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100

The ________ River is also called the Yellow River due to the loess it picks up from the Gobi Desert.

Huang-He

100

Name one similarity between Hinduism and Buddhism:

Karma (consequences of actions)

Reincarnation (transmigration of souls)

Moksha (liberation from incarnation)

100

Indoor plumbing (flush toilets) more than 2,000 years ago was an achievement of _____________

The Indus River Valley Civilization.

100
Emperor Qin Huangshi used the philosophy of _________ to create a system of strict laws with severe punishments for breaking them.

Legalism

100

In Ancient China, the _________ was at the top of the social hierarchy and ruled through the mandate of heaven.

Emperor

200

The two major city-states of the Indus Valley Civilization, ___________ and ____________ were uncovered in modern day Pakistan through archaeological excavations.

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

200

The two major schools of thought emerging from Ancient China are _________ which emphasizes morality and proper behavior and _________ which emphasizes peace, natural harmony, and the interrelationship of opposites.

Confucianism

Taoism

200

The Great Wall was originally built during the _____ Dynasty for the purpose of __________________.

Qin

keeping Mongol (Xiongnu) invaders out.

200

What are two things we know about the economy and/or political structure of the Indus Valley Civilization?

The same coins and seals and script were found throughout the entire 6,000km wide area of the civilization.

Jade, gold, lapis lazuli, and turquoise were not natural resources in the Indus Valley but were found here which is evidence that the Indus people traded with Mesopotamians, Central Asians, etc.

200

During the ________ Dynasty, Civil Service Exams were instituted which allowed people to become government officials through tests based on ________ not family wealth or social status.

Han

merit

300

The __________ or __________ River in Central China is the __________ in the world.

Chiang Jiang

Yangtze

Longest

300

What are three animistic or polytheistic beliefs/rituals of Ancient China?

1.)

2.)

3.)


Oracle Bones (interpreting information from ancestors based on the cracks from heating ox bones or turtle shells)

Ancestor Offerings (giving food or drinks to deceased relatives on special days)

Belief in Dragons (bringing rain and good harvests)

Shangdi (belief in an impersonal god that controlled human destiny)

T'ian (the force of heaven that decided who would rule)

300

List three inventions of Ancient India:

Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine)

Surgical Procedures (cataracts, plastic surgery, etc.)

Metallurgy (gold and silversmithing, etc.)

Astronomy (predicted eclipses)

Mathematics (trigonometry and the decimal system)

300

During a period of political turmoil between 475-221BCE called the _________ period, a military general named __________ wrote a book called _________ which is popular to this day.

Warring States

Sun Tzu

The Art of War

300

The economy in the Vedic Period was based on _______ (farming), _________ (animal herding), and _______ (metalworking, leatherworking, etc)

agriculture

pastoralism

skilled labor / craftsmen

400

The Indus River Valley Civilization encompassed all of what is now the country of ________ and stretched from _______ to the east, __________ to the west, and was protected by the _________ Mountains to the northeast.

Pakistan

India 

Afghanistan

Himalaya

400

_________ was the founder of Confucianism, ___________ who wrote the Tao Te Ching was the founder of Taoism, and ___________ who rejected his kingdom to find the answer to human suffering was the founder of ___________.

Confucius

Lao Tzu

Siddhartha Gautam Buddha

Buddhism

400

List 4 inventions of Ancient China: 

The Wheelbarrow

Tea

Kite

Paper

Sundial

Acupuncture

Silk

400
In the Vedic Period in India, the economics of the society was based on social roles. ________ were the priests and educators; _________ were the warriors, leaders, and managers; _________ were the merchants and craftsmen; and ________ were the farmers and laborers.

Brahmins

Kshatriyas

Vaishyas

Shudras


400

At the top quadrant of the social hierarchy in China was the _______________.  At the 2nd quadrant of the social hierarchy in China was the __________.  At the 3rd quadrant of the social hierarchy in China was the _________.  At the bottom was the ________.

Emperor, Royal Family, Scholars

Farmers

Artisans/Craftsmen

Merchants

500

The 5 natural barriers of China are the ________ to the north, the __________ to the west, the __________ to the southwest, the _________ to the east, and the ________ in the center.

Gobi Desert

Taklimakan Desert

Tibetan Plateau / Himalaya Mountains

Pacific Ocean

Qinling Mountains

500

What are the 5 most important relationships according to Confucian thought?

Ruler and Citizen

Parent and Child (Father and Son)

Husband and Wife

Older Sibling and Younger Sibling

Older Friend and Younger Friend

500

5 literary or artistic achievements of Ancient China include:

Calligraphy

Tao Te Ching (Taoist bible)

Confucius' Analects

The Shiji (first history book of early dynastic China)

Figure Painting

Terracotta Army (figures in tomb of Qin Huangshi)

Logographs (symbols representing words)

Fu and Shi Poetry

500

________ of the _______ Dynasty originally started the _______ road trade route because he wanted _______ from the Central Asian Dayuan people in order to defeat the _________ from the north.

Emperor Wu

Han

Silk

Horses

Xiongnu (Mongols)

500

Name and describe the 5-tiered social hierarchy of Ancient India, called the Caste System, which still exists today:

Brahmins - priests, spiritual leaders, educators

Kshatriyas - warriors, business leaders

Vaishyas - merchants, artisans, craftsmen, skilled labor

Shudras - farmers and unskilled laborers

Dalits - "untouchable" outcasts