two countries
were linked by the Silk
Road.
Emperor Taizong gave
money to monasteries,
sent representatives to
India to collect Buddhist
texts, and had Buddhist
paintings and statues
built.
4.
Buddhist temples and
5.
monasteries provided
medical care, ran
schools, and provided
seeds to farmers in need.
Name
Score
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