history ch 4 Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

Mesopotamia, India, China

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2
Q

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

A

Asia

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3
Q

highest point on land

A

Mt. Everest

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4
Q

lowest point on land (also saltiest)

A

Dead Sea

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5
Q

Why is India classified as a subcontinent

A

its size and separation from the rest of Asia

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6
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mountain range that separates India from Asia

A

Himalayas

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7
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earliest known people in Asia (who were in the Indus RIver Valley around 2000 B.C)

A

Dravidians

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8
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modern day Iranians

A

Aryans

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9
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conquered the Dravidians around 1500

A

Aryans

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10
Q

Most popular religion of India

A

Hinduism

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11
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The god of hinduism; “the one universal soul of all living things”

A

Brahma

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12
Q

What is the purpose of hinduism

A

Becoming one with the spirit of Brahma

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13
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process of “rebirth” where a person’s karma (actions in life) evolves the soul toward spiritual perfection

A

Reincarnation

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14
Q

What does hinduism say affects what you reincarnate as

A

Karma

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15
Q

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

A

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

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16
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“untouchable”; someone who has broken the rule of his caste

A

outcaste

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17
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Native Indian family (Mauryas) that controlled India from 321 B.C. to 184 B.C.

A

Maurya Empire

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18
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The Maurya Empire’s greatest leader

A

Asoka

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19
Q

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

A

Buddhism

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20
Q

who founded Buddhism; what did he call himself

A

Siddharta Gautama; buddha

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21
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the separation from the world/state of nothingness

A

Nirvana

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22
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Purpose of buddhism

A

Attempts to reach nirvana through reincarnation

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23
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Ruled India from A.D. 320 to 535

A

Gupta Empire

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24
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India’s “Golden Age”

A

Gupta Empire

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25
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Babar (Mogul ruler from Afghanistan) who invaded and conquered India in 1556

A

Mogul Empire

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26
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Mogul ruler from Afghanistan

A

Babar

27
Q

Most muslims lived on the ____ and _____ borders

A

East and West

28
Q

Western section of Mogul Empire

A

Pakistan

29
Q

Eastern section of Mogul Empire

A

Bangladesh

30
Q

Contributions of Mogul Empire

A

Developments in mathematics
Damascene Steel

31
Q

Highest quality steel in the world

A

Damascene Steel

32
Q

2 main rivers of China

A

Huang He and Yangtze

33
Q

The world’s oldest living civilization

A

China

34
Q

China’s first civilization by the Huang He River

A

Huang He Civilization

35
Q

Called Chung-kuo meaning “Middle Country

A

Huang He Civilization

36
Q

Cast bronze and horse drawn chariots

A

Shang Dynasty

37
Q

Harvested silk

A

Shang Dynasty

38
Q

created system of writing

A

Shang Dynasty

39
Q

China’s longest ruling dynasty

A

Chou Dynasty

40
Q

Two Philosophies created by chou dynasty

A

Taoism and Confucianism

41
Q

first to rule over a united China

A

Shih Huang Ti

42
Q

Dynasty that Great Wall of China was built in

A

Ch’in

43
Q

Ruled at the Height of Ancient China’s power

A

Han Dynasty

44
Q

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

A

Han Dynasty

45
Q

conquered China in the 1200s

A

Genghis Khan (need to know the empire was mongol)

46
Q

Dynasty that Descendants of Khan established

A

Yuan Dynasty

47
Q

Largest continental empire

A

Mongols

48
Q

traveled throughout far east during Kublai Khan’s empire

A

Marco Polo

49
Q

Located in North Pacific Oceans

A

Japan

50
Q

4 main islands of Japan

A

Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku

51
Q

Japanese word meaning “source of the sun”

A

Nippon

52
Q

Word that japan comes from

A

Cipango

53
Q

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

A

Ainu

54
Q

oldest surviving religion (very common to buddhism)

A

Shinto

55
Q

Families that ruled small states in Japan

A

Clan

56
Q

Formed the first empire in Japan

A

Yamato Clan

57
Q

founder of Japanese civilization

A

Prince Shotoku

58
Q

established a constitution for japan

A

Prince Shotoku

59
Q

“The Great Reform” period

A

Taika

60
Q

formed central government

A

Taika

61
Q

Emperor of the Shoguns

A

Mikado

62
Q

When did the Mikado lose his ruling power?

A

The Middle Ages

63
Q

began to control japanese society

A

Shoguns(feudal lords)

64
Q

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

A

shoguns