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Ancient India

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I.a subcontinent-means   Large distinguished part of a continent ex. India, North America  
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I.b mountains   i. Hindu Kush ii. Himalayas  
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I.c rivers   i. Indus River ii. Ganges River  
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I.d Monsoon Cycle 1. ___ monsoon 2. ____ monsoon   i. 2 Monsoons/year wet monsoon-moist air blows in from the sea dry monsoon-wind blows back to the sea  
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II.a Harappa & Mohenjo-Daronnn i. centralized government? ii. well-organizede cities 1.___ 2.___ 3.___   i. yes ii. yes 1.grid cities(like a easy puzzle) 2.sewer system 3.farmers: wheat, barley, sesame, _Chickens_ (domesticated)  
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II.b Aryans i. Social structure? 1. Caste system ii. weapons 1. Harappans used____weapons ii.sanskrit-__system 1.vedas a.basis for___ b. priest/holy men-___ __ on the social structure   i. strict 1.basi for the caste system ii. chariots&iron weapons 1 bronze ii.writing 1.a Hinduism b. very high  
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III.a warship&tradition___through the world b. trimurti-means? i.Brahma-"the__",ect. ii.Shiva-"the__",ect. iii.Vishnu-"the__",ect.   iii.a vary b. the trinity of Bramah the creator, Siva the destroyer, Vishnu the preserver origanated from sanskrit-tri 'three'+mŪrti 'form'  
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iii.c reincarnation-means? d. karma i."to do" ii. actions impact future life/lives e. caste system i. Brahmin-priest(______level)   iii.c rebirth of a soul in a new body d.wut comes around comes back around e. i. highest Kshatriya-rulers Vaisya-landowners, merchants, herders Sudra-peasents, servents untuchables-"outcast"-"unclean"-worst jobs  
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III.f Dharma i.rules for behavior in the___system ii. follow rules=__social status in next life   iii.f i. Caste ii. improve  
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IV.a Siddhartha Gautama i.raised a Hindu___ ii.Nepal b.__sights i.sick man, old man, dead man, ascetic(means?) ii. seeks ___   iii.f prince ii.b the four i.ascetic=at peace(like a monk) iii.elightenment  
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IV.c i. "the enlighten one" ii. sets the__ways to correctly think,behave,live d. the 4 noble truth-___ _____ _____ ______   IV. ii.8 d. suffering, wanting, stop wanting, eightfold path  
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IV.e eightfold path i. "the___path" ii. sets the 8 ways to correctly _____,_______, and _______   IV.e ii. think, behave, and live  
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IV.f. Nirvana ii. ____ spiritual level ii. ends the cycle of________   IV.f i. highest ii. reincarnation  
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V.a Chandragupta Maurya-1st emperor (___) b. ____-grandson/ buddhist emperor i. violence= converted to Buddhism ii. spread Buddhism throughout __ _ Asia   V. a.Maurya b. Asoka ii. SE Asia  
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V.c____ I- first emperor (Gupta) i. took name of the Mauryan emperor d. _____ age i. time of great achievement ii. poetry, literature, drama iii. math 1. number system 1-9 2. zero 3. decimal & base 10   V.c Chandragupta d. golden age  
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V. astronomy 1. 365 days per year 2. earth is round 3. earth revolves around the sun (year) 4. earth rotates on its axis (day)   india discovered a lot  
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