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what are Asia’s three great fertile river valleys?

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Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, and Huang He

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What is the largest of the seven continents?

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Asia

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what is the most populous continent?

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Asia

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what is the most mountainous continent?

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Asia

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why is India referred to as the subcontinent

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because of its geography is separated from the rest of Asia

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what are the major land regions the Indian subcontinent consists of?

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Himalayan Mountain system, Norther Plains, Deccan Plateau

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hordes of fierce barbarians who invaded India from the northwest.

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Aryans

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who are the indigenous people of India that were overwhelmed by the Aryans.

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Dravidians

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one absolute, impersonal, universal spirit worshipped by the Hindus

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Brahma

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process of rebirth whereby the soul evolves towards spiritual perfection

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reincarnation

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a strict division of social classes

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caste

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top of the social caste/ Hindu priests

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Brahmans

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order of the caste system from highest to lowest

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  • Brahmans
  • princes and warriors
  • landowners, merchants, farmers, laborers, and servants
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a person who broke the rules of his caste

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and outcaste (pariah or untouchable)

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What is the highest point on earth?

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Mt. Everest

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What is the lowest point on earth

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Dead Sea

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Who invaded the indigenous people of the Dravidians

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Aryans

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What are India’s two distinctive cultural features?

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Hinduism and the caste system

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What god did Hinduism worship

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Brahma

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Which animal did the Hinduism worship

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The cow

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Is it allowed to leave your caste in India?

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No

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Who overthrew the Persian empire

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Alexander the Great, greek

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Which Indian family drove out the Greeks, conquered the entire northern plain, and established the Maurya Empire?

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The Mauryas

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Who was the Mauryas’ greatest ruler?

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Asoka

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From which religions did Asoka convert to
Hinduism to Buddhism
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Religion that arose in India around 500 B.C. With its cycles of reincarnation and its ultimate goal of escape into oblivion
Buddhism
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An upper-caste Hindu nobleman that found Buddhism and became known as Buddha
Siddharta Gautama
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What word means “enlightened one” ?
Buddha
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Spiritual state of mind in which the soul is completely oblivious of the self and of the world
Nirvana
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Native Indian dynasty established between A.D. 320 and 535, that inaugurated India’s golden age.
Guptas
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Muslim warrior of Mongol extraction that invaded India from Afghanistan and founded the Mogul Empire
Babar
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Which empire did Babar establish
The Mogul Empire
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Mogul is derived from what
Mongol
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Word that means “best of buildings”
Taj Mahal
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After India got their independence from England in 1947, how did the country divide
East and West Pakistan
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What did East Pakistan later become?
Bangladesh
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What is the official language of modern Pakistan
Urdu
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Which language is a mix of Arabic and Hindi
Hindustani or Urdu
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What is India’s contribution to civilization?
Development of place value and a decimal numeral system Development of Arabic numerals Development of Algebra Development of cipher (now called zero)
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Meaning “reunion of broken parts”
Algebra
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A cotton material with usually a checked or figured print
Calico
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What did the Arabs obtain from India for weapons?
Damascene steel
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What is the world’s oldest living civilization
China
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Where did the first known Chinese civiliza-tion settle?
Huang He
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By what name did the ancient Chinese call their land?
Chung-kuo
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Word meaning “middle country”
Chung-kuo
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What were the major accomplishments of the Shang dynasty in China?
Their writing system
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What was China’s longest ruling dynasty?
Chou dynasty
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Who were China’s two greatest philosophers during the Chou dynasty?
Lao-tse and Confucius
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From what dynasty did the name China originate?
Ch’in dynasty
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What was the longest fortification built in the Ch’in dynasty?
The Wall of China
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What dynasty marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory?
The Han dynasty
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Name some contributions of the Han dynasty
The calendar Silk cloth Glazed pottery Paper
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What was significant about the empire of Genghis Khan? What dynasty was estab-lished by his successors?
- It was he largest continental empire in history - his successor started the Yuan dynasty
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What empire was in existence when the Taj Mahal was built
The Mogul empire
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How many dynasties does China have
10 dynasties
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What was Lao-tse’s philosophy called
Taoism
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Philosopher that taught his followers to respect tradition, reverence learning, cherish honesty, and honor family ties
Confucius
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What was Confucius’s philosophy called
Confucianism
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Who was the founder of the Ch’in dynasty
Shih Huang Ti
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What are the two major dialects in China
Mandarin dialect (northern) Cantonese dialect (southern)
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How many characters does the Chinese writing have
Nearly 50,000 characters
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Who was the first emperor of a united China
Shih Huang Ti
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What dynasty marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory
The Han dynasty
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What linked China with the Roman world
The Great Silk Road
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Fierce nomads from the northern steppes of Asia that swept into China. What was the name of their leader?
The Mongols; Genghis Khan
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Who was the grandson of Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
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Italian that spent nearly 20 years in the kingdom of Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
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What are China’s two great River systems?
Huang He and Yantze
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River known as “China’s Sorrow”
Huang He
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What are Japan’s four major islands
- Hokkaido - Honshu - Kyushu - Shikoku
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Mountain that covers 70 percent of Japan’s land area
Mt. Fuji
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Word meaning “source of the sun”
Nippon
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Name given by Marco Polo/ name from which Japan is derived from
Cipango
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The original inhabitants of Japan
Ainu
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What culture do the Japanese have in common with the Chinese?
The worship of ancestors
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A religion of nature worship and the oldest surviving religion in Japan
Shinto
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A group of extended families
A clan
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Ancestors of Japan’s imperial family that established a loose rule over the other clans
Yamato clan
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The ‘founder of Japanese civilization’
Prince Shotoku
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What is Prince Shotoku’s greatest accomplishment?
The establishment of a “constitution”
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Great Reform/ a central government was formed, the emperor became the owner of the land, and a tax system was set up
Taika
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Japanese emperor
Mikado
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Feudal lords who controlled public affairs in Japan
Shoguns
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Local landlords of Japan
Daimios
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Warriors or knights who served in the private army of the daimios in Japan
Samurai
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What became the dominant religion of Korea?
Buddhism
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What are ten independent nations of Southeast Asia?
Myanmar Thailand Laos Cambodia Vietnam Malaysia Singapore Indonesia The Philippines Brunei
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What are the chief religions of Southeast Asia?
Buddhism and Islam
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Although Southeast Asia is abundant in natural resources, why are the resources undeveloped?
Because of communism

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