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Ancient Asia SOL Review Set
Covering materials from Persia, India and China (NOT JAPAN)
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History
9th Grade
04/23/2018

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Persia was built on earlier __________________________ civilizations
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Mesopotamian
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The main religion of Persia
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Zoroastrianism
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Persia's attitude towards other religions.
Definition
Tolerance.
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How did Persia treat the people it conquered?
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Tolerance.
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The name of the system Persia developed to control its empire.
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The Imperial Bureaucracy
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Persia connected its Empire by build an advanced ____________ system
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road
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A central belief of Zoroastrianism.
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There are two opposing forces in the universe (good and evil).
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Two mountain ranges and two rivers that isolated India.
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The Himalaya Mountains, the Hindu Kush Mountains, the Indus River, and the Ganges river.
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How did people migrate into India?
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Mountain passes through the Hindu Kush mountains.
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Two major cities in the early Indus Valley.
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Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro
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What group of people migrated into the Indus Valley and asserted dominance (i.e. took over)?
Definition
The Indo-Aryans
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The system that dictated social interactions and choice of occupations (jobs) for the people in early India.
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The caste system
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Mauryan of Gupta: unification of India
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Mauryan
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Mauryan of Gupta: Emperor Asoka
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Mauryan
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Mauryan of Gupta: spread of Buddhism
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Mauryan
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Mauryan of Gupta: built free hospitals
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Mauryan
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Mauryan of Gupta: built veterinary clinics
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Mauryan
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Mauryan of Gupta: good roads
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Mauryan
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Mauryan of Gupta: the Golden Age of Indian culture
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Gupta
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Mauryan of Gupta: invented the number zero
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Gupta
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Mauryan of Gupta: setting of broken bones
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Gupta
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Mauryan of Gupta: figured out that the earth was round
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Gupta
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Mauryan of Gupta: developed new Indian textiles
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Gupta
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The classic religion of India
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Hinduism
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Hindus believe there are __________ forms of ______ God.
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many/one
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The idea that you will be reborn after you die.
Definition
Reincarnation.
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The Hindu version of the idea that our present actions (good or bad) will have future consequences (good or bad).
Definition
karma
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The sacred texts of Hinduism
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The Vedas and the Upanishads
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How did Hinduism spread?
Definition
Along major trade routes.
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What modern-day nation was the birth place of Buddhism?
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Nepal.
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The founder of Buddhism.
Definition
Siddhartha Gautama.
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The things you have to believe in order to "understand" Buddhism.
Definition
The Four Noble Truths.
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The things you must practice to reach enlightenment in Buddhism.
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The Eight-fold Path.
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Who was responsible for the spread of Buddhism in India and to China?
Definition
Asoka's missionaries.
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Why was the Great Wall of China built?
Definition
To keep out invaders from the North.
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The Emperor who built the Great Wall of China.
Definition
Qin Shi Huangdi.
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The idea that Chinese emperors only had the "right" to rule China if they were "just" (just means fair).
Definition
The Mandate of Heaven
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These routes linked China to the people as far away as Rome.
Definition
The Silk Road
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How did China govern it large empire?
Definition
The civil service system.
Term
Where was paper invented?
Definition
China
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Where was porcelain invented?
Definition
China
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Where was silk invented?
Definition
China
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Confucianism or Taoism: all humans are good, not bad.
Definition
Confuscianism
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Confucianism or Taoism: Respect your elders.
Definition
Confucianism
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Confucianism or Taoism: The "Code of Politeness" (still in use in China today)
Definition
Confucianism
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Confucianism or Taoism: Major emphasis on education
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Confucianism
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Confucianism or Taoism: Worship of ancestors
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Confucianism
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Confucianism or Taoism: Humility
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Taoism
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Confucianism or Taoism: Focus on the simple life, living with inner-peace
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Taoism
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Confucianism or Taoism: living in harmony with Nature
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Taoism
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Confucianism or Taoism: the Yin-Yang symbol
Definition
BOTH
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