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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

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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

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Buddhism

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An upper-caste Hindu nobleman that found Buddhism and became known as Buddha

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Siddharta Gautama

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What word means “enlightened one” ?

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Buddha

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Spiritual state of mind in which the soul is completely oblivious of the self and of the world

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Nirvana

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Native Indian dynasty established between A.D. 320 and 535, that inaugurated India’s golden age.

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Guptas

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Muslim warrior of Mongol extraction that invaded India from Afghanistan and founded the Mogul Empire

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Babar

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Which empire did Babar establish

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The Mogul Empire

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Mogul is derived from what

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Mongol

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Word that means “best of buildings”

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Taj Mahal

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After India got their independence from England in 1947, how did the country divide

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East and West Pakistan

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What did East Pakistan later become?

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Bangladesh

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What is the official language of modern Pakistan

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Urdu

38
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Which language is a mix of Arabic and Hindi

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Hindustani or Urdu

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What is India’s contribution to civilization?

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Development of place value and a decimal numeral system
Development of Arabic numerals
Development of Algebra
Development of cipher (now called zero)

40
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Meaning “reunion of broken parts”

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Algebra

41
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A cotton material with usually a checked or figured print

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Calico

42
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What did the Arabs obtain from India for weapons?

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Damascene steel

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What is the world’s oldest living civilization

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China

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Where did the first known Chinese civiliza-tion settle?

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Huang He

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By what name did the ancient Chinese call their land?

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Chung-kuo

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Word meaning “middle country”

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Chung-kuo

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What were the major accomplishments of the Shang dynasty in China?

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Their writing system

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What was China’s longest ruling dynasty?

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Chou dynasty

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Who were China’s two greatest philosophers during the Chou dynasty?

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Lao-tse and Confucius

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From what dynasty did the name China originate?

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Ch’in dynasty

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What was the longest fortification built in the Ch’in dynasty?

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The Wall of China

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What dynasty marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory?

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The Han dynasty

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Name some contributions of the Han dynasty

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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?

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  • It was he largest continental empire in history
  • his successor started the Yuan dynasty
55
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What empire was in existence when the Taj Mahal was built

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The Mogul empire

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How many dynasties does China have

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10 dynasties

57
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What was Lao-tse’s philosophy called

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Taoism

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Philosopher that taught his followers to respect tradition, reverence learning, cherish honesty, and honor family ties

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Confucius

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What was Confucius’s philosophy called

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Confucianism

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Who was the founder of the Ch’in dynasty

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Shih Huang Ti

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What are the two major dialects in China

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Mandarin dialect (northern)
Cantonese dialect (southern)

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How many characters does the Chinese writing have

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Nearly 50,000 characters

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Who was the first emperor of a united China

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Shih Huang Ti

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What dynasty marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory

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The Han dynasty

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What linked China with the Roman world

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The Great Silk Road

66
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Fierce nomads from the northern steppes of Asia that swept into China. What was the name of their leader?

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The Mongols; Genghis Khan

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Who was the grandson of Genghis Khan

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Kublai Khan

68
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Italian that spent nearly 20 years in the kingdom of Kublai Khan

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Marco Polo

69
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What are China’s two great River systems?

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Huang He and Yantze

70
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River known as “China’s Sorrow”

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Huang He

71
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What are Japan’s four major islands

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  • Hokkaido
  • Honshu
  • Kyushu
  • Shikoku
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Mountain that covers 70 percent of Japan’s land area

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Mt. Fuji

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Word meaning “source of the sun”

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Nippon

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Name given by Marco Polo/ name from which Japan is derived from

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Cipango

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The original inhabitants of Japan

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Ainu

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What culture do the Japanese have in common with the Chinese?

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The worship of ancestors

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A religion of nature worship and the oldest surviving religion in Japan

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Shinto

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A group of extended families

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A clan

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Ancestors of Japan’s imperial family that established a loose rule over the other clans

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Yamato clan

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The ‘founder of Japanese civilization’

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Prince Shotoku

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What is Prince Shotoku’s greatest accomplishment?

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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

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Taika

83
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Japanese emperor

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Mikado

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Feudal lords who controlled public affairs in Japan

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Shoguns

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Local landlords of Japan

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Daimios

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Warriors or knights who served in the private army of the daimios in Japan

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Samurai

87
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What became the dominant religion of Korea?

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Buddhism

88
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What are ten independent nations of Southeast Asia?

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Myanmar
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
The Philippines
Brunei

89
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What are the chief religions of Southeast Asia?

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Buddhism and Islam

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Although Southeast Asia is abundant in natural resources, why are the resources undeveloped?

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Because of communism

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