Ancient India
Name the two main rivers that ancient Indians used.
Ganges and Indus Rivers
Name the main river that ancient Chinese settled near. (name BOTH names that it is called)
Huang He River/Yellow River
This dynasty was known as the Bronze Age.
Shang Dynasty
This is the holy book of Hinduism.
Vedas
Why is Koly torn between saying yes to marry Raji right away and staying at Maa Kamala's?
She loves Raji and knows she would be happy with him, but she also likes her friends and her job. She doesn't want to leave it all to live in the country without her work.
This is the social class system in India.
Name at least THREE inventions that were created during ancient China.
Answers vary: gunpowder, fireworks, iron tools, iron drill bits, acupuncture, silk
This is a famous leader of the Qin Dynasty that started the building of the Great Wall of China.
This was the founder of Buddhism.
Siddhartha Gautama
What does Maa Kamala first get her a job doing? Then, at the end of the book, she gets a job doing what?
Maa Kamala gets her a job stringing marigolds. She then finally gets a job doing embroidery.
What does karma mean?
The idea that what you do in this life will affect what happens to you in the future.
What is the difference between a pictograph and ideograph?
Pictograph is one word/idea represented with a picture. Ideograph is multiple represented.
This dynasty was the longest running Chinese dynasty.
Zhou Dynasty
In Hinduism, how are you placed in the caste system?
You are born into your caste.
Why does Koly not contact her parents at any point?
Because it is seemed as unlucky and shameful if a widow returns home.
What were the two advanced cities that archaeologists have discovered in the Indus River Valley?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
What method did the Chinese come up with to help with the flooding of the Huang He River?
levees, dams
This dynasty was when the civil service process and MANY inventions were created.
Han Dynasty
What made the beliefs of Buddhism different than Hinduism?
Buddha believed that anyone, regardless of class, could reach enlightenment and break the cycle of reincarnation. Hindus believed only Brahmins could reach that.
Describe the difficulties that Koly had after Hari died getting her pension.
Answers vary: Sass lied to her and would take the envelope each month, she went to the office but they said it had to be mailed, she had to get an address to get it mailed to her but she became homeless after Sass left her, she finally found a home/address at Maa Kamala's.
Name at least THREE ways why Indians use the Ganges River.
Answers vary: water, bathing, cleaning, belief that it heals, spreading ashes
Shi Huangdi developed a system of standardized weights, writing, measurement, and money for what reason?
To help trade and communication be easier.
Terracotta Soldiers
reincarnation, karma
What is the significance of the title Homeless Bird? (how does that title relate to Koly)
It represents the poem that she loved that talked about a bird that was always flying onto new places and never had a place in the world.