Chapter 7 Flashcards

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Who were the warlike people who migrated to the Indus Valley from Asia sometime after 1500 BC?

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Aryans

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What is the physical features is a land called?

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Topography

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2
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The Aryans established a language in India called _____.

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Sanskrit

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3
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Vedas (a collection of religious literature) means what?

A

Knowledge

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4
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Want members of the family were included in the joint family?

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Children, grandchildren, wives, and close blood relative of a common ancestor

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What is the name for the social class in India?

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Castes

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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

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Castes

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How many castes and sub castes were there in India?

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Between two and three thousand

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8
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What religion believes that all religions are equally true and equally false?

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Hinduism

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9
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What are the philosophical assays explaining the Vedas?

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Upanishads

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10
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What is the name Hindus give it to the “spirit” they believe it is every god (world soul)?

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Braman

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According to the Vedas, what is the purpose and goal of man?

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To reunite his soul with the world soul

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12
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What did the Hindus believe about moving castes?

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Good in life = up

Bad in life = down

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13
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Who was the founder of Buddhism?

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Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

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According to Buddhism, what is the state of absolute peace and happiness where one loses himself into nothingness?

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Nirvana

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15
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What were the 2 “holy books” of Hinduism?

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Vedas and Upanishads

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What did the Buddhists believe were just “guidebooks” rather than “holy books.”

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Vedas and Upanishads

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17
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Who was Chandragupta Maurya’s grandson?

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Asoka

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18
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What is significant about Asoka?

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He was the most important leader of the Mauryan Empire; he extended the empire; he became a Buddhist; orgaanized the government

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19
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What happened soon after Asoka’s death?

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the Mauryan Empire collapsed

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20
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What was perhaps the greatest era of prosperity and achievement in India?

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the Gupta Empire

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21
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Who was the foremost Indian poet and dramatist of the Gupta Empire period.

A

Kalidasa

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22
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Who is known as the “Indian Shakespeare”?

A

Kalidasa

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23
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In ancient days the Chinese named their land _____.

A

the Middle Kingdom

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24
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What is one of the worlds oldest civilizations?

A

China

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25
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What became the leading religion in China?

A

ancestor worship

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26
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Name the two important rivers in China.

A

Huang He River (aka Yellow River)

Yangtze River

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27
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How many characters does the Chinese language have?

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over 65 thousand

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28
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Tor F?: Chinese is a tonal language.

A

True

29
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Philosophy—Confucianism or Taoism?

A

Confucionism

30
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Harmony in relationships—Confucianism or Taoism?

A

Confucianism

31
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Active living—Confucianism or Taoism?

A

Confucianism

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Mystical—Confucianism or Taoism?

A

Taoism

33
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Harmony with nature—Confucianism or Taoism?

A

Taoism

34
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Passive living—Confucianism or Taoism?

A

Taoism

35
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Who was the founder of Confucianism?

A

Confucius

36
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Who was the founder of Taoism?

A

Tao-Tzu

37
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What is the center of Chinese society?

A

the family

38
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What was the Chinese goal?

A

Career in government service

39
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What is the religious literature of Confucianism?

A

Analects

40
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What important relationship did Confucius leave out of Confucianism?

A

the relationship between man and God

41
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What was the longest lasting Dynasty in China?

A

Chou dynasty

42
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What Dynasty gave China it’s name?

A

the Ch’in dynasty

43
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What Dynasty is responsible for the Great Wall of China?

A

Ch’in

44
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What dynasty ruled during the Pax Sinica?

A

Han Dynasty

45
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What was the greatest accomplishment of the Han dynasty?

A

the Silk Road

46
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What was the silk Road?

A

a trade route between China and Western World

47
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What dynasty reigned during the “golden age of China”?

A

T’ang Dynasty

48
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What dynasty renewed the interest in art and literature?

A

T’ong Dynasty

49
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What was the basic unit of social, religious, and political organization in Japan?

A

the clan

50
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According to legend, who was the first emperor of Japan and who supposedly was a direct descendant of the sun goddess?

A

Jummu Tenna

51
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What does Shintoism mean?

A

“the way of the gods”

52
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What prince made Buddhism the favored national religion of Japan?

A

Prince Shotoku

53
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What became known as the “Great Change”?

A

the Taika Reform

54
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What was the family that named their daughters to Royalty sons to gain power?

A

Fujiwara

55
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What was the unwritten code of the samurais that governed their loyalty, honor, justice, courage, sincerity, and politeness?

A

Bushido

56
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What does Bushido mean?

A

the way of the warrior

57
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What are the vast grassy plains that stretch from western China to eastern Europe that should be associated with the Mongol Empire?

A

steppes

58
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Who was one of the greatest conquerors in history(his name means “universal ruler” and should be associated with the Mongols)?

A

Genghis Khan

59
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Who united the Mongol tribes?

A

Ghenghis Khan

60
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When did Genghis Khan die/

A

1227

61
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TorF?: The Mongols completely conquered China.

A

True

62
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TorF?: Ghenghis Khan died shortly after the Mongols conquered China

A

False

63
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Who completed the conquest of China?

A

Kublai Khan

64
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TorF?: Kublai Khan incorporated Chinese elements into his government.

A

True

65
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TorF?: Ghenghis Khan was the last of the Great Khans

A

False

66
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TorF?: Batu Khan was the last of the Great Khans.

A

False

67
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TorF?: Kubla Khan was the last of the Great Khans.

A

True

68
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The land Batu Khan conquered was known as _____.

A

The Golden Horde

69
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Who overthrew Mongol control in Moscow?

A

Ivan III

70
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What does autocratic mean?

A

ruling with unlimited authority