Explain the term “river of sorrows.”

Floods by the Yangze and Yellow Rivers inspired this term

groups of Indian traders, merchants and artisans

A militarty ruler of ancient Japan

What are the 4 main Japanese Islands?

Kyushu, Honshu, Hokkaido and Shikoku

Rule governing Buddhist behavior

Tell me about the Shang dynasty

The Shang were the first dynasty ruling for 600 years starting in 1750 BC, The Shang came from northern China., The had large armies and horse drawn chariots

The first great culture of the Indus valley

Define: Reincarnation

A soul being reborn into a new body after death.

Describe the life of a peasant farmer in ancient China.

The main crops were rice, millet and wheat, Most labor was done by hand., Most tools were wooden or stone., Fertilzer came from humans EEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!!

A system of organizing society in ancient India

A large group of people who belong to an extended family

One of two major cities of the Harappan culture

Why did the status of women change in Japan after 550AD?

Buddhism and Confucianism from China

How did Japan reopen to the world?

Comodore Perry showed up with an offer they couldn't refuse

A family that transferes political power down through the generations.

Clans that ruled their local regions of Japan before the first emperors

The Japanese art of paper folding.

In China, the person who wields the Mandate of Heaven

The Japanese art of flower arranging

What different foreign cultures invaded/conquered ancient India? (There are at least 5.)

Alexander the Great, The British, The Huns and Arabs, The Persians

How did Confucius' ideas about family relate to views on government?

The people should honor the emperor, The emperor was the father of the country, A bad emperor will lose the madate of heaven, The emperor should look after the people

What was the purpose of the Great Wall

To keep out invaders from the north.

Tell me about the Han dynasty

Roads and canals were built, organized the civil service to run the country, Ruled over a time of peace and prosperity, Founded by Liu Bang in 206 BC

