People
Who was Mahatma Ghandi?
He was the man who led peaceful protests to gain India's freedom from England.
What country is probably the least diverse nation in the world?
Japan
What river is sacred in India?
Ganges
Who invented gunpowder?
The Chinese
What is pantheism? What religion is pantheistic?
Pantheism is the belief in many gods. Hinduism is pantheistic.
Name two things about the Aryans.
They conquered Mohenjo-Daro.
They began the caste system.
How did China influence Japan?
Japan's emperors modeled their governments off the Chinese. They also copied Chinese architecture.
Along what river did civilization in India begin?
Indus River
Describe two civil engineering projects in Mohenjo-Daro.
Streets were designed in a grid pattern, were drained, and paved.
They had toilets and a sewer system.
What religion or philosophy embraces the four "Noble Truths"?
Buddhism
Who is the dalai lama?
He is the leader of the Buddhist religion.
What action in Japan closed the country to the rest of the world?
The emperor made Christianity illegal, so missionaries could no longer go there.
What four geographical features kept China isolated from the rest of the world?
Himalayan Mts.
Gobi Desert
Siberian Plains
Pacific Ocean
What mathematical principle did the Indians discover?
The concept of zero
What is the main idea of the Bhagavad Gita?
Loss of identity is needed to reach enlightenment. Life and death are equally good or bad.
Give three proofs that the apostle Thomas went to India to spread the gospel.
Some people there are called Thomas Christians.
Artifacts support the stories.
A historian wrote that ships sailed from Egypt to India.
What event in China's history, prior to 1912, was not like the rest of its history?
The Mongol invasion
About how many islands make up Japan?
4,000 (4,223 to be exact)
List four supporting details that support the idea that the Chinese valued writing.
Invented paper
Had a dictionary
Had block printing and a moveable press
Had more printed books by 1750
What is the main idea of Daoism?
Action through non-action
List five of William Carey's accomplishments.
He translated the Bible into six languages.
He started more than 100 schools.
Published the first Indian newspaper.
Established a banking system
Stopped the practice of sati
Put these actions in order of when they occurred:
Muslim rule of bloodshed
Mahatma Ghandi independence
British rule
The emperor converted to Buddhism.
The emperor converted to Buddhism.
Muslim rule of bloodshed
British rule
Mahatma Ghandi
independence
Why was Kubla Khan defeated when he attempted to conquer Japan?
Storms arose and destroyed his ships.
What three things is Shih Huang-Ti known for?
He united China.
He began building the Great Wall.
His tomb
His library had the world's largest collection of books by 1750.
What is the major philosophy in China?
Confucianism