WORLD HISTORY CHAPTER 3 HOMEWORK

PACKET:India and China

(3000 BCE - 500 CE)

Take-Home Homework Packet 100 Points

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I understand that this is an independent assignment and that I can not receive any assistance from any other person. I will conduct all of my own research and will answer the questions to the best of my ability.

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3.1 Early Civilization in India – Outline (pp. 71-79)

I. The Land of India

II. India's First Civilization

a. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

b. Rulers and the Economy

III. The Arrival of the Aryans

a. Who were the Aryans?

b. Aryan Ways of Life

IV. Society in Ancient India

a. The Caste System

b. The Family in Ancient India

V. Hinduism

VI. Buddhism

a. The Story of the Buddha

b. The Basic Principles of Buddhism

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3.1 Early Civilization in India – Reading Check Questions (pp. 71-79)

1. How does the monsoon affect Indian farmers?

2. What evidence leads us to conclude that there must have been well-organized governments in Harappa and

Mohenjo-Daro?

3. How did the introduction of iron impact the Aryan way of life?

4. What are the names of the castes in Indian society?

5. How do karma, dharma, and yoga relate to reincarnation?

6. How does Buddhism differ from Hinduism?

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3.1 Early Civilization in India – Terms, People, & Places (pp. 71-79)

1. monsoon

2. sanskrit

3. raja

4. caste system

5. caste

6. Hinduism

7. reincarnation

8. karma

9. dharma

10. yoga

11. Buddhism

12. ascetic

13. nirvana

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14. Aryans

15. Brahmans

16. Kshatriyas

17. Vaisyas

18. Sudras

19. Untouchables

20. Siddhartha Gautama

21. Indian Subcontinent

22. Himalaya

23. Ganges River

24. Deccan

25. Persian Gulf

26. Hindu Kush

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3.2 New Empires in India – Outline (pp. 81-86)

I. The Mauryan Dynasty

a. The Founding of the Mauryan Dynasty

b. The Reign of Asoka

II. The Kushan Kingdom and the Silk Road

III. The Kingdom of the Guptas

IV. The World of Indian Culture

a. Literature: A Lasting Legacy

b. Architecture

c. Science

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3.2 New Empires in India – Reading Check Questions (pp. 81-86)

1. Why was Asoka considered a great ruler?

2. What was the Silk Road and why was it important?

3. What characteristics made the Gupta Empire great?

4. How have Indian advances in science and mathematics impacted our world today?

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3.2 New Empires in India – Terms, People, & Places (pp. 81-86)

1. Silk Road

2. pilgrim

3. Asoka

4. Faxian

5. Huns

6. Kalidasa

7. Aryabhata

8. Persia

9. Changan

10. Antioch

11. Syria

12. Mediterranean Sea

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3.3 Early Chinese Civilizations – Outline (pp. 88-97)

I. The Geography of China

II. The Shang Dynasty

a. Political and Social Structures

b. Religion and Culture under the Shang

III. The Zhou Dynasty

a. Political Structure

b. The Mandate of Heaven

c. The Fall of the Zhou Dynasty

d. Life during the Zhou Dynasty

e. Economic and Technological Growth

f. The Family in Ancient China

g. The Chinese Written Language

IV. The Chinese Philosophies

a. Confucianism

b. Daoism

c. Legalism

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3.3 Early Chinese Civilizations – Reading Check Questions (pp. 88-97)

1. What isolated the Chinese people from peoples in other parts of Asia?

2. How did the Shang rulers communicate with the gods?

3. What is the pattern of dynastic cycles?

4. What three philosophies became popular in early China?

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3.3 Early Chinese Civilizations – Terms, People, & Places (pp. 88-97)

1. aristocracy

2. Mandate of Heaven

3. Dao

4. filial piety

5. Confucianism

6. Daoism

7. Legalism

8. Confucius

9. Laozi

10. Huang He

11. Mongolia

12. Chang Jiang

13. Yellow Sea

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3.4 Rise and Fall of Chinese Empires – Outline (pp. 98-103)

I. The Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.)

a. Changes under the Qin Dynasty

b. The Great Wall

c. The Fall of the Qin Dynasty

II. The Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 220)

a. Political Structure

b. Expansion of the Empire

c. Society in the Han Empire

d. Technology in the Han Empire

e. The Fall of the Han Empire

III. Culture in Qin and Han China

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3.4 Rise and Fall of Chinese Empires – Reading Check Questions (pp. 98-103)

1. What were the three parts of the central bureaucracy developed by the Qin dynasty?

2. What new technology developed during the Han Era?

3. What was the purpose of the terra-cotta figures discovered near Xian?

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3.4 Rise and Fall of Chinese Empires – Terms, People, & Places (pp. 98-103)

1. regime

2. censorate

3. Qin Shihuangdi

4. Xiongnu

5. Liu Bang

6. Han Wudi

7. Gobi

8. South China Sea

9. Indian Ocean