Unit 3 Study Guide
Exam: Monday, November 11, 2103
Instructions: The exam will cover chapters 5&6. Answer the following questions
below.
Chapter 5: Ancient India
1. India is considered a __________.
2. The mountains of northern India are called the ___________.
3. Compare the Aryan system of government to the Harappan system.
4. The highest class in Aryan society was __________.
5. Compare the Sudras to the Kshatriyas.
6. What was the Aryan language?
7. Describe India’s monsoons and how they occur.
8. Define the following:
a. Nirvana
b. Hindu-Arabic Numerals
c. Fasting
d. Inoculation
e. Missionaries
f. Caste System
g. Metallurgy
h. Reincarnation
i. Nonviolence
j. Moksha
k. Astronomy
9. Hindus believe that all of their gods are part of a universal spirit called ________.
10. What do the Jains believe?
11. What was Siddhartha Gautama’s greatest concern?
12. Who started/founded the Mauryan Empire?
13. Who started/founded the Gupta Empire?
14. The Aryan religion was based on sacred hymns and poems called the ________.
15. Explain how the Gupta Empire had religious tolerance.
16. Why did the Gupta emperors believe the strict social order of the Hindu caste
system would strengthen their rule?
17. Which emperor converted to Buddhism?
18. Which is the largest religion in India today?
19. Use the Venn diagram to compare and contrast some aspects of Hinduism and
Buddhism.
Chapter 6: Ancient China
20. Identify the order of the ancient Chinese Dynasties.
21. This river is in northern China and it floods periodically depositing silt.
22. Traders trading on the Silk Road, in the north went through the _________.
23. In ancient China burial tombs, jewelry and other objects made of ______ have
been found.
24. During the Shang Dynasty, the first _____ evolved, with more than 2,000
symbols.
25. The Zhou Dynasty’s political system was based on the ___________.
26. Which ancient Chinese Dynasty lasted the longest?
27. This teacher said Chinese needed to return to ethics/moral behavior.
28. Identify the social class systems for the Shang and Han Dynasties.
29. Who founded the Xia Dynasty?
30. Which religion/philosophy stresses living in harmony with nature and the yin and
yang?
31. Which religion/philosophy said people are bad by nature and needed to be
controlled?
32. Which dynasty and emperor unified China?
33. Which teacher was known as “old Baby?”
34. Who was the first commoner “peasant” to become emperor of China?
35. In the Han Dynasty, 90% on the people were in which class?
36. Define the following:
a. Acupuncture
b. Silk Road
c. Cultural Diffusion
37. In which Dynasty did Confucianism become China’s official philosophy/religion?
38. Explain how and what tools made farming easier in Ancient China.
39. In the Han, what was created that connected the capital (Beijing) to the rest of the
empire?
40. List items that were manufactured during the Han.
41. Which item made China very rich? Why?
42. What religion spread into China along the Silk Road?
43. Majority of the Great Wall was constructed during the _______ Dynasty under
which ruler?
44. The Silk Road linked routes from ______ to _____.
45. What items were traded along the Silk Road and where did those items come
from?