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history ch 4 Flashcards

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

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Mesopotamia, India, China

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

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Asia

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highest point on land

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Mt. Everest

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lowest point on land (also saltiest)

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Dead Sea

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Why is India classified as a subcontinent

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its size and separation from the rest of Asia

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mountain range that separates India from Asia

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Himalayas

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

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Dravidians

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modern day Iranians

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Aryans

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conquered the Dravidians around 1500

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Aryans

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Most popular religion of India

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Hinduism

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

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Brahma

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What is the purpose of hinduism

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Becoming one with the spirit of Brahma

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

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Reincarnation

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What does hinduism say affects what you reincarnate as

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Karma

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

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

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

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outcaste

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

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Maurya Empire

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The Maurya Empire’s greatest leader

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Asoka

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

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Buddhism

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who founded Buddhism; what did he call himself

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Siddharta Gautama; buddha

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the separation from the world/state of nothingness

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Nirvana

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Purpose of buddhism

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Attempts to reach nirvana through reincarnation

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Ruled India from A.D. 320 to 535

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Gupta Empire

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India’s “Golden Age”

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Gupta Empire

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

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Mogul Empire

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Mogul ruler from Afghanistan

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Babar

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Most muslims lived on the ____ and _____ borders

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East and West

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Western section of Mogul Empire

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Pakistan

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Eastern section of Mogul Empire

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Bangladesh

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Contributions of Mogul Empire

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Developments in mathematics
Damascene Steel

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Highest quality steel in the world

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Damascene Steel

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2 main rivers of China

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Huang He and Yangtze

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The world’s oldest living civilization

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China

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China’s first civilization by the Huang He River

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Huang He Civilization

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Called Chung-kuo meaning “Middle Country

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Huang He Civilization

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Cast bronze and horse drawn chariots

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Shang Dynasty

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Harvested silk

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Shang Dynasty

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created system of writing

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Shang Dynasty

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China’s longest ruling dynasty

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Chou Dynasty

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Two Philosophies created by chou dynasty

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Taoism and Confucianism

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first to rule over a united China

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Shih Huang Ti

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Dynasty that Great Wall of China was built in

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Ch’in

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Ruled at the Height of Ancient China’s power

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Han Dynasty

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

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Han Dynasty

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conquered China in the 1200s

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Genghis Khan (need to know the empire was mongol)

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Dynasty that Descendants of Khan established

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Yuan Dynasty

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Largest continental empire

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Mongols

48
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traveled throughout far east during Kublai Khan’s empire

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Marco Polo

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Located in North Pacific Oceans

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Japan

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4 main islands of Japan

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Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku

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Japanese word meaning “source of the sun”

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Nippon

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Word that japan comes from

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Cipango

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

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Ainu

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oldest surviving religion (very common to buddhism)

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Shinto

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Families that ruled small states in Japan

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Clan

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Formed the first empire in Japan

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Yamato Clan

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founder of Japanese civilization

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Prince Shotoku

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established a constitution for japan

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Prince Shotoku

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“The Great Reform” period

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Taika

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formed central government

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Taika

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Emperor of the Shoguns

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Mikado

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When did the Mikado lose his ruling power?

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The Middle Ages

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began to control japanese society

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Shoguns(feudal lords)

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

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shoguns

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