Vocabulary 1
What does fertile soil mean?
Soil that is good for growing crops
The most important river in Ancient India
The Indus River
What color is lucky in Chinese New Year?
Red
What do the candles lit for Diwali represent?
Good and light over evil and darkness
Describe 3 things people do to celebrate Diwali
Giving gifts, lighting candles and lanterns, putting up lights, eating with family, cleaning the house, buying new clothes...
Hinduism is...
A religion started in Ancient India that is still practiced by many people today
The most two most important rivers in Ancient China
The Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
What animal is lucky in Chinese New Year?
Dragons
How do people celebrate Diwali with their family?
Eating and giving gifts
Describe 3 things people do to celebrate Chinese New Year
Wear red, give money in red envelopes, go to parades with dragons, eat with their family, clean their house, celebrate their birthday...
Define sacred
This word means that something is very special to people who practice a religion. For example, the Ganges River is this to Hindus
What is Diwali
The festival of lights that is celebrated by Hindu people and other people in India
What do people do to their house before Chinese New Year?
Clean it
What do people do before Diwali to get their home ready for Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity?
Clean
Why were rivers important in India?
The Indus River- floods and gives fertile soil
The Ganges River- is sacred to Hindus
Define represents
Something that stands for another thing
Define defense
To protect against something
What do people do with their families for Chinese New Year?
Eat and give gifts like money in red envelopes
Who celebrates Diwali?
Hindus and people in India
Why were rivers important in China?
The Yellow River- floods and gives fertile soil
The Yangtze River- creates the perfect area to grow rice (the rice bowl)
Define unjust
This is something that is unfair
Define conquer
To control something. For example, you may conquer a fear by controlling it.
What do ALL Chinese people celebrate at once on one of the days of Chinese New Year?
Their birthday
What Chinese invention is used to celebrate BOTH Diwali and Chinese New Year?
Fireworks
Name 3 Chinese inventions
Plow, harness for animals to pull the plow, matches, fireworks, paper, printing blocks, compass, gunpowder...