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81 Cards in this Set
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What word means the physical features of land?
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topography
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Give the 3 types of terrain in India
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rain forests to barren deserts
low coastal plains to high mountains fertile valleys watered by the Indus and Ganges River |
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What is the high mountain in India?
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Himalayas
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What name comes from the Indus River?
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India
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What are the fair-skinned people from central Asia called? warlike and herdsmen
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Aryans
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What is the new language developed by the Aryans?
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Sanskrit
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The literary language that means "perfected" or "refined"
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Sanskrit
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Word that means "Knowledge"
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Vedas
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What is Vedas?
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a collection of religious literature where we get the knowledge of the Aryans
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What is the most important social unit in India?
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the family
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The caste system consists of the following
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priests, merchants, and warriors
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The great god of Hinduism; permeates everything in the universe
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Brahman
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India's empire that was most prosperous
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Gupta
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The goal of a learned Chinese man was a career in
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government service
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Which Chinese teacher taught the importance of maintaining harmony and order in society by relationships
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Confucius
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Who is the basis of Taoism
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Lao-tzu
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What is the youngest of the major Asian civilizations
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Japan
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What did the Taika reforms change Japan from
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a clan government to a centralized government
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What are Japanese warriors called
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samurai
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Who was the greatest Mongol conqueror and founder of the Mongol dominance
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Genghis Kahn
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What city grew and caused the weakening of the Golden Horde in Russia
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Moscow
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What kingdom did the kingdom of Kush fall to
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Aksum
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On what shore was the kingdom of Kanem-Bornu
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Lake Chad
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What did Mansa Musa rule
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Mali
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What language was dominate in EastAfrican city=states
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Swahili
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What is the forest kingdom of Benin known for
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metal work
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What kind of trade opened because of the Europeans trading by ship with the African kingdoms
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slave trade
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What are the social divisions of India called
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castes
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Who invented the moveable type
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chinese
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What Japanese word means "great general"
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shogun
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What is the capital of Mali
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Timbuktu
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Who established the Mauryan Empire
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Chandragupta
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Who was the 1st Japanese emperor
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Jimmu Tenno
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Who was the grandson of Babur and the greatest Mugul ruler
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Akbar
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Who was the ruler of the Golden Horde and he conquered Russia
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Batu Khan
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Who conquered China and established the Yuan dynasty
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Kublai Khan
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Who made Buddhism the religion of Japan
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Prince Shotoku
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Who was the Indian ruler who converted to Buddhism and sent Buddhist missionaries
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Asoka
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Grand prince of Moscow
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Ivan III
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Who was the first to receive the title of Shogun
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Yorimoto
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Who was a cruel Mongolian leader who destroyed Delhi and died without a lasting empire
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Tamerlane
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What is an unwritten military code of Japan
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Bushido
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What religion believes "the soft overcomes the hard; the weak overcomes the strong
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Taoism
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What religion has the Four Noble Truths
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Buddhism
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What religion has Brahman, the world soul, permeates the universe
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Hinduism
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"the way of the gods
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Shintoism
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What religion has this philosophy - what you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others
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Confucianism
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What does Taika Reform mean
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Great Change
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Samurai refers to
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Japanese warrior
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Hara-kiri refers to a person committing?
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committing suicide as a ceremonial practice
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Han Dynasty established what?
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people called themselves "sons of Han"; established the Pax Sinica (Chinese Peace)
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T'Ang Dynasty is remembered as the
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golden age in Chinese history
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LiPo - part of the T'Ang dynasty is remembered as
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The most popular and prolific poet
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Sung Dynasty was politically weak but flourished in
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trade, culture, painting, printing and porcelain
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Moveable type
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small carved blocks for chinese characters; arranged to print
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Clan
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a group of families claiming descent from a common ancestery
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Yamato clan
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island of Honshu
unifed Japanese state |
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Jimmu Tenno
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1st emperor of Japan; Heavenly prince; from the sun goddess
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Shintoism
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native religion of Japan; the way of the gods; nature worship; patriotic
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PrinceShotoku
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made Buddhism national religion
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Taika REform
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Means Great change
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Steppes
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vast grassy plains
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Temujin is
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Genghes Khan; lord of tent dwellers
conquered from China to Russia |
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Kublai Khan
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1st foreign dynasty; Mongol Dynasty' last of Khans; Yuan Dynasty
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Batu Khan
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"Golden Horde" in Russia
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Ivan III
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Grand Prince; ruled with unlimited authority
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Timur Lane
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conquered from India to Asia Minor; known as Tamerlane
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Babur
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the Tiger; Mughul Dynasty
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Mughul Dynasty
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law and order; rich arts and architecture
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Akbar
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greatest Mughul ruler; religious toleration
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Africa
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1/5 of the land surface of the earth
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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south of Sahara Desert
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2 kingdoms
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Kush - Sudan, Aksum - Christianity
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Frumentius
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Syrian christian - spread gospel
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3 kingdoms of west Africa
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Ghana, Mali, Songhai
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Mansa Musa
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ruler of Mali
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Timbuktu
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capital of Africa
center of trade |
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Swahili
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language of city-states
African, Arabic, Persian, Indian |
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Benin
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metalworking; forest kingdom
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Polygamy
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Marriage of a husband to more than one wife
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3 religions of Africa
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Christianity
Islam Tribal Religions |
