Chapter 4-6 Flashcards
What is NOT a major river valley in Asia?
Nile
What is the caste system?
strict social structure of India
What was China’s longest ruling dynasty?
Chou
Who built the greatest ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?
Cush
What did Asoka do?
built the Maurya Empire
What important African trading center became a famous center for learning and culture?
Timbuktu
What important African city became an Egyptian center of life and one of the great cities of the Arab world?
Cairo
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt into one nation?
Menes
Ancient India made its greatest contributions to civilization in the realm of ____.
mathematics
Who started the largest continental empire in history?
Genghis Khan
The Book of the Dead is important in the history of ___.
Egypt
Who were Edesius and Frumentius?
missionaries
Shinto is the oldest surviving religion in ___.
Japan
Which country is known to have first made paper?
China
What dynasty inaugurated India’s “golden age”?
Guptas
longest river in the world
Nile River
Africa’s largest lake
Lake Victoria
Africa’s highest mountain
Kilimanjaro
Japan’s most famous mountain
Mount Fuji
Africa’s longest lake
Lake Tanganyika
Africa’s largest desert
Sahara
What false religion, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, tries to reach a state of “nirvana”?
buddhism
What ruler is considered the founder of Japanese civilization?
Prince Shotoku
Who was the Frenchman that was able to decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone?
Champollion
What best symbolizes the Egyptian conception of state and society?
the pyramid
Who was the Egyptian female pharaoh that ruled jointly with her nephew?
Hatshepsut
What highway linked China to the Roman world?
Great Silk Road
What is the largest rift in the earth’s surface?
Great Rift Valley
What beautiful building was built as a tomb for a Mogul ruler’s wife?
Taj Mahal
What two territories seceded from India to become independent states?
Pakistan & Bangladesh
What term was given to the warriors, or knights, of feudal Japan?
Samurai
wrote the oldest surviving hymn
Clement
great pharaoh whose pyramid is the largest
Cheops
emperor of Japan
Mikado
first emperor of a united China
Shih Haung Ti
Egyptian teenage pharaoh
Tutankhamen
great ruler of the Mali Empire in Africa
Mansa Musa
established the Mogul Empire in India
Babar
Greek “Father of History”
Herodotus
remembered for carrying Jesus’ cross
Simon of Cyrene
T/F
The Rosetta Stone helped solve the riddle of Arabian writing
False. Not Arabian but Egyptian
T/F
Alexander’s general Ptolemy was given Macedonia to rule.
False. not Macedonia but Egypt
T/F
Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines are Southeast Asian countries that give some measure of freedom to their people.
True
T/F
Taoism was the pagan religion of the Chinese philosopher Lao-tse
True
T/F
Marco Polo spent 20 years in the service of the Kublai Khan.
True
T/F
Animism is an Indian religion of reincarnation.
False.Not Animism but Hinduism
T/F
Chung-kuo is an ancient name of Japan.
False. Not Japan but China
T/F
The Hyksos ended the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
False. Not Old but Middle
T/F
China is the world’s oldest living civilization.
True
T/F
Mizraim is an ancient name of Egypt.
True
Compare Hinduism with Buddhism and discuss at least two effects these false religions have had on the people of Asia.
They both believe in one diety, Hindus believes in Brahma and Buddhists believe in Buddha. They place their belief on works. The result is spiritual darkness for the people of Asia.
