898218584 | Family member whom Shang people revered | Ancestors | 0 | |
898218585 | Persons for whom ancient Chinese developed contempt | Foreigners | 1 | |
898218586 | What the Chinese considered all foreigners to be | Barbarians | 2 | |
898218587 | Ruling families in China | Dynasties | 3 | |
898218588 | Bandit leaders who controlled large areas of China | Warlords | 4 | |
898218589 | Living family members who were most respected in China | Elders | 5 | |
898218590 | Class of people who lived in Chinese cities | The rich (rich, learned, and skilled) | 6 | |
898218591 | Class of people who lived outside of the cities | Poor (farmers, peasants) | 7 | |
898218592 | People whose civilization flourished in India between 2500 and 1500 b.c. | Harappans | 8 | |
898218593 | Indo-Europeans who invaded northern India around 1200 b.c. | Aryans | 9 | |
898218594 | Types of people the Aryans were-definitely not city dwellers | Nomads | 10 | |
898218595 | First historical dynasty of China | Shang | 11 | |
898218596 | Shang government rulers | Hereditary kings | 12 | |
898218597 | Class of people just below the Shang rulers | Nobles | 13 | |
898218598 | Stone age inhabitant of China | Peking man | 14 | |
898218599 | Most admired members of early Aryan society | Warriors | 15 | |
898218600 | Aryan priests | Brahmans | 16 | |
898218601 | Physical characteristic of Aryans that separated them from the people they conquered | Light skin | 17 | |
898218602 | Lengendary first dynasty of China | Hsia | 18 | |
898218603 | People who overthrew China's first historical dynasty | Chou | 19 | |
898218604 | Officials in charge of the Shang calendar | Priest-astronomers | 20 | |
898218605 | Legendary founder of the Hsia kingdom | Yii the Great | 21 | |
898218606 | River whose valley was the site of India's first civilization | Indus | 22 | |
898218607 | Northernmost of China's two greatest rivers | Yellow | 23 | |
898218608 | Southernmost of China's two greatest rivers | Yangtze | 24 | |
898218609 | Major body of water on China's eastern boundary | Pacific Ocean | 25 | |
898218610 | Major Indian river that flowed southeasternly | Ganges | 26 | |
898218611 | "China's sorrow" or "the great sorrow" | Yellow River | 27 | |
898218612 | Body of water on China's eastern boundary into which the Yellow River flowed | Yellow Sea | 28 | |
898218613 | Desert in the north of China | Gobi | 29 | |
898218614 | Major pass through India's northwestern mountains | Khyber Pass | 30 | |
898218615 | Body of water into which the Indus River emptied | Arabian Sea | 31 | |
898218616 | India's northeastern mountains | Himalayas | 32 | |
898218617 | One of ancient India's twin capitals | Harappa | 33 | |
898218618 | The other of ancient India's twin capitals | Mohenjo-Daro | 34 | |
898218619 | Geographic term for India, rather than "country" | Subcontinent | 35 | |
898218620 | Three geographical factors that kept Eastern peoples isolated | Wide deserts, high mountains, and large bodies of water | 36 | |
898218621 | Chinese name of the Yellow River | Huang He | 37 | |
898218622 | Chinese term for the land of the two major river valleys | Middle Kingdom | 38 | |
898218623 | India's northwestern mountain range | Hindu Kush | 39 | |
898218624 | Broad area populated by the spreading Aryans | Indus-Ganges plain | 40 | |
898218625 | Capital city of an early Chinese dynasty | Anyang | 41 | |
898218626 | Large river south of China's two greatest rivers | The Si | 42 | |
898218627 | What the Aryans did to the Harappan cities | "Destroyed them" | 43 | |
898218628 | Indian social structure that began under the Aryans | Class division | 44 | |
898218629 | Structures used to control the rivers | Dikes and dams | 45 | |
898218630 | India's seasonal wind | Monsoon | 46 | |
898218631 | Most Harappan gods were of this sex | Female | 47 | |
898218632 | Harappan improvement in brick making | Kiln drying | 48 | |
898218633 | Unique feature of Harappan cities' design | City Planning | 49 | |
898218634 | Crop used to make cloth, first grown by Harappans | Cotton | 50 | |
898218635 | "Modern" system that kept Harappan cities sanitary | Sewer System | 51 | |
898218636 | Center of each Harappan city | Citadel | 52 | |
898218637 | Grain-storage buildings in Harappan cities | Granaries | 53 | |
898218638 | Main crop of the Aryans on the central Indian plain | Barley | 54 | |
898218639 | Harappan cities were built on this feature as another form of flood protection | Mounds | 55 | |
898218640 | How streets were laid out in Harappan cities | In a grid | 56 | |
898218641 | Artifacts that contain most of the known examples of Harappan writing | Seals | 57 | |
898218642 | The Aryan period in Indian history, from 1500 to 1000 B.C. | Vedic Age | 58 | |
898218643 | Language of the Aryans | Sanskrit | 59 | |
898218644 | The Aryans' collection of sacred knowledge | Vedas | 60 | |
898218645 | Huge watertight tank in a Harappan city | The Great Bath | 61 | |
898218646 | Indus valley religion | Animism | 62 | |
898218647 | Basic unit of earliest Aryan society | Tribe | 63 | |
898218648 | Source of our knowledge about earliest Chinese history | Legends | 64 | |
898218649 | Structures used to contain the river's high water levels | Dikes | 65 | |
898218650 | The river sometimes did this when flooding | Change course | 66 | |
898218651 | Material produced for wealthy people's clothing | Silk | 67 | |
898218652 | Creatures that produced silk | Silkworms | 68 | |
898218653 | Legendary creatures that were driven out of China's river valleys | Dragons and serpents | 69 | |
898218654 | grains grown by the ancient Chinese | Millet, wheat, barley, and rice | 70 | |
898218655 | Where poor Chinese people lived | Countryside | 71 | |
898218656 | Material used for war-chariots, weapons, and works of art | Bronze | 72 | |
898218657 | Forces in nature that the Shang worshipped | Spirits | 73 | |
898218658 | Reverence for a family's forebears | Ancestor worship | 74 | |
898218659 | Strongest connection among Chinese people | Family Ties | 75 | |
898218660 | Main economic base of the Shang dynasty | Agriculture | 76 | |
898218661 | Type of calendar used by the Shang, adjusted as necessary | Lunar calendar | 77 | |
898218662 | Building material that was abundant along the Chinese rivers | Clay | 78 | |
898218663 | Center of early Chinese cities | Palace and temple | 79 | |
898218664 | Items that were inscribed with questions for ancestors | Oracle bones | 80 | |
898218665 | writing as an art, practiced by the ancient Chinese | Calligraphy | 81 | |
898218666 | Number of written characters a well-educated Chinese had to know | More than 10000 | 82 | |
898218667 | Material that gave the Yellow River its color and name | Silt | 83 | |
898218668 | Social and economic division that weakened the Shang dynasty | Gap between rich and poor | 84 |
Jeopardy 4: Far Eastern Civilization: Ancient India & China Flashcards
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