India and China

• What is the primary feature of India's climate

  monsoons, (i.e. Seasonal wind pattern)
• What was the Harappa Civillization's economy based on

  Farming
• What area in India had a large amount of copper, lumber and precious stones, that were traded throughout the region, during the Harappa Civilization?

  Indus River Valley
• What Indo-European speaking nomadic people settled in Northern India and later extended their control throughout all of India

  Aryans
• What language did the Aryans use as their written language

  Sanskrit
• What was in the top caste of the Aryan's Caste system

  Brahmins
• What was in the bottom caste of the aryan's caste system

  Untouchables (slaves)
• What religion had its origins in the religious beliefs of the aryans

  Hinduism
• What was the name of the Hindu form of ultimate reality

  Brahman
• What did the Hindu develop to train to reach ultimate reality

  Yoga
• Who were the three chief gods of the Hindu religion

  Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
• Whose army refused to continue to fight when they reached india

  Alexander the Great
• What empire was developed after Alexander the Great;s power faded

  Mauryan
• Under whose leadership did the Mauryan Empire become the first to control nearly all of India

  Asoka
• What religion did Asoka turn to put an end to his military conquest

  Buddhism
• Who is considered to be the greatest ruler in the history of India

  Asoka
• Who founded buddhism

  Siddhartha Gautama
• In Buddhism, wisdom is the step to achieve what


  Nirvana
• The Buddhist believe you should live by how many Noble Truths

  four
• List the steps of the Eightfold Path


  Right view, Right intentions, Right speech, Right actions, Right living, Right effort, Right Mindfulness, Right concentration
• What first-century empire spread throughout northern India and into Afghanistan and Pakistan

  Kushan
• What famous trade route did the Kushan Empire profit from because it passed through their territory

  Silk road
• What language did the Kushan Empire use

  Greek
• Who conquered the Kusan Empire in the third century AD 


  persians
• During what empire did India flourish and make great progress in culture and arts

  Gupta
• During the Guptas Empire, much of their wealth came from people from throughout India and China coming to visit what


  Religious Temples; pilgrims
• Whose invasions lead to the collapse of the Gupta Empire?

  Huns
• What is the earliest known literature in India

  Vedas
• What is the most popular Sanskrit poem

  cloud messenger
• What crops did the farmers of the Shang Dynasty grow

  Millet, Wheat, Rice
• During the Shang dynasty, what was the symbol of the rulers

  Dragons
• During the Shang Dynasty, what language did they use

  Mandarin Chinese
• What Dynasty overthrew the Shang dynasty 


  Zhou
• During what dynasty did copper coins come into use

  Zhou
• What was considered the heart of China

  Family
• Who is known as the first teacher by the Chinese

  Confucius
• Where are Confucius's teachings recorded in

  Analects
• Who was the first Emperor of a unified China

  Qin shi huang di
• Who was buried guarded by a terracota army

  Qin shi huangdi
• What group of invaders, from north of china, threatened villages along China's northern border during the Qin dynasty

  xiongnu