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1
What goods did the Japanese get FROM the Chinese and Koreans?
blue, red, yellow
Iron tools
Silk
Bronze tools and weapons
2
What was suan chu?
The art of calculation
A style of calligraphy
A flat bottomed boat
respect for the ancestors
3
Tell me about the Qin dynasty
Laws were strict and taxes were high
Started in 221 BC
All that stuff
The capital was moved to Xianyang
4
Explain the term “river of sorrows.”
Damaging floods by the Indus River inspired the Harrapans to coin this term
Buddhists thought desires would bring a river of sorrows on to people.
Confucius thought disrespectful children would cause their parents to cry.
Floods by the Yangze and Yellow Rivers inspired this term
5
Define: srenis
groups of Indian traders, merchants and artisans
A strigned musical instrument
Green and Red
Red and yellow
6
When were foreigners banned from Japan?
The 1630's AD
1853
The 1630's BC
Day after tomorrow
7
Who was Lao Tzu
The first emperor of China
The author of the Ramayana
The greatest sumo wrestler ever
The author of The Tao Te Ching
8
Who was Qin Shi Huangdi
The guy who was buried with the terra cotta army
Red and Blue
The Chinese emperor who took power in 221 BC
Green and Black
9
Define: Shogun
The first king of the Ayans
A gun that fires lots of little pellets.
A militarty ruler of ancient Japan
A general from ancient China
10
What are the 4 main Japanese Islands?
Hawaii, Oahu, Maui, Moloka'i
Yellow and Blue
Kyushu, Honshu, Hokkaido and Shikoku
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
11
Define: Dharma
Rules governing Shinto behavior
Rules governing Hindu behavior
The lead guitarist for Blue Oyster Cult
Rule governing Buddhist behavior
12
Tell me about the Shang dynasty
The Shang were the first dynasty ruling for 600 years starting in 1750 BC
Red, Blue and Purple
The Shang came from northern China.
The had large armies and horse drawn chariots
13
Define: Harappan
A famous Indian general
A style of painting in ancient India
The first great culture of the Indus valley
The rainy season of India
14
Define: Reincarnation
The ruling caste of India
The greatest epic poem of ancient India
A soul being reborn into a new body after death.
A flat bottomed boat
15
What skills did a girl have to learn to become a geisha?
poetry, flower arranging, music
Blue and Red
black and yellow
Dancing, the tea ceremony, poetry
16
Who were the noble families?
They took power from the Japanese emperors from 858 AD until 1156 AD
Rich powerful Japanese families, most notably the Fjuiwara
Blue and Red
Blue and Purple
17
What were the big differences between the cuisines of northern, southern and western China?
Spicy west
Rice in the south
Noodles up north
All three
18
When did Japan reopen to the world?
1853 AD
5381 AD
1853 BC
1156 AD
19
Describe the life of a peasant farmer in ancient China.
The main crops were rice, millet and wheat
Most labor was done by hand.
Most tools were wooden or stone.
Fertilzer came from humans EEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!!
20
What did Confucius teach about loyalty within the family?
Children should honor their fathers
Wives should honor husbands
Fathers should care for their wives and kids
yellow blue and red
21
Define: Castes
A system of organizing society in ancient India
A system of organizing society in ancient Japan
A device used to immobilize a fractured bone
A system of organizing society in ancient China
22
When and how did Europeans first arrive in Japan?
Shipwecked sailors in 1543
Shipwrecked sailors in 1281
Invasion in 1853
Invasion in 1274
23
Haiku
An Indian form of poetry
A Japanese style of poetry
The Chinese tea ceremony
A traditional form of Japanese medicine.
24
Consider the word “Nippon.” What does it mean and how did it come to get this meaning?
Because Japan was to the east of China and the sun rose over Japan first.
'Land of the rising sun'
Divine wind
Yellow and green
25
Define: Clans
A flat bottomed boat
A group of people who all perform the same job.
A tasty shellfish
A large group of people who belong to an extended family
26
Define: Mohenjo Daro
A major city in China
The first king of the Harappans
The first emperor of Japan
One of two major cities of the Harappan culture
27
Why did the status of women change in Japan after 550AD?
Intervention by the kami
Voting rights
Buddhism and Confucianism from China
The Shogun
28
How did Japan reopen to the world?
The Kami told them to.
Babe Ruth showed them how to play baseball
Japan was desparate to repopulate the country after a famine
Comodore Perry showed up with an offer they couldn't refuse
29
Define: Sanskrit
The lanuage of ancient India
The language of ancient China
Red, blue and green
The lanuage of ancient Japan
30
Define: Hinduism
The great religion of India
The major religion of China
The most popular religion in Japan
The philosophy attributed to Confucius
31
Define: Dasas
The caste of cooks and chefs
The lowest caste
The caste of athletes
The highest caste
32
Was the wall successful?
Maybe
Yes
Can you repeat the question?
No
33
Define: Vedas
The holy books of Hinduism
The first king of the Aryans
The Japanese art of flower arranging.
A Chinese philospher
34
Define: Dynasty
A family that transferes political power down through the generations.
A flat bottomed boat
A tv show from the 1980's
A political system than relies on elections.
35
Define: Sudras
The warrior caste
The ruling caste
The servant/laborer caste
The untouchable caste
36
How do archaeologists define a civilization?
A group of people who share a common language...
...have some form of writing. advanced technology and...
Blue, Green and Red
...and systems of government and religion.
37
Define: uji
A Japanese style of writing borrowed from China
The code of conduct that ruled the Samuri
An acient fighting style from Japan
Clans that ruled their local regions of Japan before the first emperors
38
Who was Confucius
He developed a system of rules for behavior...
...involving the duties we have to those above us and below us in society.
Everything after this is true
The scholar lived from 551 BC to 479 BC
39
Define: Origami
The Japanese art of paper folding.
The Chinese art of paper folding
The Japanese art of flower arranging
The Japanese style of wrestling
40
What was the Tao Te Ching
This text was written between 600 and 500 BC
This religion stressed harmony and balance as symbolized by yin and yang
All that other stuff
Written by Lao Tzu
41
Tell me about the Zhou Dynasty
They came from western China
Blue, Red and Green
They overthrew the Shang
They enlarged their kingdom through constant war.
42
Define: Emperor
The largest species of penguin
The highest Indian caste
The champion sumo wrestler of Japan
In China, the person who wields the Mandate of Heaven
43
When did the Indians “invent the solar system?”
around 100BC
Around 500 AD
Around 200 AD
Around 500 BC
44
What were some of the achievements of the people who lived in the Indus Valley from 2700-1700 BC (the Harappan Period)?
Sailing ships
Plumbing
Writing
All dat stuff
45
Name some inventions of ancient China
Red, yellow and green
Movable type and silk
gunpowder and the magnetic compass
Umbrellas and wheelbarrows
46
Define: Ikebana
The Indian art of paper folding
The Japanese art of flower arranging
A flat bottomed boat from China
A Japanese fighting style
47
What different foreign cultures invaded/conquered ancient India? (There are at least 5.)
Alexander the Great
The British
The Huns and Arabs
The Persians
48
How did Confucius' ideas about family relate to views on government?
The people should honor the emperor
The emperor was the father of the country
A bad emperor will lose the madate of heaven
The emperor should look after the people
49
What was the purpose of the Great Wall
To give graffiti artists a place to work.
To hold up the sky
To keep out invaders from the north.
To be a tomb for the emperor
50
How did the status of women change in Japan after 550AD?
It stayed the same
A flat bottomed boat
It got better
It got worse
51
Tell me about the Han dynasty
Roads and canals were built
organized the civil service to run the country
Ruled over a time of peace and prosperity
Founded by Liu Bang in 206 BC
52
Define: Shinto
Red, Blue and Green
The worship of Kame-the spirits of nature and the ancestors.
The first religion practiced in Japan
"The way of the gods"
53
Yamato
The clan that produced the first Japanese emperor
An all girl punk band from Hokkaido
A WW 2 battle ship
The clan that produced the first Chinese emperor
54
Define: Noh
The greatest practitioner of the tea ceremony
A style of Japanese painting.
A type of sushi
A Japanese style of theater that told stories of the Kami, love and battles
55
Why were foreigners banned from Japan?
They hadn't learned to play baseball yet.
Foreign ideas threatened traditional Japanese culture
Fear of overpopulation
White people looked funny
56
What goods did the Japanese trade TO the Chinese and Koreans?
Gold
Jade
Rice
Blue and Red
57
Define: Samurai
The warriors of ancient Japan
The ancient Japanese 'police force'
The bodyguards to the emperor
A cheesy metal band from Oregon

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