11860261213 | Stupa | Buddhist shrine shaped like a dome or mound | 0 | |
11860261214 | Edicts | helped the people know the law under Ashoka | 1 | |
11860261215 | Huns | conquered the Gupta Empire | 2 | |
11860261216 | Ahimsa | belief in nonviolence and reverence for all life | 3 | |
11860261217 | Ascetic | someone who rejects worldly pleasures and lives a life of self-denial | 4 | |
11860261218 | Enlightenment | state of perfect wisdom and realizations | 5 | |
11860261219 | Four Noble Truths | 1) all life involves great suffering 2) all suffering stems from desires for worldly pleasures and material things 3) suffering can end when one eliminates all of one's earthly desires 4) desire can be eliminated by following Buddhism's eight-fold path | 6 | |
11860261220 | Nirvana | state of englightenment for Buddhists | 7 | |
11860261221 | Reincarnation | rebirth of a soul in a new body and new life | 8 | |
11860261222 | Monasteries | established by Buddhists for the local lower classes | 9 | |
11860261223 | Arabic Numerals | numbers 0-9 that were actually created by Indians | 10 | |
11860261224 | Caste System | India's traditional social hierarchy 1) Brahmins 2) Kshatriyas 3) Vaishyas 4) Shurdas 5) Untouchables | 11 | |
11860261225 | Varna | skin color | 12 | |
11860261226 | Brahmins | The priestly and learned class | 13 | |
11860261227 | Kshatriyas | The warrior and ruling class | 14 | |
11860261228 | Vaishyas | The merchant and artisan class | 15 | |
11860261229 | Shurdas | The peasant and serf class | 16 | |
11860261230 | Untouchables | Lowest class and had the worst jobs | 17 | |
11860261231 | Silk Road | connected China, India, and the Middle East, also traded goods and helped to spread culture | 18 | |
11860261232 | Indian Ocean Trade | connected the Indian empires to many different trading civilizations | 19 | |
11860261233 | Five Basic Relationships | ruler to ruled, father to son, husband to wife, elder brother to younger brother, friend to friend | 20 | |
11860261234 | Dao De Jing | collected ideas of Laozi | 21 | |
11860261235 | Analects | book written by Kong Fuzi that stresses the values and ideas of Confucianism | 22 | |
11860261236 | Laozi | founder of Daoism | 23 | |
11860261237 | Yin Yang | balance between aggressive and submissive parts of humanity | 24 | |
11860261238 | Han Fei Zu | shared leadership of Legalism with Li Si during the Qin Dynasty | 25 | |
11860261239 | Shi Huangdi | founder of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor | 26 | |
11860261240 | Great Wall | built in northern China to stop invaders from the north | 27 | |
11860261241 | Xiongnu | a group of people who raided Chinese villages | 28 | |
11860261242 | Civil Service Exam | helped the Han dynasty select who would in the centralized government | 29 | |
11860261243 | Chang' an | capital city of the Han Dynasty | 30 | |
11860261244 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | a peasant revolt in China against the Eastern Han dynasty. | 31 | |
11860261245 | Silk Roads | important parts of the Silk Road hat put India on the map | 32 | |
11860261246 | Filial Piety | respect shown by children for their parents and elders | 33 |
AMSCO AP World History Chapter 5 Flashcards
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