Ch. 7 & 8 China, India, and Africa

Question 1

These factors can either push people out of an area or pull them into an area

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push-pull factors

Question 2

step-like ridges helped the soil retain water/prevented it being washed downhill in heavy rains

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terraces

Question 3

ruled China for more than 400 years, is divided into two periods

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Han dynasty

Question 4

teachesthat desire causes suffering and that humans should overcome desire by following Buddha

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buddhism

Question 5

They were farmers and nomadic herders who developed and passed along the skill of ironworking

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Bantu-speaking peoples

Question 6

known as the Martial Emperor b/c he loves war, great-grandson of Liu Bang

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Wudi

Question 7

ancient city in West Africa that archaeologists found artifacts of in 1977

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Djenne-Djeno

Question 8

traders used these routes to bring silk from China to western Asia and then on to Rome

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silk roads

Question 9

In West Africa, these storytellers kept African history alive,passing it from parent to child

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griots

Question 10

1st Egypt was the power in Africa, then the Kush, then it was _____________

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Aksum

Question 11

acceptance of people who held different religious beliefs

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religious toleration

Question 12

is a complex polytheistic religion that blended Aryan beliefs with the gods from Indus Valley

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hinduism

Question 13

Tradersfrom Egypt, Arabia, Persia, India, and the Roman Empire crowded Aksum’s chief seaport

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Adulis

Question 14

won a civil war battle against Xiang Yu, and became the 1st emperor of the Han dynasty

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Liu Bang

Question 15

3rd Gupta emperor who conquered the Shakas, giving the Gupta empire access to the Med. Sea

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Chandra Gupta II

Question 16

type of government in which a central authority controls the running of a state

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centralized government

Question 17

MostIndian families were ____________, headed by the eldest male

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Patriarchal

Question 18

The kingdom of Aksum reached its height between 325-360 CE, when a strong ruler took the throne

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Ezana

Question 19

How did Aksum fall?

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Islamic invaders

Question 20

After Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the royal Nanda family he established the _____ empire

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Mauryan

Question 21

India’s 2nd empire oversaw a great flowering of Indian civilization, especially Hindu culture

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Gupta Empire

Question 22

a religion in which spirits play an important role in regulating daily life

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animism

Question 23

government jobs that civilians obtained by taking examinations

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civil service jobs

Question 24

wife of Liu Bang, took over control after he died b/c their son was to young to rule

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Empress Lu

Question 25

Some Tamil groups were ___________, headed by a mother rather than the father

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matriarchal

Question 26

These fierce fighters, called the ______,were related to the Huns who invaded the Roman Empire

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hunas

Question 27

Most people in Africa live on the _________, or grassy plains

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savannas

Question 28

After years of turmoil, a strong leader again arose, no relation to Chandragupta Mauryan

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Chandra Gupta

Question 29

Who was the first empire of the Mauryan Empire in India?

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Chandragupta Maurya

Question 30

One of India’s greatest writers

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Kalidasa

Question 31

Chandragupta Maurya's grandson, he took the Mauryan empire to its greatest height of power

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Asoka

Question 32

The people who lived in this region spoke the _______ language and are called the Tamil people

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Tamil

Question 33

is a permanent move from one country or region to another

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migration

Question 34

the new form of Buddhism, following different teachings than before

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mahayana

Question 35

Which one of these gods is not one of the 3 important gods to the Hinduism religion

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minerva

Question 36

Those who held the Buddha’s stricter, original teachings belonged to the ________ sect

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theravada

Question 37

largest desert in Africa, located in northern Africa

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Sahara

Question 38

West Africa's earliest known culture was that of the _______ people

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Nok

Question 39

China promoted this, the process of making conquered peoples part of Chinese culture

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assimilation

Question 40

area south of the Sahara desert that every year keeps getting smaller while desert gets bigger

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Sahel

Question 41

occurs when a group has exclusive control over the production and distribution ofcertain goods

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monopoly

Question 42

overthrew the Han dynasty, he was a confucian scholar and a member of the royal court

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Wang Mang

Question 43

mounded stone structures built over holy relics

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stupas

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