Geography
The ________ River is also called the Yellow River due to the loess it picks up from the Gobi Desert.
Huang-He
Name one similarity between Hinduism and Buddhism:
Karma (consequences of actions)
Reincarnation (transmigration of souls)
Moksha (liberation from incarnation)
Indoor plumbing (flush toilets) more than 2,000 years ago was an achievement of _____________
The Indus River Valley Civilization.
Legalism
In Ancient China, the _________ was at the top of the social hierarchy and ruled through the mandate of heaven.
Emperor
The two major city-states of the Indus Valley Civilization, ___________ and ____________ were uncovered in modern day Pakistan through archaeological excavations.
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
The two major schools of thought emerging from Ancient China are _________ which emphasizes morality and proper behavior and _________ which emphasizes peace, natural harmony, and the interrelationship of opposites.
Confucianism
Taoism
The Great Wall was originally built during the _____ Dynasty for the purpose of __________________.
Qin
keeping Mongol (Xiongnu) invaders out.
What are two things we know about the economy and/or political structure of the Indus Valley Civilization?
The same coins and seals and script were found throughout the entire 6,000km wide area of the civilization.
Jade, gold, lapis lazuli, and turquoise were not natural resources in the Indus Valley but were found here which is evidence that the Indus people traded with Mesopotamians, Central Asians, etc.
During the ________ Dynasty, Civil Service Exams were instituted which allowed people to become government officials through tests based on ________ not family wealth or social status.
Han
merit
The __________ or __________ River in Central China is the __________ in the world.
Chiang Jiang
Yangtze
Longest
What are three animistic or polytheistic beliefs/rituals of Ancient China?
1.)
2.)
3.)
Oracle Bones (interpreting information from ancestors based on the cracks from heating ox bones or turtle shells)
Ancestor Offerings (giving food or drinks to deceased relatives on special days)
Belief in Dragons (bringing rain and good harvests)
Shangdi (belief in an impersonal god that controlled human destiny)
T'ian (the force of heaven that decided who would rule)
List three inventions of Ancient India:
Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine)
Surgical Procedures (cataracts, plastic surgery, etc.)
Metallurgy (gold and silversmithing, etc.)
Astronomy (predicted eclipses)
Mathematics (trigonometry and the decimal system)
During a period of political turmoil between 475-221BCE called the _________ period, a military general named __________ wrote a book called _________ which is popular to this day.
Warring States
Sun Tzu
The Art of War
The economy in the Vedic Period was based on _______ (farming), _________ (animal herding), and _______ (metalworking, leatherworking, etc)
agriculture
pastoralism
skilled labor / craftsmen
The Indus River Valley Civilization encompassed all of what is now the country of ________ and stretched from _______ to the east, __________ to the west, and was protected by the _________ Mountains to the northeast.
Pakistan
India
Afghanistan
Himalaya
_________ was the founder of Confucianism, ___________ who wrote the Tao Te Ching was the founder of Taoism, and ___________ who rejected his kingdom to find the answer to human suffering was the founder of ___________.
Confucius
Lao Tzu
Siddhartha Gautam Buddha
Buddhism
List 4 inventions of Ancient China:
The Wheelbarrow
Tea
Kite
Paper
Sundial
Acupuncture
Silk
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Vaishyas
Shudras
At the top quadrant of the social hierarchy in China was the _______________. At the 2nd quadrant of the social hierarchy in China was the __________. At the 3rd quadrant of the social hierarchy in China was the _________. At the bottom was the ________.
Emperor, Royal Family, Scholars
Farmers
Artisans/Craftsmen
Merchants
The 5 natural barriers of China are the ________ to the north, the __________ to the west, the __________ to the southwest, the _________ to the east, and the ________ in the center.
Gobi Desert
Taklimakan Desert
Tibetan Plateau / Himalaya Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Qinling Mountains
What are the 5 most important relationships according to Confucian thought?
Ruler and Citizen
Parent and Child (Father and Son)
Husband and Wife
Older Sibling and Younger Sibling
Older Friend and Younger Friend
5 literary or artistic achievements of Ancient China include:
Calligraphy
Tao Te Ching (Taoist bible)
Confucius' Analects
The Shiji (first history book of early dynastic China)
Figure Painting
Terracotta Army (figures in tomb of Qin Huangshi)
Logographs (symbols representing words)
Fu and Shi Poetry
________ of the _______ Dynasty originally started the _______ road trade route because he wanted _______ from the Central Asian Dayuan people in order to defeat the _________ from the north.
Emperor Wu
Han
Silk
Horses
Xiongnu (Mongols)
Name and describe the 5-tiered social hierarchy of Ancient India, called the Caste System, which still exists today:
Brahmins - priests, spiritual leaders, educators
Kshatriyas - warriors, business leaders
Vaishyas - merchants, artisans, craftsmen, skilled labor
Shudras - farmers and unskilled laborers
Dalits - "untouchable" outcasts