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