River Valley Civ.
Classical India
Classical China
Religion
Geography
100
The Nile River helped this civilization thrive.
What is ancient Egypt?
100
These were the two most successful empires in classical India
Maurya and Gupta Empires
100
Law system that enforces laws strictly and hands out harsh punishments.
What is Legalism?
100
Theses were the two major religions in Ancient India.
Buddhism, Hinduism
100
Mountains/Deserts can be advantageous or disadvantageous. Describe how...
Advantage: Protection from other people
Disadvantage: Harder to travel through for trade and expansion
200
The oldest set of laws in the world.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
200
Considered the Golden Age of Classical India
What is the Gupta Dynasty?
200
First Chinese Emperor that Unified China
Who is Emperor Shi Huangdi?
200
Describe the Untouchables
Lowest point on the Caste System...They performed “impure” jobs like digging graves and cleaning streets. Other castes feared that even the shadow of an untouchable could spread pollution. As a result, the untouchables had to live apart from the rest of the population. Additionally, they had to sound a wooden clapper to warn of their approach.
200
Agriculture technique that uses a supply of water to help grow land/crops, typically by means of channels.
What is Irrigation?
300
These Civilizations were known for their organized and well-planned cities.
What are the Indus River Valley Civilizations?
300
This hierarchal system was closely associated with the Hindu religion.
What is the Caste System?
300
This was a collection of records over a time period of over 2,500 years
What are the Records of the Grand Historian?
300
Name two similarities and one difference between Buddhism and Hinduism
Reincarnation, Enlightenment, Karma
Caste System
300
2 geographical features that surround China are...
Himalayan Mountains
Gobi Desert
Pacific Ocean
South China Sea
400
Mesopotamia and Egypt had these two forms of writing:
What is Cuneiform?
What is Hieroglyphics?
400
This ruler's rule was effective but harsh. He created a brutal secret police force that reported on corruption, crime and dissent. Fearful of his many enemies, he had specially trained women warriors to guard his palace.
Who is Chandragupta?
400
Shi Huangti getting rid of any "old thinking" and political opponents. The people of the Qin Dynasty had to support his rule or else there would be harsh consequences!!
400
Describe the overall message of the 4 Noble Truths
the idea that all of life is suffering and that suffering is caused by our selfish desires
400
Name the major rivers from the following River Valley Civilizations:
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China
Tigris/Euphrates
Nile
Ganges/Indus
Yellow/Yangtze
500
Pyramids and Ziggurats looked similar but had different uses.
Pyramids were a burial ground for Pharaohs
Ziggurats were a place of worship to Gods
500
These were laws inscribed on rocks and stone pillars that were put up in public places throughout the Maurya empire.
What are Asoka's Rock and Pillar Edicts?
500
2 reasons Shi Huangdi improved China were...
2 reasons Shi Huangdi hurt China were...
What is the Great Wall? Unifying China: Currency/Weight/Roads/Writing. Building more roads and canals.
Did not allow any free thought, killed a lot of people, did not care for the individual.
500
Describe the lifecycle of Hinduism
Dharma, Atman, Karma, Reincarnation, Moksha
500
Why is Mesopotamia called the "Fertile Crescent"?
A crescent-shaped region where agriculture and early human civilizations like the Sumer and Ancient Egypt flourished due to inundations from the surrounding Nile, Euphrates and Tigris rivers.