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| 234635540 | India | after the demise of the indus-valley civilization, indo-european warriors migrated into | 0 | |
| 234635541 | aryas, dasas | the struggle between ____ and ____ led to the development of the system of varna | 1 | |
| 234635542 | color equivalent to class | varna means | 2 | |
| 234635543 | priests, scholars | class 1. brahim | 3 | |
| 234635544 | warriors | class 2. kshatriya | 4 | |
| 234635545 | merchants | class 3. vaishya | 5 | |
| 234635546 | peasants, laborers | class 4. shudra | 6 | |
| 234635547 | untouchables | outside the system and consisted of persons who did demeaning or ritually polluting work such as work that involved contact with the dead bodies of animals or humans | 7 | |
| 234635548 | hereditary occupational groups | jati | 8 | |
| 234635549 | jati | the four varna were subdivided into | 9 | |
| 234635550 | caste | jati is also known by the portuguese word | 10 | |
| 234635551 | atman | immortal spirit | 11 | |
| 234635552 | rig veda | over 1000 poetic hymns to various deities | 12 | |
| 234635553 | bhagauad gita | the most renowned of all indian sacred texts | 13 | |
| 234635554 | ramayana | poem concerning the war waged by the hero Rama against Ravan, the demon-king of lanka | 14 | |
| 234635555 | ramayana | great hindu epic poem concerning the war waged by the legendary hero Rama against Ravan, the demon-king of lanka who was terrorizing the earth | 15 | |
| 234635556 | hanuman | king of the monkeys | 16 | |
| 234635557 | moksha | liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth | 17 | |
| 234635558 | upanishads | ancient hindu scriptures | 18 | |
| 234635559 | mahavira | jainism was founded by | 19 | |
| 234635560 | living thing | jains practiced nonviolence and went to extremes in their attempt not to kill any | 20 | |
| 234635561 | swastika | jainism's religious symbol | 21 | |
| 234635562 | lucky or favorable | the swastika is derived from the hindu "svastika" meaning | 22 | |
| 234635563 | rice | ceremonies typically open and close with the creation of the swastika mark around the altar several times with | 23 | |
| 234635564 | naked and starved themselves to death | the most extreme jains went | 24 | |
| 234635565 | siddhartha gautama | who founded buddhism? | 25 | |
| 234635566 | enlightened one | buddha means | 26 | |
| 234635567 | enlightenment | four noble truths and the eightfold path would lead the individual to | 27 | |
| 234635568 | nirvana | the individual's goal was to achieve | 28 | |
| 234635569 | the release from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth | nirvana | 29 | |
| 234635570 | theravada, mahayana | buddhism broke into two major schools | 30 | |
| 234635571 | preserver | vishnu | 31 | |
| 234635572 | destroyer | shiva | 32 | |
| 234635573 | service to a deity | puja | 33 | |
| 234635574 | temples and shrines | hindu worship centered on | 34 | |
| 234635575 | ganges river | the ____ became one of the most popular pilgrimage sites | 35 | |
| 234635576 | cow | the ____ is hinduism's most sacred animal | 36 | |
| 234642755 | magadha | the core of the mauryan empire was the kingdom of | 37 | |
| 234642756 | chandragupta | the mauryan empire was founded by | 38 | |
| 234642757 | kautilya | a machiavellian brahim, ____, guided chandragupta | 39 | |
| 234642758 | pataliputra | the mauryan government made its capital at the walled and moated city of | 40 | |
| 234642759 | akosha | the most famous mauryan emperor | 41 | |
| 234642760 | chandragupta | akosha was the grandson of | 42 | |
| 234642761 | bindusara | akosha was the son of | 43 | |
| 234642762 | 184 b.c.e. | the mauryan empire collapsed in | 44 | |
| 234642763 | shakas | iranian people known as scythians | 45 | |
| 235696911 | bhagauad gita | comprises roughly 700 verses and is part of the mahabharata | 46 | |
| 235696912 | mahabharata | concerns the lengthy feud between two related tribes, the pandavas and the kauravas | 47 | |
| 235696913 | bhagauad gita | covers many aspects of hindu thought between arjuna and the god krishna on the battlefield | 48 | |
| 235696914 | yoga, special diets, or meditation | people who reacted against the rigid social hierarchy went to the forests and pursued | 49 | |
| 235696915 | upanishads | the ideas of people who fled to the forest are reflected in | 50 | |
| 235696916 | architecture, science, art, politics, philosophy | jainism had a great influence on.... ASAPP | 51 | |
| 235696917 | city dwellers | the less extreme jains devoted themselves to | 52 | |
| 235696918 | first noble truth | everything in life is suffering and sorrow | 53 | |
| 235696919 | second noble truth | the cause of all suffering is people's selfish desire for the temporary pleasures of this world | 54 | |
| 235696920 | third noble truth | the way to end all suffering is to end all desires | 55 | |
| 235696921 | fourth noble truth | the way to overcome such desires and attain enlightenment is to follow the eightfold path, which is called the middle way between desires and self-denial | 56 | |
| 235696922 | pressure from new religious movements like jainism and buddhism | ____ led to a reform of the old vedic religion | 57 | |
| 235696923 | vishnu, shiva | what tow deities took the places of honor in the hindu pantheon? | 58 | |
| 235696924 | goddess devi | also prominent in the new religious tradtion was the | 59 | |
| 235696925 | buddhism | akosha converted to | 60 | |
| 235696926 | carnage in a brutal war of expansion in the south | akosha was shaken by | 61 | |
| 235696927 | kushans | the ____ were from northwest china | 62 | |
| 235696928 | deccan | the satavahana dynasty established an independent state in the | 63 | |
| 235696929 | tamil kingdoms | southern india was divided among three | 64 | |
| 235696930 | cholas, pandyas, cheras | the three tamil kingdoms | 65 | |
| 235696931 | artistic achievement | the mauryan empire was a great period of great | 66 | |
| 235696932 | magadha | the gupta empire began with the kingdom of | 67 | |
| 237682514 | moksha | by distancing oneself from desire for things in this world, one would reach | 68 | |
| 237682516 | priests, scholars | who were the brahims? | 69 | |
| 237682518 | rig veda | over 1000 poetic hymns to various deities | 70 | |
| 237682521 | the foundation of hinduism is the vedic religion of arya peoples of northern india | hinduism can be described as an evolution of the vedic religions- why? | 71 | |
| 237682522 | alex the great | the mauryan government united much of india after the death of whom? | 72 | |
| 237682524 | sanskrit language in copper plates | the earliest deciphered indian writing was what? | 73 | |
| 237682526 | 25 percent tax on agriculture | the chief source of revenue for the gupta empire was what? | 74 | |
| 237682528 | created arabic numerals, concept of zero | one of the most important contributions made by the gupta empire was what? | 75 | |
| 237682530 | agricultural products, iron deposits, salt and metal | during the gupta period, india developed an extensive land and sea trading network by exporting what products? | 76 | |
| 237682532 | the financial burden of defense against the huns | why did the gupta empire collapse in 550 c.e.? | 77 | |
| 237682534 | india, china | most of southeast asia's early commerce was conducted with what two countries? | 78 | |
| 237682536 | isthmus | funan dominated what key location for trade? | 79 | |
| 237682538 | aka untouchables. lived in slums. did demeaning work | who are dalits? | 80 | |
| 237682540 | jainism | mahariva founded ____ | 81 | |
| 237688048 | dalits | untouchables are also known as | 82 |
