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Test 80 History
Calvert 6th
| term | definition | detail 1 | detail 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aryans | Semi-nomadic people who herded sheep, goats and cattle (travelled) | Spoke Sanskrit | Vedas were their hymns and poems handed down orally by priests |
| Guptas | had "guilds" which did different types of work | first to determine that earth is round | excelled in science, astronomy and math |
| Ban Zhao | Chinese Scholar | (blank) | (blank) |
| Confucius | Chinese philosopher "china's greatest teacher" | founder of Confusionism | told that all people are good and shouldn't have harsh rules |
| Siddhartha Gautama | a prince in search of "truth" | founder of Buddhism | saw an old man, a sick man, and a dead man which troubled him |
| Qin Dynasty | Only lasted 15 years but divided China into 36 provinces | Set up a bureaucracy so that each worker was appointed to a job | made different measurement and money so that all currency was the same |
| Zhou Dynasty | Zhou kings developed feudalism | used different dialects of the same language | worshiped an imnperial power named "Tian" or heaven |
| Asoka | first ruler to send missionaries beyond Indian borders | belonged to a line of kings called Mauryas | (blank) |
| Wudi | started colonies in North Korea and North Vietnam | (blank) | (blank) |
| Yin and Yang | Yin means"dark side of the hill" qualities of darkness, calm and weakness - yang means "bright side of the hill" active and strong | We can't have light without darkness or life without death | In the Zhou Dynasty this explained opposing forces. |
| Caste | groups such as merchants and servants | When you are born into a caste, you stay there your whole lifetime. | (blank) |
| Dharma | dharma in Buddhism is the law or teaching. | In Hinduism, dharma is duty, justice, or social obligation. | (blank) |
| Han Dynasty | The Han dynasty were the first to invent the seismograph. | They believed in the concept of Yin and Yang. | (blank) |
| Shang Dynasty | Most of the Shang people lived in farming villages. | In the Shang dynasty they learned how to make bronze from tin and copper. | (blank) |
| Feudalism | In feudalism the noblemen own the land. | (blank) | (blank) |
| Varnas | The varnas is the four social groups in Aryan society. | First theres the priest(or Brahman), then the rulers and warriors, merchants and common people, and servants. | (blank) |
| Karma | In Buddhism, karma is the people's" good deeds." | In Hinduism, karma is the discision if your soul will be good or bad when you are reborn. | (blank) |
| Li Si | Qin Shihuangdi's advisor who burned all of the books about confucianism. | (blank) | (blank) |
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