WORLD HISTORY
CHAPTER 3 HOMEWORK
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India and China
(3000 BCE - 500 CE)
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3.1
Early Civilization in India – Outline (pp. 71-79)
I. The Land of India
II. India's First Civilization
a. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
b. Rulers and the Economy
III. The Arrival of the Aryans
a. Who were the Aryans?
b. Aryan Ways of Life
IV. Society in Ancient India
a. The Caste System
b. The Family in Ancient India
V. Hinduism
VI. Buddhism
a. The Story of the Buddha
b. The Basic Principles of Buddhism
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3.1
Early Civilization in India – Reading Check Questions (pp. 71-79)
1. How does the monsoon affect Indian farmers?
2. What evidence leads us to conclude that there must have been well-organized governments in Harappa and
Mohenjo-Daro?
3. How did the introduction of iron impact the Aryan way of life?
4. What are the names of the castes in Indian society?
5. How do karma, dharma, and yoga relate to reincarnation?
6. How does Buddhism differ from Hinduism?
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3.1
Early Civilization in India – Terms, People, & Places (pp. 71-79)
1. monsoon
2. sanskrit
3. raja
4. caste system
5. caste
6. Hinduism
7. reincarnation
8. karma
9. dharma
10. yoga
11. Buddhism
12. ascetic
13. nirvana
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14. Aryans
15. Brahmans
16. Kshatriyas
17. Vaisyas
18. Sudras
19. Untouchables
20. Siddhartha Gautama
21. Indian Subcontinent
22. Himalaya
23. Ganges River
24. Deccan
25. Persian Gulf
26. Hindu Kush
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3.2
New Empires in India – Outline (pp. 81-86)
I. The Mauryan Dynasty
a. The Founding of the Mauryan Dynasty
b. The Reign of Asoka
II. The Kushan Kingdom and the Silk Road
III. The Kingdom of the Guptas
IV. The World of Indian Culture
a. Literature: A Lasting Legacy
b. Architecture
c. Science
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3.2
New Empires in India – Reading Check Questions (pp. 81-86)
1. Why was Asoka considered a great ruler?
2. What was the Silk Road and why was it important?
3. What characteristics made the Gupta Empire great?
4. How have Indian advances in science and mathematics impacted our world today?
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3.2
New Empires in India – Terms, People, & Places (pp. 81-86)
1. Silk Road
2. pilgrim
3. Asoka
4. Faxian
5. Huns
6. Kalidasa
7. Aryabhata
8. Persia
9. Changan
10. Antioch
11. Syria
12. Mediterranean Sea
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3.3
Early Chinese Civilizations – Outline (pp. 88-97)
I. The Geography of China
II. The Shang Dynasty
a. Political and Social Structures
b. Religion and Culture under the Shang
III. The Zhou Dynasty
a. Political Structure
b. The Mandate of Heaven
c. The Fall of the Zhou Dynasty
d. Life during the Zhou Dynasty
e. Economic and Technological Growth
f. The Family in Ancient China
g. The Chinese Written Language
IV. The Chinese Philosophies
a. Confucianism
b. Daoism
c. Legalism
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3.3
Early Chinese Civilizations – Reading Check Questions (pp. 88-97)
1. What isolated the Chinese people from peoples in other parts of Asia?
2. How did the Shang rulers communicate with the gods?
3. What is the pattern of dynastic cycles?
4. What three philosophies became popular in early China?
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3.3
Early Chinese Civilizations – Terms, People, & Places (pp. 88-97)
1. aristocracy
2. Mandate of Heaven
3. Dao
4. filial piety
5. Confucianism
6. Daoism
7. Legalism
8. Confucius
9. Laozi
10. Huang He
11. Mongolia
12. Chang Jiang
13. Yellow Sea
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3.4
Rise and Fall of Chinese Empires – Outline (pp. 98-103)
I. The Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.)
a. Changes under the Qin Dynasty
b. The Great Wall
c. The Fall of the Qin Dynasty
II. The Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 220)
a. Political Structure
b. Expansion of the Empire
c. Society in the Han Empire
d. Technology in the Han Empire
e. The Fall of the Han Empire
III. Culture in Qin and Han China
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3.4
Rise and Fall of Chinese Empires – Reading Check Questions (pp. 98-103)
1. What were the three parts of the central bureaucracy developed by the Qin dynasty?
2. What new technology developed during the Han Era?
3. What was the purpose of the terra-cotta figures discovered near Xian?
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3.4
Rise and Fall of Chinese Empires – Terms, People, & Places (pp. 98-103)
1. regime
2. censorate
3. Qin Shihuangdi
4. Xiongnu
5. Liu Bang
6. Han Wudi
7. Gobi
8. South China Sea
9. Indian Ocean
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