Ancient China 1
What were the military leaders that oversaw local territories called?
What are warlords?
A Chinese philosopher who was one of the most influential teachers in Chinese history.
Who is Confucius?
What are long dead family members called?
What are ancestors?
Travelers whose goal to is to reach a religious destination are called?
What are pilgrims?
What was the name of the valley that surrounded the Indus River?
What is the Indus Valley
What are aristocrats?
How did the mountains make governing China difficult?
Mountains created obstacles for governing the large empire.
A series of rulers from the same family line
Dynasty
What are monsoons?
What was the written language that ancient Indian's invented?
What is Sanskrit?
Philosophy that uses strict laws and harsh punishments.
What is Legalism?
Children's responsibility to take care of and respect their parents. Including taking care of them as they age.
What 2 natural borders kept ancient China isolated from other countries?
What was the name of the leader of a tribe called in Ancient India?
What is a raja?
The ancient sacred texts that ancient Indians collected and recorded were called?
What is the Vedas?
What was the name of China's first REAL dynasty?
What is the Shang Dynasty?
Who was the hero that ancient Chinese myth says founded the first dynasty?
Yu the Great
What was ancient China's longest dynasty?
What is the name of the mountain range in northern India called?
What are the Himalayans?
What are Stupas?
What are the two forms of writing that ancient Chinese writing that were used?
What are pictographs and ideographs?
Mandate of Heaven
What was one of the major rivers in Ancient China?
Huang He (Yellow River)
The 4 social classes (or Varnas) of ancient India are what?
1. Priests and government officials
2. Commoners, farmers, merchants
3. Manual workers and servants
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The best known section of the Mahabharata was called what?
What is the Bhagavad Gita?