Geography
A river known for destructive flooding and yellow silt.
Huange He/Yellow River
A philosophy focused on restoring decency and respect.
Confucianism
Defensive construct designed to defend China from invasion from the north and west.
Great Wall of China
The first emperor of China.
Qin Shi Huangdi
Mauryan emperor who expanded the empire and converted to Buddhism.
Ashoka
Vast system of trade routes connecting Rome, Egypt, Persia, India, and China.
Silk Road
Many individuals who rejected the harsh social order of classical India followed this religion.
Buddhism
River valley where civilizations began in ancient India.
Indus River Valley
The invisible energy, spirit, or force that created the universe and exists throughout it in Hinduism.
Brahman
This mathematical concept was invented during the Gupta Empire.
Concept of Zero
The idea that when one dynasty becomes cruel, weak, or ineffective, a new dynasty will take its place.
The reason very little is known about the Indus Valley civilization.
Language has not been translated
This dynasty replaced spade money with a centralized standard currency.
The lowest class in Classical Indian society that were forced to do dirty and impure jobs.
Dalits (Untouchables)
Wind pattern that influences the climate and leads to wet and dry seasons.
Monsoon
Rituals carried out by the common people centered around honoring deceased relatives.
Ancestor Worship
Early form of writing during the Shang Dynasty that was a part of rituals.
Oracle Bones
The chronological order of the first five Chinese dynasties.
Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
This ruler unified the Indus and Ganges river valleys for the first time and created this empire. (name the ruler and the empire)
Chandragupta Maurya & Mauryan Empire
Archaeological evidence suggests the Indus Valley Civilization traded with the peoples of this prominent region to the west.
Mesopotamia
This philosophy highlighted the concept of filial piety, which led to most women remaining in the home to care for elderly family members.
Confucianism
River in central China that is the longest in all of Asia.
Yangtze River
A philosophy centered around living a balanced life in harmony with nature.
Daoism
The first Chinese dynasty to utilize iron tools and weapons.
Zhou
This philosophy states that strict laws and harsh punishments are essential for maintaining social order and government control and was favored by this dynasty. (name the philosophy and dynasty)
Legalism & Qin Dynasty
The later governments of the Indo-Aryans were heavily influenced by this religion.
Hinduism
This dynasty controlled crop prices during famine and poor harvests to ensure all citizens could afford food.
Han Dynasty
The restrictive social hierarchy within classical India that limited interactions between groups and determined every aspect of someone's life at birth.
Caste System
Plateau that helped isolate the Indian subcontinent.
Himalayan/Tibetan Plateau
The early religion of the Indo-Aryans recorded in the Vedas.
Brahmanism
These two large cities of the Indus Valley civilization were well organized and built along a grid pattern. (name one)
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
The division of land to lords that led to the decentralization of the Zhou dynasty.
Feudalism
This ruler unified India 500 years after the collapse of the Mauryan Empire.
Chandra Gupta I
This is what occurs when a single person or group controls the supply and production of a good.
This is what determined social class in China.
Contributions/value to society
This system enabled the Han government under Wudi to be filled with educated and capable officials.
Civil Service Exam
The primary cause of the collapse of both the Mauryan and Gupta empires.
Foreign invasion