HI 101 Test 2

Huang He

"Yellow River"

Huang He

China's Sorrow.

Chou Dynasty

Chinese began using iron and developed a system of written laws.

1630s

Date Roman Catholicism became an annoyance in Japan.

William Carey

Founded Serampore College.

Prince Shotoku

Founder of Japanese civilization.

Chung Kuo

Means "Middle Country".

Taj Mahal

Palace built as a tomb for the favorite wife of a Mogul emporer.

Confucious

Started the cult of Confucianism.

Four Great Rivers in Asia

Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Huang He

Calico

cotton cloth made in India.

William Carey

"Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God."

Phillipines

7000+ islands, 85% Catholic, 1946

Urdu

Also known as Hindustani.

Indus River Valley

Beginning location of Indian civilization.

"Enlightened One"

Buddha

Shang Dynasty

Developed writing system.

Hudson Taylor

Father of faith missions.

Robert Morrison

Man who helped to translate Chinese into English.

Taika

Reform that formed the central government of Japan.

Buddhism

Religion that arose in India.

Buddhism

Righteous living and following the Noble Eightfold Path could save a person.

caste system

Strict division of social classes.

Huang He, Yangtze

Two great rivers of China.

Sikhs

people from the Punjab.

Siddhartha Gautama

Abandoned wife and infant and became a monk. founding Buddhism.

Townsend Harris Treaty

Allowed missionaries into Japan.

Yellow River

Alternate name for the Huang He River

Chung Kuo

Ancient Chinese name for China.

Shinto

Ancient religion of Japan.

Siddhartha Gautama

Became known as Buddha.

Lao tse

Began Taoism.

nirvana

Buddhism. State at which the soul is completely oblivious to self and world.

Shih Huang Ti

Built the Great Wall of China.

karma

Causes a lack of progress. You're stuck in what you're doing.

Shang Dynasty

Development of bronze and silk.

Mauryas

Drove the Greeks out of India.

Yuan dynasty

Dynasty began by Genghis Khan during which Marco Polo visited China.

Shinto Uprising

Ended catholicism in Japan.

Mogul Empire.

Established in India by the Muslim ruler Babar from Afghanistan.

Yamato Clan

Established rule in Japan.

Adoniram Judson

Father of American foreign missions. Had 3 wives and 7 kids die.

William Carey

Father of Modern Missions.

Shih Huang Ti

First emporer of a united China.

Bangladesh

Formerly known as East Pakistan.

Shih Huang Ti

Founder of the Chin dynasty.

Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku

Four major islands of the nation of Japan.

Asoka

Greatest ruler of the Maurya empire.

Indus Valley Cities

Had many of the modern conveniences of the time that were also enjoyed in Sumerian cities.

Taoism

Harmony with nature.

Mount Everest

Highest Mountain in Asia.

Mt. Fuji

Highest mountain in Japan.

Himalayas

Highest mountain range in Asia.

Brahmans

Hindu priests, top of the Indian social ladder.

Aryans

Hordes of barbarians who invaded India from the northwest.

Great Silk Road

In use during the Han dynasty. Linked the western world with the east.

Guptas

Inaugerated India's golden age.

Calendar, silk cloth, paper, glazed pottery.

Inventions of the chinese.

Marco Polo

Italian who visited China in the Middle Ages.

Mikado

Japanese emporer.

Neesima

Japanese samurai who left his country and calling for Christ.

Genghis Khan

Leader of the Mongols in their invasion of China.

Chou Dynasty

Longest ruling dynasty in China.

Dead Sea

Lowest point on earth.

Harappa, Mohenjo Daro

Major cities of the Indus Valley peoples.

Babar

Muslim who invaded India and established the Mogul Empire.

subcontinent

Name often given to India.

Ainu

Oldest inhabitants of Japan, descended from Japheth.

no caste

People were consedered impure.

Dravidians

Peoples who were displaced by the Aryans.

Hinduism

Second largest world religion. No set rules of faith.

East and West Pakistan

States formed by the Muslims when India became a state.

Damascene steel

Steel Arabs obtained from India.

Himalayan Mountain System, Northern Plains, Deccan Plateau

Three major parts of the Indian subcontinent.

4000 miles

Total length of the Great Wall of China.

Hinduism, Caste System

Two distinctive cultural features of India.

Brahma

Universal spirit of Hinduism.

China

World's oldest living civilization.

princes and warriors

beneath the Brahmans, Kshatriyas

landowners and merchants

beneath the princes and warriors, Vaisyas.

outcaste

broke rules of the caste system, (same as pariah or untouchable).

Ming, Ching

dynasties that followed the Yuan dynasty.

shogun

feudal Japanese lord.

Kublai Khan

grandson of Genghis Khan.

Han dynasty

height of China's power.

Amy Carmichael

helped rescue people from Indian temples.

Chinese writing system.

ideographic.

Hindustani

language of Pakistan.

Yangtze

largest in India. changing.

Mongol Empire.

largest transcontinental empire in history.

Genghis Khan

leader of the Mongol Empire at its height.

daimios

local landlords

farmers, laborers, servants

lowest caste of Indians, sudras.

Gobi desert

means pebbly plain. cold desert.

Hudson Taylor

missionary to China.

Jonathan Goble

missionary who invented rickshaw.

Commodore Matthew Perry

opened Japan to trade.

Confucianism

practice of respecting tradition, reverence learning, cherishing honesty, and honor family ties and the worship of one's ancestors.

reincarnation

rebirth.

samurai

warriors and knights