Is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
The Indus Valley people used these to build their homes.
What is oven baked bricks?
It's flooding had drowned many people.
What is the Huang He, China's Sorrow.
Daoism
What is the belief that people should live in harmony with nature?
Wanted to unify China
Who is Qin Shihuangdi?
On it's northern border, India is separated from the rest of Asia by this mountain system.
What are the Himalayas?
These large buildings stored this for the entire population.
What is grain?
It was a key waterway for trade and transportation.
Why was the Chang Jiang so important to the people of China?
What is the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents?
Silk Road
What is the trade route for Chinese goods stretching as far west as Greece and Rome?
The three great rivers of India
Earthquakes and floods
What natural disasters possibly caused the people of the Indus Valley to begin to abandon their cities?
The Shang
Who built the first cities in China?
Also called the "School of Law"
What is legalism?
Acupuncture
What is the Chinese medical practice that eases pain through the use of needles?
Seasonal winds are called this.
What are monsoons?
Aryans
Which was a nomadic people that enterd the Indus River valley around 1500 BC?
New systems to irrigate the land
What new technology was developed during the Zhou Dynasty?
People who share a similar position in society
What is social class?
Censor
They blow from West to East.
What is the direction the summer monsoon winds blow?
Raja
What is a prince or leader of an Aryan tribe?
Ancestor
Includes the belief that all people with a talent for governing should be able to govern.
What is Confucianism?
Han Wudi
Who is the person who reformed government through changing civil service hiring practices?