WorksheetsAncient Civilizations - India & China
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was one thing Asoka did to make his empire more successful?
Gave all his citizens free money
Built many dams
Stopped attacking everyone and built a peaceful society
Created huge walls around his cities
After Gupta rule, which religion became the most practiced in Southern Asia?
Hinduism
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
What features protected civilizations in Southern Asia?
Lions, Tigers, and Bears
Great walls and huge forests
Deserts and quicksand
mountains and oceans
The evidence that has been discovered which proves the Harappan were an advanced society include the following:
Buildings created with bricks of uniform (the same) size
A sewer system, which included indoor plumbing
A system of writing, which we have not been able to decode.
All of these prove the Harappan society was advanced
What is the Caste system?
Basically, the way people were divided by their interests and social ranking.
A complicated system to fix a broken arm or leg
The way that the Indus River people would save water from the Indus River.
A system of trade invented by Emperor Caste.
What are the two major rivers of the Indus River Valley?
Ganges and Indus
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile and Nile II
Yellow River and Yangtzee
What is the highest mountain range in the world? (Make sure you read the question carefully!)
Himalayas
Mount Everest
Hindu Kush
The pyramids
What is the definition of tolerance?
respecting others' beliefs
When your parents are not short, you have tolerance.
ignoring others' beliefs
being correct most of the time
What is a delta?
An Indus River military leader
A mountain that is topped with snow
Where Indus River Valley residents got their technology
A place that a river spreads out and deposits dirt and sediment
What is an empire?
A land that is ruled by one person.
A hit show on television
How people use to control rivers
A land where people vote for their leader
What is the main purpose for the Silk Road?
So China could trade silk with other cultures for supplies they desired
To have a walkway that felt very soft on your feet
To pay off other civilizations so they would not attack China
To build cities outside of China
Besides silk, what other things were traded on the Silk Road?
diseases
ideas and religions
inventions
All of these things traveled on the Silk Road
How is the start of the Chinese civilization similar to the start of the other ancient civilizations?
They began to farm around rivers.
They learned how to write their language before anything else.
They made an army that could fight other civilizations
They created a giant wall to protect themselves.
Why was the Great Wall of China built?
To keep the gardens full of water
To protect them from invading armies.
To define the borders of their country.
To keep the dogs from wandering the neighborhood
China's Yellow River is called this because of what reason?
Yellow silt is in the water, which gives it the unique color.
The water is so polluted that it is yellow in color.
The water was named after Emperor Yeeloow.
The river is scared of other rivers, so it has a yellow streak.
Why was the Grand Canal such an amazing canal?
It connects the Yellow River and Yangtze River.
It was dug by hand, without machines, and is over 1000 miles long.
It allows people from all over China to travel and trade with one another.
All of these are reasons why the Grand Canal is amazing.
The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in China's history. Among other reasons, what was the main thing that seemed to be the reason they eventually fell apart?
Not enough food to feed everyone
The people were constantly fighting with outside enemies or each other.
The Yellow River flooded and destroyed the Empire.
Clay Warriors went to battle, which sacred people away.
Describe a caravan.
A car that was produced in China to carry silk on the road.
A group of people traveling together a long distance. For example, on the Silk Road.
Another name given to the 8000 Terra Cotta soldiers found buried.
A rock, similar to the Rosetta Stone, where people translated the Chinese language.
If you had no money and you wanted to trade with someone, what type of system would you use?
barter system
caste system
terra cotta system
solar system
When you have a series of rulers that come form the same family, this is called a ________________________.
dynasty
empire
maritime
caravan
