Unit 3 Study Guide: Classical Asia
Maps:
Be able to locate each empire on a map (Zhou Dynasty in China, Maurya and Gupta
Emires in India, Persian Empire)
Classical Persia (Pick the best terms to answer each question)
Zoroastrian
Hinduism
Road System
Silk Road
Persia
The
Persian civilization developed from what previous civilizations?
India
MESOPOTAMIAN
& CENTRAL ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS_
China
GOVERNMENT
WHERE
DUTIES
ARE
How
did the Persians
treatSPECIFIC
the people
they conquered?
__THEY WERE
GIVEN TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE
TOLERANT________________
Government that is ruled by a king
Government by the people
How did the Persians treat the people they conquered? __THEY WERE
TOLERANT________________
What is a bureaucracy? __GOVERNMENT WHERE SPECIFIC DUTIES ARE GIVEN
TO DIFFERENT
PEOPLE___________________________________________________________
What religion did the Persians follow?
__ZOROASTRIANISM_________________________________
What did the Persians do to improve communication and trade in their empire? _BUILT
AN EXTENSIVE ROAD SYSTEM________________
Who had the largest empire in the ancient world before Alexander the Great?
_PERSIA________________
Classical India (You will use some terms more than once)
Hindu Kush
Indo-Europeans (Aryans)
Social class and occupation
Himalayas
Caste System
Gupta
Mauryan
Indus
River
Ganges
River
What
was
the second river
valley
in India to be settled?
Mathematics
Literature
__________GANGES______________________
Who invaded and conquered the original Indus River Valley civilization? INDOARYANS
What was India’s rigidly structured social system based on occupation? CASTE
SYSTEM
Name 3 geographic barriers which made invading India harder. _HINDU KUSH,
HIMILAYAS, & INDIAN OCEAN______________________________
What mountains are to the west of the Indian sub-continent? _HINDU KUSH_
What mountains are to the east of the Indian sub-continent? _HIMILAYAS__
Through what mountain range did invaders reach India? _HINDU KUSH___
What are the 2 main rivers of the Indian subcontinent? _INDUS & GANGES____
What did the caste system influence? _SOCIAL CLASS & OCCUPATION
During what empire was India’s Golden Age of Culture? _GUPTA_
Name 2 non-religious contributions of India. _MATHEMATICS & LITERATURE_____
What was the religion of classical India? _HINDUISM
Hindisum and Buddhism
Zoroastrian
Persia
Hinduism
Follow
Eightfold Path
Buddhism
Siddhartha
Gautama
Reincarnation
Shi Huangdi
Vedas & 10 Commandments
Asoka
Vedas & Upanishads
Huang He
River
Dharma
Ganges
River
What religion believes in one major deity who takes many forms? _HINDUISM
Karma
China
The
Indian cycle of rebirth is called what? _REINCARNATION__
India
Future reincarnation based on present behavior is what? _KARMA__
What are the sacred writings of Hinduism? _VEDAS &
UPANISHADS__________________________
What religion did Siddhartha Gautama found?
_BUDDHISM__________________________________
Where was Buddhism founded?
_INDIA___________________________________________________
What does a Buddhist have to do to gain Enlightenment? _EIGHTFOLD PATH TO
ENLIGHTENMENT_
Who was Buddha? __SIDDARTHA GUATAMA__
Who sent missionaries to spread Buddhism throughout Asia? ASOKA (MAURYAN
RULER)
What are the 2 basic beliefs of Buddhism? _LIFE IS SUFFERING, SUFFERING IS
CAUSED BY DESIRE, END SUFFERING BY ENDING DESIRE, END DESIRE
THROUGH EIGHTFOLD PATH____________
In what river valley was classical China’s civilization located? __HUANGE HE_
Classical China
Zoroastrian
Silk Road
Hinduism
Silk
Daoism
Paper
Legalism
Porcelain
Confucianism
Shi Huangdi
China
Dynasties
Mandate of Heaven
Government by the people
Chinese rulers were considered divine & had the
right to rule from heaven
What is another name for the Huang He? _YELLOW RIVER_
From where did migratory invaders enter China? _NORTH__
Why was the Great Wall built? __TO KEEP INVADERS FROM THE NORTH OUT
About when did China’s civilization begin? __1500 B.C.
What 2 religions did China contribute? _CONFUCIANISM & TAOISM_
Who built the Great Wall of China? __QIN RULER SHI HUANGDI__
The ruling families of China were called what? _DYNASTIES
Chinese rulers served under the authority of what? __MANDATE OF HEAVEN
What does this mean? _CHINESE RULERS WERE CONSIDERED DIVINE HAD
HAD THE RIGHT TO RULE ONLY AS LONG AS HEAVEN DEEMED THEIR
RULE JUST
__________________________
Chinese emperors were considered to be what? __DIVINE
What connected China to cultures as far away as Rome? _THE SILK ROADS_
People who work for the bureaucracy of China were part of what? THE CIVIL SERVICE
What fabric did China contribute to the world? _SILK___
Name 3 contributions of classical China. _SILK, PORCELAIN, PAPER,___
Chinese Schools of Thought (Find the best answer, you will not need all answers)
Zoroastrian
Respect
nature
Hinduism
Education
Daoism
Respect
elders
Legalism
Humans are
good
Mandate of Heaven
Ancestors
should be worshipped
Government by the people
Government
What
religion
believes
thatservice
humans are good, not bad? _CONFUCIANISM
should
be run
by a civil
Respect
& politeness
Name
5 beliefs
of Confucianism. _HUMANS ARE GOOD, NOT BAD; PEOPLE
Yin-yang
SHOULD
China BE EDUCATED; GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE RUN BY A CIVIL
SERVICE, EVERYONE SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL, ESPECIALLY TO ELDERS,
ANCESTORS SHOULD BE REVERED/WORSHIPPED
____
In what country do citizens respect their elders and worship their ancestors?
_CHINA_________________
What belief of Confucianism still influences China today? __RESPECT &
POLITENESS______________
What represents opposites in Daoism and Confucianism? __YIN/YANG
What religion believes in a simple life and inner peace? _DAOISM
(TAOISM)_______________________
What religion believes man should live in harmony with nature? __ DAOISM
(TAOISM)______________
Buddhism from where spread throughout Asia? _INDIA
What 3 religions are practiced in China? _BUDDHISM, CONFUCIANISM, & TAOISM
What was the second river valley in India to be settled? __GANGES_____