1. Cultures of Persia, India, and China 2011-2012 WHI SOL Part III

2. Nebuchadnezzar is also the same king who built this famous structure in Babylon for his homesick wife.

3. The Hanging Gardens

4. The Babylonians would eventually be conquered by the Persians. Where were the Persians from?

5. Iran

6. Who was the Persian King who conquered the Babylonians?

7. Cyrus

8. How did Cyrus treat the people that he had conquered?

9. With Tolerance

10. After conquering Babylon, Cyrus allowed these people to return to Israel and Judah.

11. The Jews

12. What was the religion that the Persians practiced?

13. Zoroastrianism

14. Who was the founder of the Zoroastrian religion?

15. Zoroaster

16. Zoroaster taught that their were two opposing forces in the Universe. What were these forces?

17. Good and Evil

18. The teachings of Zoroaster were recorded in this holy book

19. The Avesta

20. The Persians, instead of forcing their religion on the people they conquered, allowed the Jews and all the other people they conquered to practice their religion freely. This is known as?

21. Religious Toleration

22. Cyrus soon had built an empire. His son Cambyses would extend the empire by conquering the land of the Pharaohs. What land did he conquer?

23. Egypt

24. Who was the third king of Persia?

25. Darius

26. Darius developed an administration of government through departments staffed with non-elected officials. This type of government would be known as an

27. Imperial Bureaucracy

28. Darius divided the Persian Empire into 20 provinces, and placed a governor in charge of each province. What were these governors called?

29. Satraps

30. Darius also built this to make travel across Persia’s conquered territories easier

31. The Royal Road

32. The classical Indian Valley Civilization began by this river

33. The Indus River

34. Over time, the civilization would be extended east to this river

35. The Ganges

36. What mountains would border the Indian subcontinent

37. The Hindu Kush and the Himalayas

38. What ocean is south of India?

39. The Indian Ocean

40. What were the two major cities of the Indus Valley Civilization?

41. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

42. A group of Indo-Europeans migrated into the Indus Valley through the Hindu Kush. Who were these people?

43. The Aryans

44. The Aryans soon dominated the people of the Indus Valley region. They would develop a structured social hierarchy system known as

45. The Caste System

46. This religion developed in India. The Caste System is an integral part of it

47. Hinduism

48. The Hindus believed in many forms of one

49. god

50. In Hinduism, one would move up or down in the caste system as a result of ones thoughts and actions. What is this known as?

51. Karma

52. Karma influenced your position in the caste system as Hindus believe in a system of rebirth known as

53. reincarnation

54. What are the two most sacred writings in Hinduism?

55. Vedas and Upanishads

56. A man named Siddhartha Guatama developed another religion in India. What would he come to be known as?

57. The Buddha

58. The term Buddha means this

59. The Enlightened one

60. Siddhartha explained his new faith as a search for answers to life’s mysteries that he had not found in this religion.

61. Hinduism

62. Siddhartha (the Buddha) laid out four main ideas that he had understood in his Enlightenment. What were these ideas known as? 1)Everything in life is suffering and sorrow 2)The cause for all the suffering in the world is people’s selfish desire for the temporary pleasures of the world. 3)The way to end all suffering is to end all desires 4)The way to overcome such desires is to attain enlightenment. This is done by following the eightfold path, which is called the middle way between desires and self-denial

64. The fourth Noble Truth explained that by following this one could attain enlightenment

66. What is the Symbol for Buddhism?

68. Classical Chinese Civilization

69. What civilization is located in this area?

70. China

71. China had one of the four River Valley Civilizations. Between what rivers did this civilization emerge?

72. Huang He and Yangtze

73. What is another name for the Huang He River?

74. The Yellow River

75. In China’s early years, many warlords fought one another as they were all trying to gain control of China. What was this time period known as?

76. The Time of Warring States

77. the art or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events

78. Divination

79. In Chinese History, the divine (godly) approval thought to be the reason dynasties were allowed to keep royal authority

80. Mandate of Heaven