history ch 4

Question 1

3 river valleys in Asia were home to what 3 Asian Cultures

Answer 1

Mesopotamia, India, China

Question 2

Largest continent in both land (33%) and people (66%)

Answer 2

Asia

Question 3

highest point on land

Answer 3

Mt. Everest

Question 4

lowest point on land (also saltiest)

Answer 4

Dead Sea

Question 5

Why is India classified as a subcontinent

Answer 5

its size and separation from the rest of Asia

Question 6

mountain range that separates India from Asia

Answer 6

Himalayas

Question 7

earliest known people in Asia (who were in the Indus RIver Valley around 2000 B.C)

Answer 7

Dravidians

Question 8

modern day Iranians

Answer 8

Aryans

Question 9

conquered the Dravidians around 1500

Answer 9

Aryans

Question 10

Most popular religion of India

Answer 10

Hinduism

Question 11

The god of hinduism; “the one universal soul of all living things”

Answer 11

Brahma

Question 12

What is the purpose of hinduism

Answer 12

Becoming one with the spirit of Brahma

Question 13

process of “rebirth” where a person’s karma (actions in life) evolves the soul toward spiritual perfection

Answer 13

Reincarnation

Question 14

What does hinduism say affects what you reincarnate as

Answer 14

Karma

Question 15

The caste a person is born in must always stay the same. List the classes.

Answer 15

Brahmans: Hindu Priests
Princes and Warriors
Landowners and Merchants
Farmers, laborers, and servants

Question 16

“untouchable”; someone who has broken the rule of his caste

Answer 16

outcaste

Question 17

Native Indian family (Mauryas) that controlled India from 321 B.C. to 184 B.C.

Answer 17

Maurya Empire

Question 18

The Maurya Empire’s greatest leader

Answer 18

Asoka

Question 19

Religion founded by a nobleman named Siddharta Gautama (A.K.A. Buddha)

Answer 19

Buddhism

Question 20

who founded Buddhism; what did he call himself

Answer 20

Siddharta Gautama; buddha

Question 21

the separation from the world/state of nothingness

Answer 21

Nirvana

Question 22

Purpose of buddhism

Answer 22

Attempts to reach nirvana through reincarnation

Question 23

Ruled India from A.D. 320 to 535

Answer 23

Gupta Empire

Question 24

India’s “Golden Age”

Answer 24

Gupta Empire

Question 25

Babar (Mogul ruler from Afghanistan) who invaded and conquered India in 1556

Answer 25

Mogul Empire

Question 26

Mogul ruler from Afghanistan

Answer 26

Babar

Question 27

Most muslims lived on the ____ and _____ borders

Answer 27

East and West

Question 28

Western section of Mogul Empire

Answer 28

Pakistan

Question 29

Eastern section of Mogul Empire

Answer 29

Bangladesh

Question 30

Contributions of Mogul Empire

Answer 30

Developments in mathematics Damascene Steel

Question 31

Highest quality steel in the world

Answer 31

Damascene Steel

Question 32

2 main rivers of China

Answer 32

Huang He and Yangtze

Question 33

The world's oldest living civilization

Answer 33

China

Question 34

China’s first civilization by the Huang He River

Answer 34

Huang He Civilization

Question 35

Called Chung-kuo meaning “Middle Country

Answer 35

Huang He Civilization

Question 36

Cast bronze and horse drawn chariots

Answer 36

Shang Dynasty

Question 37

Harvested silk

Answer 37

Shang Dynasty

Question 38

created system of writing

Answer 38

Shang Dynasty

Question 39

China’s longest ruling dynasty

Answer 39

Chou Dynasty

Question 40

Two Philosophies created by chou dynasty

Answer 40

Taoism and Confucianism

Question 41

first to rule over a united China

Answer 41

Shih Huang Ti

Question 42

Dynasty that Great Wall of China was built in

Answer 42

Ch’in

Question 43

Ruled at the Height of Ancient China's power

Answer 43

Han Dynasty

Question 44

The Great Silk Road (connected the greatest empire in europe and the greatest empire in asia; connected china and rome)

Answer 44

Han Dynasty

Question 45

conquered China in the 1200s

Answer 45

Genghis Khan (need to know the empire was mongol)

Question 46

Dynasty that Descendants of Khan established

Answer 46

Yuan Dynasty

Question 47

Largest continental empire

Answer 47

Mongols

Question 48

traveled throughout far east during Kublai Khan’s empire

Answer 48

Marco Polo

Question 49

Located in North Pacific Oceans

Answer 49

Japan

Question 50

4 main islands of Japan

Answer 50

Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku

Question 51

Japanese word meaning “source of the sun”

Answer 51

Nippon

Question 52

Word that japan comes from

Answer 52

Cipango

Question 53

original inhabitants of the islands; Korean and Chinese people settled it later

Answer 53

Ainu

Question 54

oldest surviving religion (very common to buddhism)

Answer 54

Shinto

Question 55

Families that ruled small states in Japan

Answer 55

Clan

Question 56

Formed the first empire in Japan

Answer 56

Yamato Clan

Question 57

founder of Japanese civilization

Answer 57

Prince Shotoku

Question 58

established a constitution for japan

Answer 58

Prince Shotoku

Question 59

“The Great Reform” period

Answer 59

Taika

Question 60

formed central government

Answer 60

Taika

Question 61

Emperor of the Shoguns

Answer 61

Mikado

Question 62

When did the Mikado lose his ruling power?

Answer 62

The Middle Ages

Question 63

began to control japanese society

Answer 63

Shoguns(feudal lords)

Question 64

would use daimios (local landlords) and samurai (warriors or knights)

Answer 64

shoguns