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Unit 4: Indus River and Ancient China

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What mountain ranges impacted the Ancient India and the Indus River Valley?Hindu Kush and Himalayas
What weather event is a defining way of life on the India subcontinent?Monsoons
What were the major cities of the Indus River Valley?Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
What rivers were important to the development of the Indus River Valley?Indus River and the Ganges River
What are some characteristics of Indus cities?Well planned and Sewer systems
What group developed from the nodmadic people who migrated into the Indus River valley and married the Indus people?Aryans
What were the Vedas?Aryan religious books
How did historians get information about the Aryans?Vedas
What was a key feature of Aryan society?Caste System
Who was at the top of Aryan society?Brahmans (Priests)
Which type of people were at the bottom of Aryan society?Untouchables
What are some of the features of Hinduism?Polytheistic, Karma, Reincarnation, Caste System.
What are the good and bad deeds performed in one's life?Karma
What is reincarnation?Rebirth
What religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama?Buddhism
What are the characteristics of Buddhism?Reincarnation, Four noble truths, Eight fold path, Enlightenment, and Nirvana
What river was important to the development of Ancient Chinese civilization?Yellow River
What gave Chinese dynasties the authority to rule?Mandate of Heaven
What commodity became important to the Chinese economy?Silk
What form of government was established under the Zhou Dynasty?Fedualism
What man made marvel was completed during the Qin Dynasty?Great Wall of China
What were some of the key achievements of the "Chinese Golden Age"?Invention of paper, Gun powder, and the construction of the Great Wall


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Grimsley High School
NC

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