Chapter 3 Test Review

A single spiritual power that resides in all things is called Brahman.

A subcontinent is a large landmass that juts out from a continent.

A rajah was the chief of an Aryan tribe.

A mystic devotes his or her life to seeking spiritual truth.

Dynastic Cycle is a term describing the rise and fall of dynasties.

The term for a sign that expresses a thought or an idea is ideograph.

Calligraphy is an artistic form of hand-writing done with ink and a brush.

A system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other kinds of support to the ruler is called feudalism.

Interpreting Graphics

The letter D on the map shows the site of the civilization that developed along the Huang He.

The two letters A and B on the map show the sites of early Indian civilizations.

The fact that the city of Mohenjo-Daro was carefully planned is evidence it had a well-organized government.

In Aryan society, as the power shifted from the Kshatriyas to the Brahmins, the society became more focused on spiritual and moral issues.

The Aryans learned farming from the Dravidians.

An ecological or natural disaster most likely contributed to the decline of civilization in the Indus Valley.

According to the Bhagavad-Gita, devotion to one’s duty is an important Aryan religious belief.

The Huang He was nicknamed the “River of Sorrows” because it often flooded and destroyed crops.

Silk making was the first of many accomplishments made by the Chinese.

Under feudalism local lords exercised great power.

During the time of the Shang dynasty the people believed that if the river flooded it was because the current dynasty had neglected its duties, and, as a result, that dynasty lost its permission from Heaven to rule.

The Indian name for river, lok-mata, “mother of the people,” indicates that rivers were the source of life and nourishment for the Indian civilization.