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Chapter 4: Other Asian Cultures Flashcards

1
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What is the largest continent?

A

Asia

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2
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What are Asia’s three great fertile river valleys?

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Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, and Huang He

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3
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What is the highest place on earth?

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Mt. Everest

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4
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What mountain range is Mt. Everest located in?

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Himalayas

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5
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What is the lowest point on land?

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the Dead Sea

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6
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What is the land of India known as?

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a subcontinent

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7
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What are the three major land regions in India?

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Himalayas, Northern Plains, and the Deccan Plateau

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8
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Where did the Indian civilization first settle?

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Indus River Valley

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9
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Who were the fierce barbarians who invaded India?

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Aryans

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10
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Who were the indigenous people of India?

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Dravidians

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11
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What were the two distinctive cultural features during the time of the Arayans?

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caste system and Hinduism

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12
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what is the universal spirit of the Hindu religion?

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Brahma

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13
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what is known as rebirth?

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Reincarnation

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14
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What is a strict division of social classes?

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A caste

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15
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what group of people were at the top of the Indian social ladder?

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The Brahmans

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16
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Who are beneath Brahmans?

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The princess and warriors

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17
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Who were beneath the princes and warriors?

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Landowners and merchants

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18
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Who are beneath the landowners and merchants?

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The farmers laborers and servants

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19
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what was the name given to a person who broke the rules of his cast?

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An outcast

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20
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Who drove the Greeks out of India?

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the Mauryas

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21
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Who was the Mauryas’ greatest leader?

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Asoka

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22
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What religion arose in India around 500 B.C.?

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Buddhism

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23
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Who founded Buddhism?

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Gautama

24
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Who is the god of Buddhism?

A

Buddha

25
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Who inaugurated India’s “golden age”?

A

Guptas

26
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Who founded the Mogul Empire and built the Taj Mahal?

A

Babar

27
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What is a cotton material with usually a checked or figured print?

A

calico

28
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What is the worlds oldest living civilization?

A

China

29
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What river is known as “China’s sorrow”?

A

Huang He

30
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What means “middle country”?

A

chung-kuo

31
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what is a ruling family?

A

dynasty

32
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Which dynasty developed a form of writing?

A

shang

33
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What was the longest ruling dynasty

A

chou

34
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Who are China’s two great philosophers?

A

Lao-tse and Confucius

35
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What was the name of Lao-tse’s philosophy?

A

Taoism

36
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Who was the first emperor of a unitied China?

A

Shih Huang Ti

37
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What are the two dialects of China?

A

Mandarin and Cantonese

38
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Who built the great wall of china?

A

emperor ch’in

39
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Which dynasty marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory?

A

Han

40
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Who became the leader of China in the 1200s?

A

mongols

41
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Who led the Mogols?

A

Genghis Khan

42
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Who developed the largest continental empire in history in the Yuan dynasty?

A

Khan

43
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Who is the grandson of Genghis Khan?

A

Kublai khan

44
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which dynasties succeeded the Mongols

A

Ming and Ch’ing

45
Q

What are the four main islands of Japan?

A

Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku

46
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who were the original inhabitants of Japan?

A

Ainu

47
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what is the oldest surviving religion in japan

A

shinto

48
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what is a clan?

A

a group of extended families

49
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what was the first clan?

A

Yamato

50
Q

who is the founder of Japanese Civilization?

A

Prince Shotoku

51
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What was the great reform period in Japan?

A

Taika

52
Q

What is a Mikado?

A

emperor

53
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who were the feudal lords that controlled public affairs?

A

shoguns

54
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Who were the daimios?

A

local land lords

55
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Who were the warriors and knights?

A

samurai

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