Ancient China and Indus Valley Social Classes – Flashcards
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Name at least three Chinese inventions
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*Silk *Wheel borrows *Crossbow *Acupuncture *Iron Plow *Gun powder *Seismograph *Yo Yo *Paper and Printing g *Kite *Compass *Horse Stirrup
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Give a definition of the Silk Road
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Travelers and merchants often bring products they have discovered back to their homelands. Use of these products soon spreads, creating local demand and stimulating trade
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Chinese social structure
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emperor (top) palace court, nobles, government officials(first class) peasants(second class) artists(third class) merchants(fourth class) slave's(bottom)
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Indus River Valley social structure
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Top: Priest First class: Warriors Second class: landowners farmers craftsmen Third class: slaves or servants Very bottom apart from pyrimaid: untouchables
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Which early civilization first developed a civil service system, invented gunpowder, and manufactured silk? a Mesopotamiab Egyptc India d China
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d. China
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Archaeologists have discovered evidence of which of the following practices in the early Indus River Valley cities? a Equality among social classesb Urban planningc Monotheistic religion d Pyramid construction
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b. urban planning
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What major natural resource was used by the Chinese to make their first form of written communication? Clay Hemp Papyrus Rice
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hemp
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Writing: Ancient China
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Paper making from hemp Earliest block printing Earliest movable type: less expensive and created explosive of available knowledge
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Writing: Indus Valley
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The mysterious writings left behind by Harappa and Mohenjo daro-daro have not been translated Sanskrit was brought to India by the Indo-Europeans Priest translated memorized hymns poems into sanskrit the vedas is still used today
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Transportation: Ancient China
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Great Wall of China protected silk road traders horse stirrup - permitted military cavalry
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Transposition: Indus Valley
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Oxen pulled carts (wheels) transported goods to be brought and sold Elephants and camels were also used
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Technology: Ancient China
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Iron plow ability to plant seeds with the maximum return for their effort Gunpowder changed warfare with flying fire and fireworks
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Technology: Indus Valley
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Developed homes with plumbing toilets and drains that led to underground sewers They had public baths
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Culture/Social Structure: Ancient China
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Emperors had absolute power over their civilization (ex:forced to build both these enormous architecture structure) Had to build the great wall and the grand canal etc.
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Culture/Social Structure: Indus Valley
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Caste system: preiset, warriors, landowners/farmers/craftsmen, and slaves/servants The untouchables are outside the caste system until 1950 a hindu lived and died at the level to which was born
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Economics: Ancient China
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Silk road- early paper /printing, silk material, and gunpowder were sold to europeans and the middle east
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Economics: Indus Valley
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Had weights and measures for weighing goods before they were sold Open markets places in the planned cities
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Religion:Ancient China
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Buddhism was introduced to china from india around the first century A.D. Since the fourth century A.D. it was widely spread and has gradually became the most influential religion in the china
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Religion:Indus Valley
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Hinduism and buddhism were both started in india Hinduism is the major religion of india today Buddhism spread into china as their major religion
