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India review
Review of Ancient India
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The two mountain ranges in India | The Himalayas and the Hindu Kush |
| The triangular peninsular that juts into the Indian Ocean is known as the | subcontinent |
| The river valley that served as the cradle of Indian civilization was the | Indus River Valley |
| a primary feature of India's climate are the seasonal | monsoons |
| There are two monsoons, the _________ which brings warm moist air from the southwest bringing heavy rains and the _________ which blows cold dry air from the Northeast | summer, winter |
| The cities of the Harrappan or Indus civilization were well planned meaning that they were well | organized |
| The Harrappan rulers based their power on divine assistance which means there government was a | theocracy |
| The Indus river valley was invaded over the centuries by light skinned Indo-Europeans from the Black and Caspian sea area who were known as the | Aryans |
| the Aryans were pastoral nomadic which means they were | herders, loosely organized, who moved between pastures |
| The Aryans were led by chiefs known as | Rajah's |
| The basis of the Aryans economy was ___________ which were the basis of their diet but also was used as money | cattle |
| In the Aryan world Men ___________ and accepted no challenge to their authority | dominated |
| Aryans had no written language but did have a spoken language called | Sanskrit |
| Aryans sang long poems about their heroes called | epics |
| The basis of Aryan beliefs was collected into a group of books, known as the books of knowledge or the | Vedas |
| one of the oldest religious texts still in use is the | Rig-veda |
| The Aryans developed a caste system with four social classes known as the | Varnas |
| The social classes in the Varnas were the -Kshatriyas (warriors) who originally were at the top, the Brahmans (priests), the Vaisyas (middle class) and the | Sudras (unskilled) |
| Only the Brahmans or priests could teach the | vedas |
| The Varnas was very rigid and was divided into smaller groups called | Jati |
| Jati were formed according to ___________ and each had its own rules living separately from other Jati | occupation |
| Europeans renamed this system the ________ system | Caste |
| There is no actual definition for the Caste System, all in system were ranked, could not intermarry and could not _________ their group | change |
| there were people who did jobs such as tanning that were considered unclean and they were called | untouchables or pariah |
| In Ancient India the family was the center of life and it was patriarchal which means | oldest male held legal authority over he entire family unit |
| The indians each had a concept of duty which was called | dharma |
| _________ developed out of Aryan beliefs and was polytheistic | Hinduism |
| The three main gods of hinduism were Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and _____ (the destroyer) | Siva |
| Hinduism looking for a single religious truth reflected in religious writings known as | Upanishads |
| Hinduism believes that the universal spirit lives within all living things and all are part of one eternal spirit known as the | Brahman Nerguna |
| is the belief that soul passes through many lifetimes before it finally achieves union with the universal spirit | reincarnation |
| principle that how a person lives their life determines what form the person will take in the next life | karma |
| requires believer to protect humans, animals and even insects | Ahimsa |
| the final release from the pain and suffering of rebirth after rebirth | moksha |
| Buddhism founded by the 'enlightened one' -Siddhartha Gautama who was known as the | Buddha |
| Buddha developed a new philosophy which told all how to live life, Buddha followed the four noble truths which included the eightfold path, if all were followed successfuly one could expect to reach | Nirvana |
| Buddha rejected the _________ (social class)system of Hinduism | Varnas |
| There were two Indian dynasties during the history of India, the Mauryan and the | Gupta |
| the greatest leader of the Mauryan dynasty was _________ a warrior who accepted Buddhism and became a man of peace was | Asoka |
| The gupta dynasty achievements included -Math – major advances in developing the principle of Algebra, - Astronomers knew the earth was round and in _________ were doctors set bones, performed operations and invented hundreds of medical instruments | medicine |
| ______________ _________ began the first dynasy in India by overthrowing the Magadhan King and proclaiming himself ruler | Chandragupta Maurya |
| Chandragupta Maurya Highly developed a highly centralized government which was divided into __________ each ruled by a governor | provinces |
| _________ succeeded Chandragupta Maurya | Asoka |
| At one fierce battle horrified at what he saw, Asoka swore never to rule again by force and terror and renounced war and began to follow the teachngs of __________ | Buddha |
| Asoka put laws into local languages rather than Sanskrit and carved the laws on rocks and on tall stone pillars and they were called the | Rock Edicts |
| _______________________ was the first emperor of the Gupta Dynasty, he was not related the the first emperor of the Gupta dynasty | Chandragupta I |
| During this dynasty there were major advances in the development of Math | Gupta |
| During the Gupta dynasty many advances were made, the Guptans developed the concept of _______ and developed the symbols that became known as Arabic numerals | Zero |
| In the area of medicine , the Indian doctors set bones, performed operations and invented hundreds of _____________ ____________ | medical Instruments |
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