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History Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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Asia three great fertile river valley

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Tigris - Euphrates

Indus

Huang he

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Because it’s geography is so stinky separated from the rest of Asia. India is often called a.

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Subcontinent

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The Indian subcontinent consist of three major land regions

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Himalayan mountain system

Northern plains

Deacon plain

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Hoards of fierce barbarians who invaded India from the northwest

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Aryans

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5
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And is two distinctive cultural features

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Hinduism

Cast system

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Although Hindus worship a host of deities, they believe that these gods are only manifestations of one absolute impersonal universe spirit they call

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Brahma

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This union involves a continuous process of rebirth or______________ according to the law of_________ whereby the soul evolves toward spiritual perfection

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Reincarnation

Karma

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Caste

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A strict division of social classes

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At the top of the Indian social Ladder, there was the

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Brahmans

Princes

Warriors

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10
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The lower cast system was

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Land owners and merchants and farmers and laborers and servants

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Someone who broke the rules of his cast, became an

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Outcaste or pariah or untouchable

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After Alexander’s death, a native Indian family the________________ Drove out the Greeks conquered the entire northern plane and established an empire

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Mauryas

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What was the greatest mauryas ruler

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Asoka

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14
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The religion of Buddhism arose in India around 500 BC with its cycle of__________________ and it’s ultimate goal to escape into oblivion. Buddhism closely resembles Hinduism.

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Reincarnations

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Who made Hinduism?

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Siddhartha Gautama

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16
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The leader of Hinduism eventually became________________ also known as in lighted one

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Buddha

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17
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The soul is completely oblivious of the soul and of the world

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Nirvana

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18
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Another native Indian dynasty established their rule over northern India and______________________________________________

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Inaugurated India’s golden age

19
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Babar made what empire

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Mogol Empire

20
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When India became independent in 1947, the Muslims in these two territories succeeded from India to become the states of

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West and east pakistan

21
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East Pakistan later became

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Bangladesh

22
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The official language of modern Pakistan

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Hindustani

Urdu

23
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China is the worlds oldest

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Living civilization

24
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Two great river systems

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Huang he

Yangtze

25
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The ancient Chinese called their land

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Chung kuo

Middle country

26
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Dynasties

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Ruling families

27
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Under the Shang dynasty they developed

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The system of writing

28
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China’s longest ruling dynasty

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Chou dynasty

29
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China’s Two greatest philosopher

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Lao’tse

Confucius

30
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The practice of these virtues and the worship of once ancestors became the dominant influence in Chinese life, and culture and remained

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Confucianism

31
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Two strong dynasties

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Ch’in

Han

32
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First emperor of a united China

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Shih Huang ti

33
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The name China came from what dynasty

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Ch’in

34
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The world’s largest wall

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Great Wall of China

35
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The height of ancient China’s power and glory

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The Han dynasty

36
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Fierce nomads form the northern steeps of Asia swept into China under the leadership of

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Genghis khan

37
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The Empire of genghis khan eventually stretched from China and Korea in the east to Europe’s Danube river in the west making it the

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Largest continental empire in history

38
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Gks successors went on to establish

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The yuan dynasty

39
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Nippon

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Source of the sun

40
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The name Japan is derived from

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Cipango the name given to it by Marco Polo

41
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The original inhabitants of Japan may have been the Caucasian

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Ainu

42
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D oldest religion in Japan

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Shinto

43
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Clan

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A group of extended families

44
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The founder of Japanese civilization

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Prince shotoku

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