Study
Guide for Chapter 3 – Ancient India and China
2600 BC to 550 AD Terms
and People to Know
Ch3 Sec 1 Pages
66-75
subcontinent India
Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal
Bhutan Sri Lanka
Himalayas Karakorums Hindu Kush
Khyber
Pass Indo-Gangetic Plain Deccan Plateau
Coastal
Plains Ganges River Indus River
Brahmaputra River
plateau Western Ghats
Eastern
Ghats monsoons
Harappa
Mohenjo- Daro Mortimer Wheeler veneration
citadel
Aryans Vedas rajah
Indra
Varuna Agni
brahman Mystics Vedic
Age Hinduism
Acculturation
Mahabharata
Bhagavad-Gita Ramayana
Ch3 Sec 2
Pages
76 - 83
Brahma Vishnu Shiva
Upanishads atman moksha reincarnation
kharma dharma
Ahimsa Mahavira
Jainism caste-system Brahmins
"untouchables"
dalits Siddhartha Guatama
Buddha
The Four Noble Truths The Eightfold
Path nirvana
Tripitaka stupa
sects
Theravada Mahayana
Ch3 Sec 3 Pages
84- 91
Chandragupta
Maurya Maurya Empire dissent
Asoka Kalinga missionaries Sanskrit
Tamil
Kingdoms Gupta Kingdom Golden Age Faxian
Nalanda decimal system Kalidasa Shakuntala
joint family dowry shakti
sati
Ch3 Sec 4
Pages 92-100
Zhongguo Middle Kingdom
Tian Shan Gobi
Desert Huang He ( Yellow River ) Chang Jiang ( Yangtze)
Xinjiang Mongolia
Manchuria Tibet Xizang
loess silt
Shang Dynasty Anyang clan
Fu Hao
Wu
Ding Zhou Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven Dynastic
Cycle feudalism Qin
Dynasty Shang Di
Confucius
Kong Fuzi Laozi
philosophy Confucianism
Daoism( The Dao) silk oracle bones
characters
calligraphy
Book of Songs
Ch3 Sec 5 Pages
101-109
Zheng Shi Huangdi
Legalism Hanfeizi Xianyang
The Great Wall Gao
Zu Han Dynasty
Wudi Xian
monopoly expansionism The Silk Road
Civil Service civil
servants The Five Classics
Sui
Dynasty warlords
Wang Chong acupuncture Cai
Lun paper
Lessons For Women Ban
Zhao
Ideas
to understand
• What are the significant geographical
features of India?
•
How did the geographical features of India affect the
civilization that
developed in the Indus valley ?
• How did Buddhism and Hinduism influence
the
structure of Indian society during the Epic Age?
•
What cultural impact did the
dynasties and empires of the Maurya and Gupta empires leave on Indian
society
•
What geographic and cultural features
helped shape Chinese history ?
• How
did the first Chinese civilization flourish under the Shang dynasty ?
• How did Chinese civilization
evolve
through
changing dynasties ?
• What philosophies emerged in Ancient China ?
• How did China develop under the
rule of
the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties ?