Countries of Central and Southern Asia.

1. Name Asia’s three ancient cultures and tell the general area where they were located.
R/ A) The Tigris-Euphrates Valley was home MESOPOTAMIA.
B) India was home INDUS VALLEY.
C) Yellow River, Valley was home CHINA.

2. Who began the caste system??? Why???

R/ The DRAVIDIANS developed a strict social plan, the caste system, to keep the peoples
apart from each other.

3. Name the four main castes.

R/ A) The Brahmins.
B) Princes and warriors.
C) Landowners and merchants.
D) Farmers, laborers and servants.

4. What was an outcaste or untouchable????

R/ Outcaste: he was a person who broke the rules of his caste.
The untouchables: did not belong to any caste. They could live alone with other
outcasts.

RELIGION
 1. What is the main religion in India today???
R/ Hinduism

2. What do Hindus believe about Brahma???

R/ They believe that man’s soul is part of Brahma, along with animals and even plant life.

3. What is reincarnation???
R/ When someone or something dies, its soul is reborn into some other newborn man or
animal.

4. What religion was started by a man dissatisfied with Hinduism????

R/ Buddhism.

5. What does Buddha mean????

R/ Enlightened One.

6. What material gets its name from an Indian City???? Which city is it named for????
R/ Calico, is the material that was named after the city of Calicut.

Contribution to Civilization
 1. What English company controlled India for a time?????
R/ The EAST INDIA COMPANY.
2. What is a dynasty????
R/ Is a line of rulers that succeed each other in the same family.
3. What empire controlled India at the time of Christ???
R/ The Rulers of the Mauryan Dynasty were in control at the time of Christ.
4. What European was the first to reach India by sailing around Africa????
R/ Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach India.

Modern India
5. Name three missionaries to India.????
R/ The Missionary William Carey.
6. Who was India’s first Prime Minister???
R/ Nehru, became the Prime Minister.
7. What two new countries were once part of India????
R/ Pakistan y Bangladesh.
8. What are seasonal winds that bring heavy rains????
R/ Monsoons.
9. What is India’s capital city?????
R/ New Delhi.

Important Facts Civilization India’s

 Mathematics
 Cotton
 Trade Food

Countries of Central and Southern Asia.

 5. Name Asia’s three ancient cultures and tell the general area where they were located.
R/ A) ________________________________________________________________.
B) ________________________________________________________________.
C) ________________________________________________________________.

6. Who began the caste system??? Why???

R/
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7. Name the four main castes.

R/ A) ____________________________.
B) ____________________________.
C) ____________________________.
D) ____________________________.

8. What was an outcaste or untouchable????

R/ Outcaste: _______________________________________________________________.
The untouchables:
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RELIGION
7. What is the main religion in India today???
R/ ________________________________

8. What do Hindus believe about Brahma???

R/ ________________________________________________________________________
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9. What is reincarnation???
R/ ________________________________________________________________________
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10. What religion was started by a man dissatisfied with Hinduism????

R/ ________________________.

11. What does Buddha mean????

R/ _________________________________________.

12. What material gets its name from an Indian City???? Which city is it named for????
R/ ___________________________________________________________________________.

Contribution to Civilization
10. What English company controlled India for a time?????
R/ ____________________________________________________________.
11. What is a dynasty????
R/ _______________________________________________________________________.
12. What empire controlled India at the time of Christ???
R/ _______________________________________________________________________.
13. What European was the first to reach India by sailing around Africa????
R/ ___________________________________________________________________________.

Modern India
14. Name three missionaries to India.????
R/ _________________________________________________________________.
15. Who was India’s first Prime Minister???
R/ _________________________________________________________________.
16. What two new countries were once part of India????
R/ ______________________________________________________________.
17. What are seasonal winds that bring heavy rains????
R/ ____________________________________________________.
18. What is India’s capital city?????
R/ ______________________________________________________.

Important Facts Civilization India’s

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ANCIENT GREECE
COMPREHENSION 10A
1. On which Peninsula is Greece Located.
R/ Is Located on the BALKAN PENINSULA.
2. What did the Greeks add to the Phoenicians alphabet to make it usable for literature???
R/The greek added vowels to the phoenicians alphabet.
3. Who is a Greek example of a bard??? What poems did he compose????
R/The blind poet Homer, TWO LONG POEMS CALLED THE ILIAD AN THE ODYSSEY.
4. Name two famous Greek philosopher or lovers of wisdom.
R/ Plato and Aristotle.
5. Who is known as perhaps the greatest scientist of ancient Greece????
R/ Archimedes.
6. What is a city-state???
R/Each city had its own government that ruled the people in the surrounding villages
as well.
7. Name five important public places of Greek city-states.???
R/ The Acropolis, The Agora, The Theater, The Gymnasium, The Stadium.
8. What is democraty?????
R/ The idea that the citizens of a country should take an active part in the government
of the country.
9. What was the first powerful city-state in ancient Greece???
R/ The City Sparta.
10. What was the only occupation of citizens in that city-states???
R/ Dedicated to war.
11. Which city-state was the greatest cultural center in ancient Greece???
R/ Athens

13 After age seven, boys from that city-state were influenced by???
R/ The boys were influenced by men.
12. At what age did Spartan young men become citizens???? Athenian young men???
 R/ At the age of thirty, he received the rigth to be citizen. The athenian boys oath, at
the age of eighteen.