Name: ________________________________ Date: _________ Block: _______

Ancient World History Chapter 3

Early Civilizations in India and China Section 1 Cities of Indus Valley

A. Geography of the Indian Subcontinent

a. ________________________________________________________________________________________

i. Large landmass that jets out from a continent b. Today the ____________ most populous region c. Mountains to the North

i. Including the __________________ d. Regions

i. Three major zones 1. _________________ 2. just south of the mountains

a. _______________________ i. Named India after the Indus

River 3. Deccan Plateaus

a. __________________________ 4. Coastal Plains

a. ________________________ b. Major fishing and trading region

e. _______________________ i. October, dry hot winds hit India

ii. May-June 1. West summer monsoons 2. _________________________

f. Cultural diversity i. _______________________________________

_______________________________________

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Name: ________________________________ Date: _________ Block: _______

B. Indus Valley Civilization a. ____________________________________________

____________________________________________ i. Mysteriously vanished

b. _____________________________________ i. Two main cities

1. ______________________________ ii. 3 mile circumference city with huge warehouses

c. Laid out in a grid pattern i. ________________________

ii. ______________________________________________________________________________

d. Assumed well organized government and leaders e. People also known as ___________________ f. Farming and Trade

i. Most people were ________________ 1. ___________________________________

___________________________________ ii. Some people were merchants and traders

1. Sailed all the way to ___________ g. Religious Beliefs

i. _____________________ 1. Mother Goddess source of creation

C. Decline and Disappearance

a. Cities began losing quality of life b. ____________________________________________

____________________________________________ i. Aryans are from Ganges River region

Section 2 Kingdom of the Ganges D. Aryan Civilization

a. Warriors from the Ganges River region i. ______________________________________

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Name: ________________________________ Date: _________ Block: _______

1. __________________________ ii. _______________________________________

_______________________________________ b. Aryan Society

i. Three Groups work 1. ________________: Priest 2. Kshatriyas: ______________ 3. ____________: Herders, merchants,

farmers, artisans 4. ______________: Farm workers, Laborers

c. Gave rise to a caste system i. _______________________________________

_______________________________________ d. Aryan Religious Beliefs

i. _______________________ ii. Fierce ___________

1. Main Deity, God of War 2. Weapon was a Thunderbolt

iii. Also honored monkey and snake Gods iv. _______________________________________

_______________________________________ 1. Spiritual power that resided in all things 2. Led to Mystics

a. ____________________________________________________________

E. Expansion and Change

a. Aryans were led by _______________ i. _______________________________________

_______________________________________ b. From nomads to farmers

i. Learned farming from those they conquered ii. By 800 B.C. learned to ____________________

iii. By 500 B.C. _____________________________ 1. Blended by Aryans and Dravidians 2. New written language of ______________

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Name: ________________________________ Date: _________ Block: _______

F. Epic Civilization a. ____________________

i. India’s greatest epic ii. Contains ___________________

1. ______________________________________________________________________

b. Ramayana i. Epic hero Rama saves his beautiful bride Sita

1. ______________________________________________________________________

G. Looking Ahead

a. Aryan’s help bring about the religions of __________________________________________

Section 3 Early Civilization in China

H. The Geography of China

a. Most isolated of all early civilizations b. _______________________________

i. West and southwest of China lies Mountains 1. ___________________________________

ii. North of China lies Desert 1. ______________________

iii. Southeast of China lies ___________________ iv. East of China

1. _________________________ v. ______________________________________

c. Main Regions i. Rivers

1. ______________________________________________________________________

ii. ______________ 1. Xinjiang, Mongolia, Manchuria and Tibet

(Xizang)

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Name: ________________________________ Date: _________ Block: _______

a. Most _______ people in these regions iii. The River of Sorrows

1. Civilization started near ____________ 2. Needed to control river

a. Yellow from loess i. ________________

3. _____________________________ I. China Under the Shang

a. 1650 B.C. to 1027 B.C. Northern corner of China ruled by the ______________________

b. Government i. _______________________________________

_______________________________________ 1. Groups of families

ii. ____________________ 1. Mirrored other early civilizations

iii. Peasant Life 1. Most people were peasants living in

farming villages a. ______________________________

______________________________ J. Religious Beliefs

a. _______________________ i. Chief Goddess Shang Di

1. Brought Plants and Animals to earth ii. _______________________________________

_______________________________________ K. Delicate balance between Yin and Yang

a. ____________ i. ________________________________

b. ____________ i. ________________________________

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Name: ________________________________ Date: _________ Block: _______

L. System of Writing a. Used both _____________________________ b. Consulting the __________________________

i. ____________________________ 1. Wrote questions on a bone 2. Heated it up till the bone cracked 3. Interpreted the cracks

c. A difficult study i. Chinese people must memorize up to 10,00-

characters 1. ____________________________

ii. Used calligraphy 1. _____________________________

iii. A force for unity 1. ___________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

M. The Zhou Dynasty

a. _____ from Western China overthrew Shang Dynasty b. Promoted _______________________

i. Divine right to rule ii. Became a _________________________

1. Dynasty in power till weak or corrupt 2. Then taken over by another Dynasty 3. ___________________________________

___________________________________ c. A Feudal State

i. Federalism during the Zhou Dynasty 1. ___________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

ii. __________________ 1. Ironworking developed

iii. Better _________________________________ iv. ______________________________________

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Name: ________________________________ Date: _________ Block: _______

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1. Population explosion

Notes:

N. Chinese Achievements a. Made an accurate ________________________ b. _____________________

i. Became biggest export 1. ___________________________________

___________________________________ c. First Books

i. Made first books of thin wood or bamboo