Download India and China Study Guide: Part 1 Be able to find the following on

India and China Study Guide: Part 1
1. Be able to find the following on a map: a) Indus River, b) Ganges River,
c) Himalayas, d) India, e) the Huang He, f) the Chang Jiang, and g) China
2. What are monsoons, and why do they matter to India?
3. What was remarkable about the ancient Indus Valley civilization that most
cities did not develop until the last two hundred years?
4. What is a dynasty?
5. What is the term for the “divine authority to rule” that the Chinese emperor
was supposed to have?
6. Who is worshipped in ancient China?
7. Bringing honor to whom is central to Chinese society?
8. What is filial piety?
9. Which Chinese scholar’s ideas emphasized education and honorable
relationships of five different types as the core of a good society?
10. What is a bureaucracy?
11. Which Chinese philosopher taught that a universal force, the Dao, guides all
living things, and a happy life depends on living in harmony with nature?
12. Which philosophy taught that a stable society required a powerful and
efficient government that could deal harsh punishments and control the ideas
of the people so they didn’t criticize the government?
13. What are the two forces that ancient Chinese believed represented the
natural rhythms of life and complemented each other?
14. Which Chinese ruler named himself “First Emperor” in 221 BC, unified China,
and forced peasants to finish the Great Wall of China? What was his dynasty
called? Which philosophical system guided his rule?
15. What is an autocracy?
16. What dynasty began in 202 BC and was one of China’s longest lasting
dynasties?
17. How did Shi Huangdi and Liu Bang destroy the power of their rival nobles?
18. How did Empress Lu get and keep control of the throne?
19. How did Emperor Wudi expand the Chinese Empire and stop invaders?
(Bonus: What other options can sometimes be used to do these things? What
do you think about Wudi’s choice based on the circumstances he faced?)
20. What system begun by Wudi and used until 1912 helped China have welleducated government officials by requiring bureaucrat-hopefuls to pass
exams?
21. What 105 AD invention in China helped increase both education and
bureaucracy?
22. What is a monopoly, and which group had monopolies in China over things
such as coin minting, iron forging, alcohol brewing, and salt mining?
23. What were the trade routes called that were used for centuries to trade
between China, India, Central Asia, and Europe? How did they get their name?
24. What led to the Han falling apart by 220 AD into three rival kingdoms?