Chapter 7 Flashcards
Who were the warlike people who migrated to the Indus Valley from Asia sometime after 1500 BC?
Aryans
What is the physical features is a land called?
Topography
The Aryans established a language in India called _____.
Sanskrit
Vedas (a collection of religious literature) means what?
Knowledge
Want members of the family were included in the joint family?
Children, grandchildren, wives, and close blood relative of a common ancestor
What is the name for the social class in India?
Castes
What determined where you lived, what you did (job), what you wore, what you ate and who you could eat with, as well as whom you can marry
Castes
How many castes and sub castes were there in India?
Between two and three thousand
What religion believes that all religions are equally true and equally false?
Hinduism
What are the philosophical assays explaining the Vedas?
Upanishads
What is the name Hindus give it to the “spirit” they believe it is every god (world soul)?
Braman
According to the Vedas, what is the purpose and goal of man?
To reunite his soul with the world soul
What did the Hindus believe about moving castes?
Good in life = up
Bad in life = down
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
According to Buddhism, what is the state of absolute peace and happiness where one loses himself into nothingness?
Nirvana
What were the 2 “holy books” of Hinduism?
Vedas and Upanishads
What did the Buddhists believe were just “guidebooks” rather than “holy books.”
Vedas and Upanishads
Who was Chandragupta Maurya’s grandson?
Asoka
What is significant about Asoka?
He was the most important leader of the Mauryan Empire; he extended the empire; he became a Buddhist; orgaanized the government
What happened soon after Asoka’s death?
the Mauryan Empire collapsed
What was perhaps the greatest era of prosperity and achievement in India?
the Gupta Empire
Who was the foremost Indian poet and dramatist of the Gupta Empire period.
Kalidasa
Who is known as the “Indian Shakespeare”?
Kalidasa
In ancient days the Chinese named their land _____.
the Middle Kingdom
What is one of the worlds oldest civilizations?
China
What became the leading religion in China?
ancestor worship
Name the two important rivers in China.
Huang He River (aka Yellow River)
Yangtze River
How many characters does the Chinese language have?
over 65 thousand
Tor F?: Chinese is a tonal language.
True
Philosophy—Confucianism or Taoism?
Confucionism
Harmony in relationships—Confucianism or Taoism?
Confucianism
Active living—Confucianism or Taoism?
Confucianism
Mystical—Confucianism or Taoism?
Taoism
Harmony with nature—Confucianism or Taoism?
Taoism
Passive living—Confucianism or Taoism?
Taoism
Who was the founder of Confucianism?
Confucius
Who was the founder of Taoism?
Tao-Tzu
What is the center of Chinese society?
the family
What was the Chinese goal?
Career in government service
What is the religious literature of Confucianism?
Analects
What important relationship did Confucius leave out of Confucianism?
the relationship between man and God
What was the longest lasting Dynasty in China?
Chou dynasty
What Dynasty gave China it’s name?
the Ch’in dynasty
What Dynasty is responsible for the Great Wall of China?
Ch’in
What dynasty ruled during the Pax Sinica?
Han Dynasty
What was the greatest accomplishment of the Han dynasty?
the Silk Road
What was the silk Road?
a trade route between China and Western World
What dynasty reigned during the “golden age of China”?
T’ang Dynasty
What dynasty renewed the interest in art and literature?
T’ong Dynasty
What was the basic unit of social, religious, and political organization in Japan?
the clan
According to legend, who was the first emperor of Japan and who supposedly was a direct descendant of the sun goddess?
Jummu Tenna
What does Shintoism mean?
“the way of the gods”
What prince made Buddhism the favored national religion of Japan?
Prince Shotoku
What became known as the “Great Change”?
the Taika Reform
What was the family that named their daughters to Royalty sons to gain power?
Fujiwara
What was the unwritten code of the samurais that governed their loyalty, honor, justice, courage, sincerity, and politeness?
Bushido
What does Bushido mean?
the way of the warrior
What are the vast grassy plains that stretch from western China to eastern Europe that should be associated with the Mongol Empire?
steppes
Who was one of the greatest conquerors in history(his name means “universal ruler” and should be associated with the Mongols)?
Genghis Khan
Who united the Mongol tribes?
Ghenghis Khan
When did Genghis Khan die/
1227
TorF?: The Mongols completely conquered China.
True
TorF?: Ghenghis Khan died shortly after the Mongols conquered China
False
Who completed the conquest of China?
Kublai Khan
TorF?: Kublai Khan incorporated Chinese elements into his government.
True
TorF?: Ghenghis Khan was the last of the Great Khans
False
TorF?: Batu Khan was the last of the Great Khans.
False
TorF?: Kubla Khan was the last of the Great Khans.
True
The land Batu Khan conquered was known as _____.
The Golden Horde
Who overthrew Mongol control in Moscow?
Ivan III
What does autocratic mean?
ruling with unlimited authority
