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Social Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vedas | Holy Books |
| Varnas | Caste |
| Brahman | Priests, they thought vedas |
| Kshatryias | Government & Military |
| Vaisyas | Tend to cattle, Bankers |
| Sudras | Servents (slaves) |
| Pariahs | Untouchables, unclean jobs |
| Karma | How you treat this life will effect the next life |
| Dharma | Duties, do what right for ones age |
| Reincarnation | Rebirth of the sol |
| Moksha | Ultimate goal as a hindu |
| Brahmans Nerguna | Universal spirit |
| Nirvana | Ultimate goal as a Bramhan |
| Sanskirt | Harappa & Mohenjo Daro language |
| Theravada | People who saw Buddha as a teacher |
| Mahaynana | People who saw Buddha as a savior |
| Mandate Heaven | What the gods decide |
| Filial Piety | Family comes first |
| Oracle Bones | Priests would scratch questions that the Empires and the military personnel and then crack it and read it to get the answer |
| Suttee | In Harappa and Mohenjo daro when a man was convicted to death and to be burned his wife would throw herself on to his burning corps or she would be discraced |
| Jati | sections in varnas (groups) |
| Brahma | Creator |
| Siva | Destroyer (most important) |
| Vishnu | Preserver |
| Mohenjo Daro & Harappa | City states, 3 story buildings, indoor plumbing, suttee ritual, Sanskrit language, traded with mesopotamia-Soapstones seals |
| 4 noble truths | People suffer, we suffer because we desire, eliminate your desires, You end your desires by following the 8 fold path |
| 8 Fold Path | Resist evil, Control thoughts, Meditate |
| First to create and trade silk | Zhou |
| Terracotta Army | Qin |
| The dynasty that used oracle bones | Shang |
| The dynasty that believed in the Mandate of Heaven | Zhou |
| Golden age of china | Han |
| Believed in the filial Piety | Zhou |
| The Great wall was built during... | Qin |
| Longest Lasting Dynasty | Zhou |
| Name 2 inventions of the Han Dynasty | Negative numbers, Paper |
| 5 basic relationships (In order 1-5) | Parent and child, Husband and wife, siblings, Emperor and subject, and friends |
| Lao-tzu | Founded Taoism (Daoism), Do what ever you want |
| Confusius | Founder of communism, fallow the crowd (society/rules), 5 basic relationships |
| Siddhartha Gautama | Buddhas original name |
| Collections of Meditations in Taoism | Tao Te Ching |
| Rig Veda | Original Holy book |
| Buddha Means | The enlightened one |