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Cameron chico
Ch. 7-8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tamil | A language of southern India, also the people that speak the language |
| Kautilya wrote a leaders handbook called? | Arthasastra |
| Mauryan empire | The first empire in India, founded by Chandragupta Maurya |
| Who brought the Mautyan Empire to its greatest heights? | asoka |
| What is religious toleration | Acceptance of people who held different religious beliefs |
| Patriarchal | Relating to a social system in which the father is head of the family |
| Matriarchal | Relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family |
| What is Indias two main religions | Hinduism and buddhism |
| Buddhist had divided over the new doctrines. Those who accepted them belonged to what sect? | Mahayana |
| Stupas | Mounded stone structures built over holy relics |
| Who were the three most importanat hindu Gods? | Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva |
| Who was one if Indias greatest writers | Kalidasa |
| India has always been rich in what precious resources? | Spices, diamonds, sapphires, gold, pearls and beautiful woods |
| Increased trade led to what? | The rise of banking in India. |
| Han Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that ruled from 202b.c. To a.d.9 |
| What is a central authority controlling the running of a state? | Centralized government |
| Civil service | The administrative departments of a government especially those in which employees are hired on the base of their scores on examinations |
| Wudis first set of enemies where? | Xiongnu |
| Besides taxes, the peasants owed the government what? | A months worth of labor, or military service every year |
| Before paper, what was books written on? | Silk |
| What are the largest deserts in Africa? | Sahara, and Kalahari |
| Sahel | The african region along the southern border of the Sahara. |
| What fly is found in the rain forest? | Tsetse |
| Savannas | Grassy plain |
| Africas earliest people were what? | Nomadic hunter-gathers |
| Animism | A religion in which spirits play an important role in regulating daily life |
| Griots | Story tellers |
| What is a permanent move from one country or region to another? | Migration |
| These factors can either push people out of an area or pull them into an area? | Push-pull factors |
| Bantu-speaking people | Small groups of people moving southward throughout Africa spreading their language and culture. |
| How may people in Africa speak one of Bantu languages as their first language? | Aproximatly 240 million |
| Life in a newly populated area changes because of? | The influx of new people.. |
| What is a push example? | Climate changes, resources, earthquakes, volcanos, drought/ famine. |
| What is a pull example? | Abundant land, new resources, good climate |
| Aksum | An African kingdom in what is now Ethiopia, and Eritrea that reached the height of its power in the fourth century. |
| Who accupied the throne between A.D. 325 and 360? | Ezana |
| The Aksumite reliogion believed in what? | One God. |
| Pillars of Aksum have what? | False doors and windows. |
| Islamic invaders conquered vast terrotories where? | In the Mediterranean world. |
| Terraces | A new form of agriculture in Aksum |
| Nok | An african people who lived in what is now Nigeria. |
| Aksumites were the first state to mint their own? | Money. |
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