Geography
What 3 Natural Barriers helped with the isolation of the Chinese civilization?
What are Mountains, Seas, and Deserts?
What invention could only be found/made in China during the ancient era?
What is Silk?
Buddhism does not believe in what afterlife method that was relevant in the Hinduism religion?
What is reincarnation?
This is the pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties in China.
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
This term is used to describe the taming of animals for use as pets or food.
What is domestication?
What is a common geographic feature shared by all of the River Valley Civilizations?
What is a River Valley or River?
Name the 3 of the 4 major innovations from the Indus Valley Civilization during this unit.
What is Advanced Mathematics, Sewage system, Two Story Homes, and Pools?
The name for the seasonal winds that bring in dry air in the winter and wet weather and flooding in the summer in India.
What are monsoons?
When the Zhou overthrew the Shang, they used this to justify their actions and their right to be the new rulers.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The Indus Valley Civilization is famous for the structure of its cities, which were built on this organized layout.
What is a planned Grid Structure?
This is the specific month when the Indus Valley civilization would typically experience heavy wet monsoon rains.
June, July, August, September
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What military advancement most led the success of the Chinese army covered in this unit?
What is the Crossbow?
The name AND occupation of the highest class in the Indian caste system.
Who are the Brahmins and they are priests and scholars?
This is the philosophy and political system that advocated for strict laws with harsh punishments, helping Shi Huangdi maintain order.
What is Legalism?
The Chinese emperor was thought to be chosen by the gods, while the Egyptian Pharaoh was thought to be one. This form of government, ruled by religious figures, is known as this.
What is a Theocracy?
Two Chinese Rivers that were settled around?
What are the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers?
What Chinese philosophy believes in the way of Nature?
This rigid social structure meant an individual’s place on the pyramid was predetermined by birth.
What is the Caste System?
Chinese civilizations had _______, which meant the next ruler was within the same bloodline as the last.
What are Dynasties?
Unlike the monarchies of the River Valley Civilizations, this political system was not used during this era.
What is Democracy?
Name 1 desert and mountain range covered in this unit.
What are the Taklamakan Desert, Gobi Desert, Hindu Kush, and the Himalayan Mountains?
What is one way that the Agricultural Revolution led to the rise of civilizations? Explain why?
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The name of the religion that was founded in the India, and evolved into one of the world's major religions.
What is Hinduism?
To the Chinese people, the Great Wall primarily symbolized this desire to remain separate from others.
What is the Security or Independence?
This concept explains why disasters like floods, famines, and peasant revolts were seen as justified reasons to overthrow an old, corrupt Chinese dynasty.
What is Loss of the Madate of Heaven?