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India And China Test Flashcards

1
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Highest mountain range in the world

A

Himalaya Mountains

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2
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Father in charge

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Patriarchal

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3
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Indus Valley cities

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Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

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4
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Who invaded and ruled northern India?

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Aryans

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5
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Divide people into social groups, begun by Aryans, born into it, cannot change, marry into, jobs, 4 Varnas

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Caste system

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6
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Outside of caste system, do “dirty jobs”

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Untouchables

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7
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Priests

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Brahmins

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8
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Language of the Aryana

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Sanskrit

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9
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Polytheistic ( brahma, Vishnu, Siva) use caste system

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Hinduism

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10
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Duty

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Dharma

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11
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Good and bad forces

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Karma

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12
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Reunite with Brahman

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Moksha

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13
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Rebirth

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Reincarnation

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14
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Rejects caste system, reincarnation, goal is to reach Nirvana

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Buddha

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15
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Enlightened one

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Siddhartha Gautama

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16
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Buddhas simple message

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4 noble truths

  1. ) life is suffering
  2. ) suffering cause by desire
  3. ) desire can be ended
  4. ) suffering can be ended by following the 8 fold path
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17
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Way to reach Nirvana

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8 fold path

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18
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Release from pain or suffering

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Nirvana

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19
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Begun by Mahavira
•extreme non-violence
•very tolerant of other religions

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Jainism

20
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Why was Asoka a good ruler?

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  • built roads/rest stops
  • concern for well being
  • religious toleration
  • Buddhist-> converts after battle of kalinga
  • stone pillars-> moral teachings
  • protects people/softer
21
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Silk roads

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  • connects China to Europe

- middle men

22
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How did Buddhism spread?

A

Silk Road

23
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Seasonal winds

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Monsoons

24
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Huang He aka yellow river

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  • China’s Sorrow
  • floods irregularly
  • changes course
  • loess
  • North China plain
  • civilization begins here
25
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Loess

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Silt

26
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Zhou dynasty 1027 BC-256 BC

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  • feudalism
  • mandate of heaven- first to use as a justification for ruling
  • roads, canals
  • coined money
  • dynastic cycle
  • longest ruling dynasty
  • cast iron
  • trade
  • classical period
27
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Censorate

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a high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, first established during the Qin dynasty

28
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Dao…

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The way

29
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Filial piety…

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Respect for and obedience to your parent

30
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Legalism

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  • Han Fei
  • lived during the warring states period
  • used during Qin Dynasty
  • human nature is bad, selfish and evil
  • punishment is stressed
  • law- supreme authority and replaces morality
  • ruler-strong punishing
  • war is a means of strengthening a rulers’a power
31
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Confucianism

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  • teaching used as a basis of civil service exams in Han dynasty
  • 5 relationships
  • filial piety
32
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Analects

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  • collection of Confucian sayings

* focus on relationships and the role of rulers “gentlemen”

33
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Emperor Wudi

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•started public schools
•colonized Manchuria, Korea, and Vietnam
•civil service system
-bureaucrats
-Confucian gscholargentlry
-ew merchants
•revival of chineses landscape landscape painting

34
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Han dynasty

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  • civil service jobs
  • education
  • glorious age Silk Road trade develops
  • monopolis
  • Buddhism comes to China
35
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Inventions of the Han Dynasty

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  • paper
  • wheel barrel
  • collar harnesses for horses
  • plow-two blades
  • water mills
36
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Women’s roles in China?

A

Not very important

37
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What were tortoise shells used for during the Shang Dynasty?

A

Writing predictions on then

38
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What was traded on the Silk Road?

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Cloth,grains,ivory, metal, precious stones, silk, slaves, spices timber, tortoise shell

39
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Huns

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Invaders

40
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Why did people practice human sacrifice during the Shang dynasty?

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To worship ancestors

41
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What was the Mandate of Heaven?

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Approval from the gods to rule

42
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What did King Wu do for the people?

A

Created a justice system

43
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What where two things Shihuangdi do to unite his empire?

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Standardized money and writing

44
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How could you raise your rank and social status during the Qin Dynasty?

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Behead an enemy

44
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How did Shihuangdi ensure that he would stay in power?

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Go rid of nobility, state system

44
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What are three inventions of the Chinese?

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Paper, silk, a compass

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