test 2 Flashcards
Started near body of water
India, Mesopotamia, China
Percentage that asia covers
33%
First known civilization in asia
dravidians
Process of rebirth
reincarnation
Name that the buddhist priest were called
Brahmans
Native Indian family that controlled India from 321 B.C. to 184 B.C.
Maurya empire
Founded buddhism
Siddharta Gautama
Goal of Hinduism
Becoming one with Brahma
Ruled at the height of india’s golden age
Guptas
Eastern and Western Section of India
Bangladesh(E) and Pakistan(W)
World’s oldest living civilization
China
China’s first civilization
Huang He
Chung-kuo meaning
middle country
China’s longest ruling dynasty
chou
Known for casting bronze, horse drawn chariots, silk, and writing
Shang
Two philosophies during chou dynasty
taoism and confucianism
Great wall of china was built during what dynasty
Ch’in dynasty
Ruled at the height of china
Han dynasty
connected china and rome
Great silk road
traveled throughout far east during Kublai Khan’s empire
Marco polo
Ruled over largest continental empire; conquered China in the 1200s
Genghis Khan
Dynasty that Descendants of Khan established
Yuan dynasty
Means source of the sun
Nippon
original inhabitants of the japanese islands
Ainu
How many independent nations were in Japan
10
Oldest surviving religion
Shintou
Families that ruled states of japan
Clans
Another word for emperor
Mikado
Isthmus that originally connected Asia and Africa
Isthmus of Suez
small states (divisions) of early egyptian history
Nomes
United two halves of egypt
Menez
Called egypt gift of the nile
Herodotus
Plant used in egypt
Papyrus
symbol of egyptian state and society
Pyramid
Language of egypt
Hieroglyphics
Process of preserving bodies
Mummification
Expanded egypt’s borders further than any other ruler
Thutmose III
Took over Egypt after it divided
Ptolemy
a person’s actions in their life affect what they come back as
karma
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Describe Hinduism
Goal: become one with brahma
god: Brahma
Process: giving up any desires
Karma: reincarnation if you fail to achieve this; whatever you come back as is the effect of your actions in life
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Describe the caste system
Brahmans (Hindu Priests)
Princes and Warriors
Landowners and Merchants
Farmers, laborers, and servants
You must remain in the caste you were born in; if you try to break the rules of your caste, youre considered an “Outcaste”
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Describe the three religions of Egypt
humanism (pharaoh), naturalism (frogs, cats, nile river), and polytheism(multiple gods)
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