Chapter 2 2008 A subcontinent is a large piece of land that is somewhat smaller than a continent The two most important rivers in India are the Khyber and the Ganges Khyber is the name of a mountain pass the rivers are the INDUS and the GANGES ID: 816172
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Slide1
World History
Early Civilizations in the East
Chapter 2
2008
Slide2A subcontinent is a large piece of land that is somewhat smaller than a continent.
Slide3The two most important rivers in India are the Khyber and the Ganges.
Khyber is the name of a mountain pass, the rivers are the INDUS and the GANGES
Slide4A pass is an open place in a mountain.
Slide5Archaeologists know that the people of the Indus River Valley had a written language because they found tablets with pictograms on them.
Slide6The Vedas contains the religious beliefs and legends of the ancient Indians.
Slide7A cycle is a class of people in India.
A
caste
is a class of people in India.
Slide8The Indian religion that stresses the belief in the Vedas is Hinduism..
Slide9In ancient times, China was isolated from the rest of the world because of its geography.
Slide10The Chinese built the Grand Canal to connect the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers.
Slide11A dynasty is a family that rules a country over a long period of time.
Slide12The Hindus believe they are born and reborn.
cultures
dynastiescastes
characters
Slide13In ancient times, a person who could read and write was called a
silt
castemonsoon
scribe
Slide14_________ is a picture symbol found in a type of early writing.
pictogram
tablethymn
caste
Slide15The _______ is the longest and most important river in China.
Yellow
SanskritYangtze
Ganges
Slide16The Chinese built the _______ to keep out nomadic invaders.
Yellow River
Great WallGrand Canal
Khyber Pass
Slide17Vedas
reincarnationcanal
artisan“China’s Sorrow”
A waterway made by humans
The Yellow RiverMeans “books of knowledge”The rebirth of the soul into a new body
A person who makes beautiful objects
Match each item
Slide18peninsula
fertiletransport
districtsnoble
To move from one place to another
A person of high birthLand surrounded by water on three sidesAble to grow crops
What city planners divided their cities into
Match each item
Slide19What kept China isolated during ancient times?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
geography
Slide20What religion includes the belief in reincarnation?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
Hinduism
Slide21What are the seasonal winds that blow over the Indian Ocean?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
monsoons
Slide22After a flood, what is the rich layer of soil left behind called?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
silt
Slide23Archaeologists have discovered clay tablets in the Indus River Valley with what on them?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
pictograms
Slide24What were most of the common people in China?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
farmers
Slide25What is the name of the precious green stone which artisans used for carving?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
jade
Slide26What is the name for a group of people whose members live together for the good of all?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
society
Slide27In ancient times, who could read and write?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
scribes
Slide28What is the name of the one of the two most important rivers in China?
Farmers geography
Hinduism jade monsoons
Pictograms scribes
Silt society worshipYangtze Yellow
Yellow or Yangtze