Pre-AP World History Test #3

Question 1

Indus Geography

Answer 1

Natural Protection:
Himalayan Mts. in the N and NE
Hindu Kush Mts. in the NW
India is surrounded on 3 three by the Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea to the W, and Bay of Bengal to the E
Thar Desert in the NW corner

Question 2

Indus River

Answer 2

Source of Indus for Tibetan China
Flows SW for 2000 miles (through Pakistan)

Question 3

Where was the Indus Valley located?

Answer 3

From 3300-1300 BCE, it extended from NE Afghanistan to Pakistan and NW India

Question 4

Innovations of the Indus Civilizations

Answer 4

standardized weights and measures,
seal carving, and
metallurgy with copper, bronze, lead, and tin.

Question 5

Why might the civilization have ended?

Answer 5

due to climate change and migration

Question 6

Accomplishments:
1000+ cities
Most important excavated cities; Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
Well planned and laid out cities
Sewer, drainage and water systems
Extensive trade networks through Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia
Very little evidence of social stratification–possibly egalitarian?
No lavish palaces or tombs of leaders
No evidence of warfare but lots of toys
Script still undeciphered

Answer 6

Accomplishments:
1000+ cities
Most important excavated cities; Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
Well planned and laid out cities
Sewer, drainage and water systems
Extensive trade networks through Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia
Very little evidence of social stratification–possibly egalitarian?
No lavish palaces or tombs of leaders
No evidence of warfare but lots of toys
Script still undeciphered

Question 7

Main Features

Answer 7

Planned cities
Extensive trade Networks
Undeciphered Script
Lack of hierarchy

Question 8

Mohenjo Daro, Harappa

Answer 8

Most important excavated cities
Laid out on a grid
Both were almost identical

Question 9

Planned Cities

Answer 9

Laid out on a grid

Question 10

Indus Script

Answer 10

Engraved on small stone seals
Less than 30 characters

Question 11

Utopia Argument

Question 12

China Geography

Question 13

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 13

Belief that the emperor was chosen by heaven to rule

Question 14

Shang Metal Working

Question 15

Oracle Bones

Answer 15

Designed to predict the future and help rulers govern
Shang asked ancestors for advice through use of oracle bones
Inscribed bits of animal bone, turtle shell
Living person asked question of ancestor
Hot piece of metal applied, cracking the bones surface
Specially trained priests interpret

Question 16

Origins of Chinese Writing

Answer 16

Oracle bones were the basis of Chinese writing, pictograms were found
Each character stands for an idea, not sound
Barely literate needed to know 1,000
Scholars knew 10,000

Question 17

Shang Burials

Question 18

Shang Warfare