Early Civilization in India and China - Chickerella

India got iits name from the Indus River

He was the god of war and the chief Aryan deity, his weapon wqas the the thunderbolt.

What's the name of the highest point in the world located in the Himalayan Mountains?

A person who devotes his or her life seeking spiritual truths

What's China's capital?

A raised area of level land

The rise and fall of Chinese dynasyies according to the Mandate of Heaven

What's India's capital?

The twin capitals and two main cities of the Indus Valley Civilization were:

The earliest Indian Civilization is cloaked in mystery

Which of India's rivers is considered sacred and provides drinking water for almost half a billion people

Select the geographic barrier that separates China from India

The 10 countries we mentioned in this chapter can be found on what continent?

An elected Warrior chief of an Aryans tribe in ancient India, local Hindu ruler in India.

Just north of the the India Subcontinent we can find the world's most populated country, name it?

Today, this Indian subcontinent is home to 3 of the 10 most populous countries in the world EXCEPT!

Chinese astronomers developed a calendar with how many days?

Fancy or stylized handwriting

As in other early Civilizations, most Indus Valley people were

What's Maldives capital?

According to Aryan belief, the single spiritual power that resides in all things

At this time, China's largest populations can be located near what?

India is a huge wedge-shaped landmass extending out into the Indian Ocean. What term best describes it?

Which of th civilization we've studied so far was the most isolated:

Fine, windblown yellow soil

Why was ancient India so difficult to unite?

All of the following bodies of water border India EXCEPT?

What's Sri Lanka capital?

To hold in special regard

A large landmass that juts out from a continent, smaller than a continent

A seasonal wind, in India

A traditional Indian Society, unchangeable social groups into which a person is born.

Explain the importance of the monsoons to the ancient people of the Indus Valley

A group of familes with a common ancestor

Loosely organized system of government in which local lords govern their own lands but owed military services

Hypothesize why the Huang He River might have the nickname the "River of Sorrows"

Used by priests in Shang China to predict the futures

What's the name of the desert in Northern China?

What was unique about the Chinese coins of this time period

A blending of two or more cultures is called: