Chapter 3
India & China
Section 1 Early Civilizations in India
Terms
Monsoon
Hinduism
Dharma
Sanskrit
Yoga
Buddhism
People & Places
Himalaya
Aryans
Indus River
Harappa
Sigghartha Gautama
Varnas
Reincarnation
nirvana
Caste
karma
Mohenjo Daro
Understanding Main Ideas
1. List the four Noble Truths
2. Describe the relationship between karma, dharma, and reincarnation.
3. What major changes occurred in Indian civilization around 1500 B.C.?
Section Activity
Prepare a Venn diagram to show the similarities and differences between
Hinduism and Buddhism.
Section 2 New Empires in India
Terms
Silk road
Pilgrims
Vedas
Bhagavad Gita
People & Places
Asoka
Faxian
Kalidasa
Aryabhata
Understanding Main Ideas
1. Explain what types of goods were carried on the Silk Road and why?
2. List the three kinds of early Indian architecture and their uses.
3. How have Indian advances in science and mathematics influence our world
today?
Section 3 Early Chinese Civilizations
Terms
Aristrocracy
Pictographs
Legalism
People & Places
Huang He
Mandate of Heaven
ideographs
Dao
Confucianism
Filial piety
Daoism
Chang Jiang
Confucius
Laozi
Understanding Main Ideas
1. Summarize the relationship between the dynastic cycle and the Mandate of
Heaven.
2. List some of the agricultural advances developed in ancient China and
explain how they increased food production.
Section Activity
Bring an aphorism into class, use sentence strip provided by teacher to display your
phrase.
Section 4 Rise and Fall of Chinese Empires
Terms
Regime
Censorate
People & Places
Qin Shihuangdi
Han Wudi
Gobi
South China Sea
Xiongnu
Liu Pang
Understanding Main Ideas
1. Describe the Great Wall its purpose and how it changed over the years.
2. List the technical and cultural achievements of the Han dynasty.
3. How were the political structures and philosophies of the Qin and Han
dynasties different? Make a chart
Chapter Activity
Make flash cards for the terms, people and places for this chapter. You do not need
to use index cards if you would rather make cards out of paper. Each student must
turn in their own set in class on the day of the test.