Ch 3 - Civilizations of India & China

What body part of Purusha made up the Brahmins?

What river did the early civilization of China settle in?

Which group represented the priest class of Hindu society?

What determines a person's wealth in the Aryan civilization?

One was linked to earth, darkness, female; one linked to heaven, light, & male

What may have caused the Shang people to live only into their 30s?

Who was the chief Aryan deity?

Which group represented the warrior class of Hindu society?

What body part of Purusha made up the Kshatriyas?

The northern plains of India

The art of beautiful handwriting

What is the raised plateau in the center of India called that juts into the Indian Ocean?

Why is the Huang He known as the "River of Sorrows"?

What body part of Purusha made up the Vaisyas?

Which group represented the laborers class of Hindu society?

Which of these names are the 'untouchables' of Hindu society NOT referred to as?

A system where the nobles provide military service to the king in return for land.

A large piece of land that juts out from a continent.

Which Indus civilization had wide roads, large building on a hill, indoor plumbing & drainage?

What is the single spiritual power residing in all things according to Hindus?

What may have led to the decline of the first Indian civilization?

The Aryan caste system

This describes how the universe was created by a divine universal being calle Purusha.

According to the Bhagavad-Gita, one must

What are 2 Indus civilizations we have learned about?

What desert is north and west of China?

What was the capital of the Shang dynasty? (Fu Hao's tomb found here)

What were Chinese books made of?

The Indian epic story of their history and warfare

Which of the following is TRUE of the Hindu caste system?

Which of these is a Chinese accomplishment?

Divine right to rule; if dynasty doing good, emperor stayed; if dynasty bad; time to move on

The Mahabharata contains

What two mountain ranges are north & west of China?

Chinese dynasty; walled city; large palaces & rich tombs; heads of clans ruled land

Which group represented the wealthy and skilled class of Hindu society?

What body part of Purusha made up the Sudras?

What is the writing of the Aryans and now current Indians called?

What did the Zhou Dynasty develop for use as currency?

Defeated the Shang; Mandate of Heaven; feudal state; longest lived dynasty

Warrior-like people who came from the Hindu Kush on chariots; leaders were called rajahs

Once they entered the Indus River Valley, Aryans changed from

What are the two mountain ranges two the north and west of India?

Why did the Chinese write messages on oracle bones to their ancestors?

A seasonal wind that is a part of a global wind pattern that often brings much rain.