| Section 1 1. What are the three regions of the Indian Subcontinent? Which ones were good for farming? 2. What is a monsoon? How did they affect Indian life? 3. What were the two main cities in the first Indian civilization? Give three characteristics of the cities. 4. What did the Indus valley people do with cotton? With whom did they trade? How might this have affected their culture? 5. What are some of the ideas as to why the Indus valley civilization had a decline? What people took over the Indus valley? How did they do this? Section 2 1. What was the Vedas? Why did priests have to memorize it for a thousand years? 2. Explain the social class system of Aryan society. What were the four classes and who occupied each one? 3. What is a rajah? How did the new Indian civilization come about? 4. What were the two epics mentioned? Pick one and give a brief summary. Section 3 1. What is the nickname for the Huang He River? Why do you think it has that nickname? 2. What were the Chinese religious beliefs like? What are Yin and Yang? 3. What is the Mandate of Heaven? Why was it promoted by the Zhou dynasty? 4. Explain Feudalism. 5. What were three of the main achievements of the Chinese during the Shang and Zhou dynasties? |
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