Jeopardy Terms - Civilization in Ancient India and China Flashcards
A list of jeopardy terms relating to Ancient India and China
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9363634 | Ancestors | Family members whom Shang people revered | 0 | |
9363635 | Foreigners | Persons for whom ancient Chinese developed contempt | 1 | |
9363636 | Barbarians | What the Chinese considered all foreigners to be | 2 | |
9363637 | Dynasties | Ruling families in China | 3 | |
9363638 | Warlords | Bandit leaders who controlled large areas of China | 4 | |
9363639 | Elders | Living family members who were most respected in China | 5 | |
9363640 | Rich (rich, learned, and skilled) | Class of people who lived in Chinese cities | 6 | |
9363641 | Poor (farmers, peasants) | Class if people who lived outside of Chinese cities | 7 | |
9363642 | Harappans | People whose civilization flourished in India between 2500 and 1500 B.C.E. | 8 | |
9363643 | Aryans | Indo-Europeans who invaded northern India around 1500 B.C.E. | 9 | |
9363644 | Nomads | Type of people the Aryans were-- definitely not city dwellers | 10 | |
9363645 | Shang | First historical dynasty of China | 11 | |
9363646 | Nobles | Class of people just below the Shang rulers | 12 | |
9363647 | Peking Man | Stone Age inhabitant of China | 13 | |
9363648 | Warriors | Most admired members of early Aryan society | 14 | |
9363649 | Brahmins | Aryan priests | 15 | |
9363650 | Light Skin; Height | Physical characteristics of Aryans that seperated them from the people they conquered | 16 | |
9363651 | Xia | Legendary first dynasty of China | 17 | |
9363652 | Zhou | People who overthrew China's first historical dynasty | 18 | |
9363653 | Priest-Astronomers | Officials in charge of the Shang calendar | 19 | |
9363654 | Yu | Legendary founder of the Xia kingdom | 20 | |
9363655 | Indus | River whose valley was the site of India's first civilization | 21 | |
9363656 | Huang He (Yellow River) | Northernmost of China's two greatest rivers | 22 | |
9363657 | Yangtze (Chang Jiang) | Southernmost of China's two greatest rivers | 23 | |
9363658 | Pacific Ocean | Major body of water on China's eastern boundary | 24 | |
9363659 | Ganges | Major Indian river that flows southeasterly | 25 | |
9363660 | Huang He (Yellow River) | "China's Sorrow" or "The Great Sorrow" | 26 | |
9363661 | Yellow Sea | Large sea on China's eastern boundary | 27 | |
9363662 | Gobi Desert | Desert in the north of China | 28 | |
9363663 | Khyber Pass | Major pass through India's northwestern mountains | 29 | |
9363664 | Arabian Sea | Body of water into which the Indus River empties | 30 | |
9363665 | Himalayas | Mountains northeast of India and southwest of China | 31 | |
9363666 | Harappa (Mohenjo-Daro) | One of Ancient India's large cities; in ruins today | 32 | |
9363667 | Subcontinent | Geographic term for India, rather than "country" | 33 | |
9363668 | Wide Deserts (High Mountains, and Large Bodies of Water) | One of three geographical factors that kept Eastern peoples isolated | 34 | |
9363669 | Middle Kingdom | Chinese term for the land of the two major river valleys | 35 | |
9363670 | Hindu Kush | India's northwestern mountain range | 36 | |
9363671 | Indus-Ganges Plain | Broad area populated by the spreading Aryans | 37 | |
9363672 | Anyang | Capital city of an early Chinese dynasty | 38 | |
9363673 | Si | Large river south of China's two greatest rivers | 39 | |
9363674 | Tien Shan | Mountains to the northwest of china | 40 | |
9363675 | Destroyed Them | What the Aryans did to the Harappan cities | 41 | |
9363676 | Caste System | Indian social structure that began under the Aryans | 42 | |
9363677 | Dikes and Dams | Structures used to control the rivers | 43 | |
9363678 | Monsoon | India's seasonal wind | 44 | |
9363679 | Female | Most Harappan gods were of this gender | 45 | |
9363680 | Kiln Drying or Firing | Harappan improvement in brick making | 46 | |
9363681 | City Planning | Unique feature of Harappan cities' designs | 47 | |
9363682 | Cotton | Crop used to make cloth, first grown by Harappans | 48 | |
9363683 | Sewer System | "Modern" system that kept Harappan cities sanitary | 49 | |
9363684 | Citadel (Fortress or Temple) | Center of each Harappan city | 50 | |
9363685 | Granaries | grain-storage buildings in harappan cities | 51 | |
9363686 | Barley | main crop of the Aryans on the central indian plain | 52 | |
9363687 | Mounds | harappan cities were built on this feature as another form of flood protection | 53 | |
9363688 | Grid (or Uniform Network) | how streets were laid out in harappan cities | 54 | |
9363689 | Seals | artifacts that contain most of the known examples of harappan writing | 55 | |
9363690 | Vedic Age | the Aryan period in Indian history, from 1500 to 1000 B.C.E. | 56 | |
9363691 | Sanskrit | Written language of the Aryans | 57 | |
9363692 | Vedas | The Aryans' collections of sacred knowledge | 58 | |
9363693 | Great Bath | huge watertight tank in a harappan city | 59 | |
9363694 | Animism or Polytheism | indus valley religion | 60 | |
9363695 | Tribe (clan) | basic unit of earliest aryan society | 61 | |
9363696 | Mahabharata | greatest, longest Indian epic | 62 | |
9363697 | Legends | Source of our knowledge about earliest Chinese history | 63 | |
9363698 | Dikes | structures used to contain a river's high water levels | 64 | |
9363699 | Change Course | the northern river sometimes did this when flooding | 65 | |
9363700 | Silk | material produced for wealthy people's clothing | 66 | |
9363701 | Silkworms | creatures that produced silk | 67 | |
9363702 | Dragons/Serpents | legendary creatures that were driven out of china's river valleys | 68 | |
9363703 | Rice and Millet (Wheat, Barley) | two grains grown by the ancient chinese | 69 | |
9363704 | Bronze | material used for was chariots, weapons, and works of are | 70 | |
9363705 | Spirits | forces in nature that the shang worshiped | 71 | |
9363706 | Iron | improved metal used by the Zhou for weapons and tools | 72 | |
9363707 | Family Ties | strongest connection among chinese people | 73 | |
9363708 | Agriculture | main economic base of the shang dynasty | 74 | |
9363709 | Lunar Calendar | type of calendar used by the shang, adjusted as necessary | 75 | |
9363710 | Clay | building material that was abundant along the Chinese rivers | 76 | |
9363711 | Mandate of Heaven | Ancient Chinese term for divine right to rule | 77 | |
9363712 | Palace and Temple | Centers of early Chinese cities | 78 | |
9363713 | (Oracle) Bones | items that were inscribed with questions for ancestors | 79 | |
9363714 | Calligraphy | writing as an art, practiced by the ancient chinese | 80 | |
9363715 | (More Than) 10,000 | number of written characters a well-educated Chinese had to know | 81 | |
9363716 | Silt (loess) | material that gave the huang he (yellow river) its color and name | 82 | |
9363717 | Gap between rich and poor | social and economic division that weakened the Shang dynasty | 83 |