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Brock Herrod
Ch 7-8
Term | Definition |
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Who was the leader of the first indian empire | Chandragupta Maurya |
What was a goal of asoka new edict | Fair, human treatment of subject |
What happened to the empire when asoka died | It ended and india entered a period of turmoil |
What was experienced during the gupta empire | Advances in literature, art, science, and mathematics |
What was kautilya handbook called | Arthasastra |
Matriarchal | Headed by the mother |
Patriarchal | Headed by the father |
What were india's 2 main faiths | Hinduism and Buddhism |
What are hindus three main gods | Vishnu, brahma, and shiva |
Where did all Buddhas want to go after death | Nirvana |
Who is one of india's greatest writers | Kalidasa |
What two things were popular in India | Literature and drama |
What was one thing invented in India | Modern numerals |
Silk road | Road that increased trade and helped transportation |
What china dynasty is divided into 2 parts | Han Dynasty |
Who found the Han Dynasty and became the first emperor | Liu Bang |
What happened if the emperor didnt do his job | The heavens gave them earthquakes, floods, and famines |
Who was at the top of the chinese structure | The Emperor |
Who was at the bottom of the chinese structure | Slaves |
Assimilation | The adoption of a conquerers culture by a conquered people |
Monopoly | Groups exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods |
What is the second largest continent in the world | Africa |
What are the deserts in africa | Kalahari and sahara desert |
Who were africas early people | Nomadic hunter gaterers |
What do men do in the san people | Hunt |
What do women and children do in the san | Gather berries |
What was africas earliest culture | Nok |
Animism | Belief where people believe everything has spirits |
What was a human pattern in human culture | Migration |
What is a way historians trace patterns of migration | Through the pattern of languages speaken |
Which direction did bantu speaking people travel | South or southeast |
What farming technique did these people use | Slash and burn |
What was africas main speaking language | Bantu |
Push pull factor | Factor that moves people from their homeland to somewhere else |
What is a result of bantu speaking people migrating | Territorial wars broke out and cultures were taken over |
Where did arab people cross | The red sea |
What is aksum | An african kingdom |
What did the greek guide book describe askum to be | Zoskales |
Why was the city of adulis so important | It was the center of trade |
What conflicted helped the fall of Aksum | Christian aksumites and islamic invaders |
Ezana | A strong ruler |
Adulis | Aksum seaport |