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Prezzley Buckhannon
Ch. 7-8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What was the most important thing Chandragupta did? | Began the Mauryan Empire. . |
| How did Chandragupta clothe, feed, and pay his troops? | He raised taxes. |
| Who was Chandragupta's advisor? | Kautilya. |
| What did Kautilya write? | A book titled "Arthasastra." |
| Who was Megasthenes? | Seleucus's ambassador. |
| What were India's two main faith in 250 BC? | Hinduism and Buddhism. |
| What made Buddhism more popular? | People started worshiping the Buddha as a god. |
| What were the new Buddhist teachings called? | Mahayana. |
| What were the original teachings called? | Theravada. |
| How did Hinduism change? | People started to worship 3 gods more than the others. It was going more towards monotheism. |
| What were the three most important Hindu gods? | Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. |
| Who restored unity to China? | The Han. |
| How long did the Han dynasty rule? | Over 400 years. |
| What is a centralized government? | A central authority controls the running of the state. |
| How was society under the Han dynasty? | Very structured. |
| What is commerce and what did it help do? | Commerce is the buying and selling of goods and it helped make advances of life in China. |
| In the end, what did the Han dynasty disintegrate too? | Three rival kingdoms. |
| What is the Sahara? | The largest (and growing) dessert in Africa. |
| What was the early religion in Africa? | They believed in one creator, and animism. |
| What is animism? | The belief that everything has a spirit. |
| What was a griot? | A story teller who passed down stories orally. |
| What is desertification? | The steady process of drying of the soil. |
| What important thing did the Nok culture do? | They were the first African people to smelt iron. |
| What are push-pull factors? | They can either push people out of an area or pull them into one. |
| What is one effect of migration? | Ideas and tecnologies must be shared. |
| Who were the Bantu speaking peoples? | Small groups who moved southward through Africa. |
| What were some causes of migration? | It is proposed that they needed more land to plant, so they had to move. |
| What happened when the Bantu's spread south? | Territorial war broke out. |
| What created new cultures with unique customs and traditions? | Intermingling. |
| What was the kingdom of Aksum? | A more powerful kingdom that conquered Kush. |
| Who was Ezana? | An exceptionally strong ruler who came into power around 325-360 BC. |
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