Geography
frequent devastating environmental occurrences in the Indus valley
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
What are major cities of the Indus River Valley Civilization?
The perfect understanding of all things and the goal of Hinduism
What is Moksha?
Religious practice in Ancient China included this key practice
What is ancestor worship? (OR What is oracle bones?)
Philosophy that seeks order, harmony, and balance in society and within family relationships
What is Confucianism?
Geographic features that isolated Ancient China from invaders and from trade
What are deserts and mountains?
the rigid inflexible class system of the Aryans
What is the caste system?
Cycle of life, death, and rebirth into a new body
What is Reincarnation (Samsura)?
The rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties in Chinese history
What is the dynastic cycle?
Philosophy that desires harmony with nature and removal from society
What is Daoism?
River between two mountain ranges
What is the Indus River?
Evidence that Harappan cities were more advanced than cities in Mesopotamia and Egypt
What are sewer/water systems and planned layouts?
This helps to end the cycle of reincarnation
What is good karma?
The approval of a just ruler by the gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Rulers should use strict laws and harsh punishments to control the people and display strength
What is Legalism?
The Indus River and the Ganges River
What are major rivers in India?
Who are the untouchables?
Sacred writings of Hinduism
What are the Vedas?
The later years of the Zhou dynasty when lords competed for the throne
What is the Warring States Period?
Respect for parents, elders, and ancestors
What is Filial Piety?
This mountain pass was used by Aryans to migrate through the Hindu Kush mountains into India
What is the Khyber pass?
Writing system that the Aryans brought into India
What is Sanskrit?
The duty and ethical values of Hindus
What is Dharma?
The first emperor of unified China under the Qin Dynasty
Qin Shi Huang Di
Ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, older brother and younger brother, friend and friend
What are the five basic relationships?