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Jeopardy 4: Far Eastern Civilization: Ancient India & China Flashcards

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898218584Family member whom Shang people reveredAncestors0
898218585Persons for whom ancient Chinese developed contemptForeigners1
898218586What the Chinese considered all foreigners to beBarbarians2
898218587Ruling families in ChinaDynasties3
898218588Bandit leaders who controlled large areas of ChinaWarlords4
898218589Living family members who were most respected in ChinaElders5
898218590Class of people who lived in Chinese citiesThe rich (rich, learned, and skilled)6
898218591Class of people who lived outside of the citiesPoor (farmers, peasants)7
898218592People whose civilization flourished in India between 2500 and 1500 b.c.Harappans8
898218593Indo-Europeans who invaded northern India around 1200 b.c.Aryans9
898218594Types of people the Aryans were-definitely not city dwellersNomads10
898218595First historical dynasty of ChinaShang11
898218596Shang government rulersHereditary kings12
898218597Class of people just below the Shang rulersNobles13
898218598Stone age inhabitant of ChinaPeking man14
898218599Most admired members of early Aryan societyWarriors15
898218600Aryan priestsBrahmans16
898218601Physical characteristic of Aryans that separated them from the people they conqueredLight skin17
898218602Lengendary first dynasty of ChinaHsia18
898218603People who overthrew China's first historical dynastyChou19
898218604Officials in charge of the Shang calendarPriest-astronomers20
898218605Legendary founder of the Hsia kingdomYii the Great21
898218606River whose valley was the site of India's first civilizationIndus22
898218607Northernmost of China's two greatest riversYellow23
898218608Southernmost of China's two greatest riversYangtze24
898218609Major body of water on China's eastern boundaryPacific Ocean25
898218610Major Indian river that flowed southeasternlyGanges26
898218611"China's sorrow" or "the great sorrow"Yellow River27
898218612Body of water on China's eastern boundary into which the Yellow River flowedYellow Sea28
898218613Desert in the north of ChinaGobi29
898218614Major pass through India's northwestern mountainsKhyber Pass30
898218615Body of water into which the Indus River emptiedArabian Sea31
898218616India's northeastern mountainsHimalayas32
898218617One of ancient India's twin capitalsHarappa33
898218618The other of ancient India's twin capitalsMohenjo-Daro34
898218619Geographic term for India, rather than "country"Subcontinent35
898218620Three geographical factors that kept Eastern peoples isolatedWide deserts, high mountains, and large bodies of water36
898218621Chinese name of the Yellow RiverHuang He37
898218622Chinese term for the land of the two major river valleysMiddle Kingdom38
898218623India's northwestern mountain rangeHindu Kush39
898218624Broad area populated by the spreading AryansIndus-Ganges plain40
898218625Capital city of an early Chinese dynastyAnyang41
898218626Large river south of China's two greatest riversThe Si42
898218627What the Aryans did to the Harappan cities"Destroyed them"43
898218628Indian social structure that began under the AryansClass division44
898218629Structures used to control the riversDikes and dams45
898218630India's seasonal windMonsoon46
898218631Most Harappan gods were of this sexFemale47
898218632Harappan improvement in brick makingKiln drying48
898218633Unique feature of Harappan cities' designCity Planning49
898218634Crop used to make cloth, first grown by HarappansCotton50
898218635"Modern" system that kept Harappan cities sanitarySewer System51
898218636Center of each Harappan cityCitadel52
898218637Grain-storage buildings in Harappan citiesGranaries53
898218638Main crop of the Aryans on the central Indian plainBarley54
898218639Harappan cities were built on this feature as another form of flood protectionMounds55
898218640How streets were laid out in Harappan citiesIn a grid56
898218641Artifacts that contain most of the known examples of Harappan writingSeals57
898218642The Aryan period in Indian history, from 1500 to 1000 B.C.Vedic Age58
898218643Language of the AryansSanskrit59
898218644The Aryans' collection of sacred knowledgeVedas60
898218645Huge watertight tank in a Harappan cityThe Great Bath61
898218646Indus valley religionAnimism62
898218647Basic unit of earliest Aryan societyTribe63
898218648Source of our knowledge about earliest Chinese historyLegends64
898218649Structures used to contain the river's high water levelsDikes65
898218650The river sometimes did this when floodingChange course66
898218651Material produced for wealthy people's clothingSilk67
898218652Creatures that produced silkSilkworms68
898218653Legendary creatures that were driven out of China's river valleysDragons and serpents69
898218654grains grown by the ancient ChineseMillet, wheat, barley, and rice70
898218655Where poor Chinese people livedCountryside71
898218656Material used for war-chariots, weapons, and works of artBronze72
898218657Forces in nature that the Shang worshippedSpirits73
898218658Reverence for a family's forebearsAncestor worship74
898218659Strongest connection among Chinese peopleFamily Ties75
898218660Main economic base of the Shang dynastyAgriculture76
898218661Type of calendar used by the Shang, adjusted as necessaryLunar calendar77
898218662Building material that was abundant along the Chinese riversClay78
898218663Center of early Chinese citiesPalace and temple79
898218664Items that were inscribed with questions for ancestorsOracle bones80
898218665writing as an art, practiced by the ancient ChineseCalligraphy81
898218666Number of written characters a well-educated Chinese had to knowMore than 1000082
898218667Material that gave the Yellow River its color and nameSilt83
898218668Social and economic division that weakened the Shang dynastyGap between rich and poor84

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