India And China Test

Question 1

Highest mountain range in the world

Answer 1

Himalaya Mountains

Question 2

Father in charge

Answer 2

Patriarchal

Question 3

Indus Valley cities

Answer 3

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

Question 4

Who invaded and ruled northern India?

Answer 4

Aryans

Question 5

Divide people into social groups, begun by Aryans, born into it, cannot change, marry into, jobs, 4 Varnas

Answer 5

Caste system

Question 6

Outside of caste system, do “dirty jobs”

Answer 6

Untouchables

Question 7

Priests

Answer 7

Brahmins

Question 8

Language of the Aryana

Answer 8

Sanskrit

Question 9

Polytheistic ( brahma, Vishnu, Siva) use caste system

Answer 9

Hinduism

Question 10

Duty

Answer 10

Dharma

Question 11

Good and bad forces

Answer 11

Karma

Question 12

Reunite with Brahman

Answer 12

Moksha

Question 13

Rebirth

Answer 13

Reincarnation

Question 14

Rejects caste system, reincarnation, goal is to reach Nirvana

Answer 14

Buddha

Question 15

Enlightened one

Answer 15

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 16

Buddhas simple message

Answer 16

4 noble truths

1. ) life is suffering
2. ) suffering cause by desire
3. ) desire can be ended
4. ) suffering can be ended by following the 8 fold path

Question 17

Way to reach Nirvana

Answer 17

8 fold path

Question 18

Release from pain or suffering

Answer 18

Nirvana

Question 19

Begun by Mahavira
•extreme non-violence
•very tolerant of other religions

Answer 19

Jainism

Question 20

Why was Asoka a good ruler?

Answer 20

• built roads/rest stops
• concern for well being
• religious toleration
• Buddhist-> converts after battle of kalinga
• stone pillars-> moral teachings
• protects people/softer

Question 21

Silk roads

Answer 21

• connects China to Europe

- middle men

Question 22

How did Buddhism spread?

Answer 22

Silk Road

Question 23

Seasonal winds

Answer 23

Monsoons

Question 24

Huang He aka yellow river

Answer 24

• China’s Sorrow
• floods irregularly
• changes course
• loess
• North China plain
• civilization begins here

Question 25

Loess

Answer 25

Silt

Question 26

Zhou dynasty 1027 BC-256 BC

Answer 26

* feudalism * mandate of heaven- first to use as a justification for ruling * roads, canals * coined money * dynastic cycle * longest ruling dynasty * cast iron * trade * classical period

Question 27

Censorate

Answer 27

a high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, first established during the Qin dynasty

Question 28

Dao...

Answer 28

The way

Question 29

Filial piety...

Answer 29

Respect for and obedience to your parent

Question 30

Legalism

Answer 30

* Han Fei * lived during the warring states period * used during Qin Dynasty * human nature is bad, selfish and evil * punishment is stressed * law- supreme authority and replaces morality * ruler-strong punishing * war is a means of strengthening a rulers'a power

Question 31

Confucianism

Answer 31

* teaching used as a basis of civil service exams in Han dynasty * 5 relationships * filial piety

Question 32

Analects

Answer 32

* collection of Confucian sayings | * focus on relationships and the role of rulers "gentlemen"

Question 33

Emperor Wudi

Answer 33

•started public schools •colonized Manchuria, Korea, and Vietnam •civil service system -bureaucrats -Confucian gscholargentlry -ew merchants •revival of chineses landscape landscape painting

Question 34

Han dynasty

Answer 34

* civil service jobs * education * glorious age Silk Road trade develops * monopolis * Buddhism comes to China

Question 35

Inventions of the Han Dynasty

Answer 35

* paper * wheel barrel * collar harnesses for horses * plow-two blades * water mills

Question 36

Women's roles in China?

Answer 36

Not very important

Question 37

What were tortoise shells used for during the Shang Dynasty?

Answer 37

Writing predictions on then

Question 38

What was traded on the Silk Road?

Answer 38

Cloth,grains,ivory, metal, precious stones, silk, slaves, spices timber, tortoise shell

Question 39

Huns

Answer 39

Invaders

Question 40

Why did people practice human sacrifice during the Shang dynasty?

Answer 40

To worship ancestors

Question 41

What was the Mandate of Heaven?

Answer 41

Approval from the gods to rule

Question 42

What did King Wu do for the people?

Answer 42

Created a justice system

Question 43

What where two things Shihuangdi do to unite his empire?

Answer 43

Standardized money and writing

Question 44

How could you raise your rank and social status during the Qin Dynasty?

Answer 44

Behead an enemy

Question 44

How did Shihuangdi ensure that he would stay in power?

Answer 44

Go rid of nobility, state system

Question 44

What are three inventions of the Chinese?

Answer 44

Paper, silk, a compass