Exam 4: New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area

What is a distinctive feature of Celtic military activity?

The fundamental idea of Daoism can be summarized as

The Warring States Period was a time of political and social change in China. How do Daoism and Confucianism reflect these changes?

Identify the following term(s). -oracle bone

Unlike other ancient cultures in Europe and western Asia, Celts believed in

During the Shang period, ancestor worship became important because

The term used by the ancient Greeks for the nomadic peoples living on the steppe north of the Black and Caspian Seas was

Celtic women

An ecological region of grass- and shrub-covered plains that is treeless and too arid for agriculture is the

To Confucius, the fundamental element of society was the

Identify the following term(s). -Druids

Using Map (in the textbook) 4.1, identify the natural barriers that isolated China. Also locate the major waterways, including the Yangzi and Yellow Rivers, and explain how those were used to facilitate trade, despite the natural barriers.

Identify the following term(s). -Celts

Identify the following term(s). -feng shui

The later Eastern Zhou period is characterized by

Definitive history began with what period of Chinese rule?

Describe the role that geography, climate, and natural resources had on the classical Chinese civilizations which emerged in East Asia after 2000 B.C.E.

Identify the following term(s). -nomads

The Chinese acquired silk by

Which early Zhou writing is attributed to Sunzi?