Vocabulary
A person from whom one is descended
What is an ancestor?
A place of worship believed to be sacred or holy
What is a shrine?
The city of Mohenjo-Daro was located in this river valley.
What is the Indus River Valley?
This is the translation of the Chinese "Huang He."
What is the "Yellow River?"
The people of the Americas grew this vegetable also known as "Indian corn"
What is maize?
A social class in India
What is a caste?
A belief that living souls are reborn in a new body.
What is Reincarnation?
This religion of India believed in many gods including Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
What is Hinduism?
He was the first emperor of China.
Who was Shi Huangdi?
This civilization arose after the Olmec civilization ended.
Who were the Maya?
Indian Corn
What is maize?
A series of rulers who belong to the same family.
What is a dynasty?
This prince of India gave up his wealth and started a new religion, Buddhism.
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
This wall built in China is over 4000 miles long.
What is "The Great Wall of China?"
These people built what may have been the first cities in the Americas.
Who were the Olmecs?
Class
What is a group of people according to social rank?
Knowing the truth.
What is enlightened?
This word means "enlightened one."
What is the Buddha?
For 2000 years, this Chinese philosopher's ideas were the single strongest influence on Chinese life.
Who was Confucius?
The Olmecs carved these out of stone, even though they had no metal tools.
What are the giant stone heads.
To set apart from others
What is to isolate?
One of the main cities in the Indus Valley
What was Mohenjo-Daro?
This emperor of the Maurya Empire made Buddhism the state religion.
Who was Asoka?
After the Qin dynasty Qin dynasty ended, this dynasty gained control of China.
What was the Han Dynasty?
The Maya built these to honor their gods.
What are temples or pyramids?