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EAC - China and India Geo and Early Civs

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  • What feature of the Indus Valley Culture makes us believe that they had a strong government or leadership?
    Highly organized city plan (grids)
  • River where the first Chinese dynasty was found
    Huang He (Yellow River)
  • What do we call a family that rules over a kingdom or empire, passing down from generation to generation.
    Dynasty
  • How did the geography of China shape its culture?
    It isolated them, made them believe they're the center of the world.
  • Why did the earliest civilizations settle around river valleys?
    Transportation, helped with farming, food source, water source, etc.
  • Strong, seasonal winds that greatly effect the climate of India.
    Monsoons
  • Desert in the Northwest of India.
    Thar Desert
  • First dynasty in China.
    Shang Dynasty
  • Why were the Monsoons important to the development of India?
    They were predictable/helped farming and trade
  • Name one of the two major cities that the Indus Valley Culture created in India.
    Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro
  • What metal were the Shang Dynasty of China famous for using?
    Bronze
  • How did the Yellow River get it's name?
    From the yellow sand / loess that turned the color of the water yellow.
  • Desert that is in the Northwest of China, near the Tibetan Plateau.
    Taklamakan Desert
  • The Indus Valley Culture had a large public bath. Which classic civilization also had public baths that were important to their culture?
    Rome
  • Mountain Range that's at the Northwest of India.
    Hindu Kush.
  • River where the first Indian civilization was found.
    Indus River
  • Mountain Range the separates China and India.
    Himalayan Mountain Range
  • 2nd Largest Desert in the World, found in China.
    Gobi Desert
  • China's first dynasty was settled between two rivers. Which classic civilization was also settled between two rivers?
    Mesopotamia
  • What culture did this come from?
    Indus Valley Culture
  • What clues does this artifact tell us about the culture it came from?
    They had domesticated animals, they did trade, they had a writing system
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