Chapter 3--Ancient India And China

Question 1

What rivers flowed from the mountains into the Indian area?

Answer 1

Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra

Question 2

Was the Gangetic plain fertile or dry?

Answer 2

Fertile

Question 3

Was the Deccan plain fertile or dry?

Answer 3

Dry

Question 4

What were the seasonal winds called that came through the area in the winter and summer?

Answer 4

Monsoons

Question 5

What were some positive characteristics that the Indus civilization had in their cities?

Answer 5

• Well planned
• Grid, blocks (houses)
• Identical bricks (mold)
• Baths, drains, toilets, sewers, and trash chutes
• Standard measures

Question 6

What year did the Indus civilization come to be?

Answer 6

2600 B.C.

Question 7

Did the Indus have a writing system, and if so, was it simple or complex?

Answer 7

Yes, simple

Question 8

Did the Ancient Indus have contact with Sumer?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

What kind of religion did the Indus civilization have?

Answer 9

Polytheism

Question 10

What was the downfall year for the Indus, and what geological evidence do archaeologists have for reasoning and proof?

Answer 10

1900 B.C., crude pottery and environmental factors (floods, decrease in tree population, and evidence of earthquake)

Question 11

Between what years do historians believe the Aryan civilization rose?

Answer 11

2000-1500 B.C.

Question 12

Nomad culture + Indian culture =……?

Answer 12

Aryans

Question 13

What did the Aryans believe about sacrifice?

Answer 13

• Health
• Money
• Victory

Question 14

Who did the Hindu believe was the number one spiritual force?

Answer 14

Brahman

Question 15

What was the Hindu goal?

Answer 15

Moksha (be one with Brahman)

Question 16

What were the Upanishads known for?

Answer 16

Tough questions and answers about soul

Question 17

How did the Hindu believe how to achieve Moksha?

Answer 17

• No selfish desires
• Takes many lifetimes (reincarnation)
• Good life = Good karma… reborn at a higher caste

Question 18

What government did the Maurya empire have?

Answer 18

Bureaucracy (organized)

Question 19

What major happened in the years 320 B.C. and 540 A.D. in Gupta’s Golden Age?

Answer 19

India was united

Question 20

What advanced math techniques were introduced during Gupta”s Golden Age?

Answer 20

• Number System
• Idea of Zero
• Decimals

Question 21

What major geography was in China’s W and SW?

Answer 21

Deserts and Mountains

Question 22

What geographic landmark was in China’s northern region?

Answer 22

Gobi Desert

Question 23

What years were the Shang Dynasty?

Answer 23

1766 B.C. - 1122 B.C.

Question 24

What were some of the things Confucius was known for/about?

Answer 24

• Scholar, wanted to advise government
• Social order — good government
• Students followed

Question 25

True or False.... According to Confucius, everyone has their duty.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Does balance = well being, order, and stability?

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

What religion believes in the harmony with nature?

Answer 27

Daoism

Question 28

True or False...Confucius and Daoism ideas blend

Answer 28

True

Question 29

What does early China make that we use everyday, even now to keep track of things?

Answer 29

365.25 day calendar

Question 30

What secret does China have that uses animals to make this amazingly advanced substance?

Answer 30

Silkworm, Silk

Question 31

What is on oracle bones in ancient China?

Answer 31

- Life’s questions | - Advice

Question 32

True or False...China does NOT make the first ever books

Answer 32

False

Question 33

What dynasty was in the years 1122 B.C. - 256 B.C. and rebelled against the Shang?

Answer 33

Zhou

Question 34

What was ONE achievement of Zhou’s Feudal State?

Answer 34

- More money - New and more crops, new tech - Currency - Higher Population

Question 35

What is it believed that leaders have to be in Legalism?

Answer 35

Harsh

Question 36

True or False...Shi Huangdi took part in building the Great Wall of China

Answer 36

True

Question 37

What were some of the things that Shi Huangdi standardized?

Answer 37

- Weight - Measure - Coins - Writing

Question 38

What was the year that Shi Huangdi dies?

Answer 38

210 B.C.

Question 39

What dynasty, after Shi rules, was in the years 202 B.C.-220 A.D.?

Answer 39

Han Dynasty

Question 40

What was the Silk Road?

Answer 40

Trade routes going west, China trading silk for fruits, glasses, and furs.

Question 41

In the Han Dynasty, what were people promoted by?

Answer 41

Merit and Confucius knowledge

Question 42

What Golden Age was the Acupuncture, Anesthetic, and Herbal meditation founded?

Answer 42

Han Golden Age

Question 43

True or False...at the end of the Han Dynasty, peasants were angry at the way the government was running and the high taxes,so they revolted.

Answer 43

True, they were angry and revolted

Question 44

True or False...In the Han Golden Age, Scientific Theory was found

Answer 44

True

Question 45

What WAS MAJORLY FOUND IN 105 (more made) that wwe still use something like this today and Egyptians had papyrus...

Answer 45

PAPER