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7619461097What nations does the Indian subcontinent encompassPakistan, nepal, bhutan, bangkedesh, india, and sri lanka0
7619461098Ecological zones of IndiaMountainous northern zone, basins of Indus and Ganges rivers, southern peninsula, tropical coast1
7619461099Crop in India and where specifically is it grownRice in moist, flat Ganges plateau2
7619461100Has Indus Valley civilization writing been decipheredNo3
7619461101True, falseOcean was not a barrier to travel & time4
7619461102What was Vedic age named afterVedas, religious texts that are our main source of info during this period5
7619461103After collapse of Indus Valley civilization, no central authorityBecame home to kinship groups6
7619461104New technologies made advance into Ganges plain possibleIron tools, harder and sharper edge7
7619461105Stories about the Vedic era were preservedby memorization and oral recitation8
7619461106Aryaslight skinned speakers of India eupopearan languages9
7619461107DasasDark skinned speakers of Dravidian language10
7619461108VarnaColor classes were formed because skin color is concern of Indian society11
7619461109BrahminPriests and scholars12
7619461110Untouchablespeople who lived outside the caste structure because of the impurity of their work13
7619461111KshatriyaWarriors and officals14
7619461112VaishyaMerchants, landowners15
7619461113ShudraPeasants and laborers, dasas16
7619461114Brahmin priests taught that every living creature has immortal essenceThe atman or breath17
7619461115The atman isreborn into another body that depended on karma, or deeds18
7619461116BrahmanasDescriptions of procedures for ritual and sacrifice19
7619461117Brahmins had power becauseLink between gods and humans20
7619461118Woman experience in Vedic ageMight have studied sacred lore, hymns, rituals, married in late teens21
7619461119Dominant deities wereMale22
7619461120MokshaHindu concept of the spirits liberation from the endless cycles of rebirth23
7619461121UpanishadsCollection of a hundred mystical dialogues between teachers and disciples24
7619461122Threats to Vedic religionJainism and buddhism25
7619461123JainismEmphasizing holiness of the life force animating all luving creatures, para three strict nonviolence. Didn't eat bugs, ascetism, starved themselves26
7619461124MahaviraKnown to his followers as jina, established Jainism27
7619461125Who developed buddhismSiddhartha Gautama, known as buddha or enlightened one, prince to wandering acestic28
7619461126Four noble truthsLife is suffering Suffering arises from desire Solution of suffering lies in curbing ones desire Desire can be curved if one follows the eightfold path29
7619461127People who followed Buddhism took vows ofCelibacy, nonviolence, and poverty30
7619461128Ultimate reward for BuddhismNirvana, snuffing out the flam31
7619461129When Buddha died, he left no final instructions,just to be their own lamp32
7619461130Mahayana buddiphimsEmbraced new principals and features33
7619461131Theravada BuddhismFollowed original teachings if the founder34
7619461132Vedic religion developed intoHinduism35
7619461133Hinduism emphasized devotion to dietyVishnu, shiva, or devi36
7619461134PujaService to the deity by clothing bathing feeding statue37
7619461135Hindus consider what river to be sacredGanges river38
7619461136There was a victory of Hinduism over Buddhism becauseHinduism responded to needs of people Buddhism demanded too much of people39
7619461137Maurayan empireIndia's first centralized empire40
7619461138Maurayan empire was inspired byAlexander the great41
7619461139Theory of foreign policy in maurayan empireMy enemies enemy is my friend42
7619461140Maurayan capital wasPataliputra, where five tributaries join the Ganges43
7619461141Ashokaa ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism because of brutality of his conquests Chandra Gupta grandson44
7619461142Maurayan empire collapsed becauseDynastic disputes, expense of large army, administrative beurcracy, attacks from northwpeast45
7619461143New foreign powers dominated in northwest Greco Bactrian kingdom -troops left in afganastan by alspexander the great46
7619461144New foreign powers dominated in northwest Large scale movement fromPressure of han china on xiongu47
7619461145New foreign powers dominated in northwest ShakasIranian people driven along pamir and Himalayas48
7619461146MahabharataTells stories of 2 cousins, pandavas and kaurayas whose quarrel over throne leads them to destructive battle . Winner - yudhishthira49
7619461147Baghavadita GitaSelf contained episode set in midst of those events Krishna reveals true identity as time in climax Offers resolution to tension in Indian society about duty to society and duty to ones soul50
7619461148What are the three Tamil kingdomsCholas, pandyas, cheras,51
7619461149What did the three Tamil kingdoms doAlways in conflict with one another lasted for 2000 years Classical period with great literacy and artistic52
7619461150Gupta empirePowerful Indian state based53
7619461151What was Gupta empires capitalAlso Pataliputra54
7619461152Chandra GuptaModeled himself as 1st maurayan king55
7619461153Wpdesciebe guptaSitting astride trade routes No centralized authority like mauryans Theatre state56
7619461154Achebievments of Gupta empireConcept of zero Arabic numerals57
7619461155While muaryans were Buddhist, Gupta monarchs wereHindus58
7619461156Gupta empire collapsed underPressure from huns59
7619461157Funan1st major southeast Asian center Capital- modern day oc-ec60
7619461158Srivijan kingdom capitalPalembang61
7619461159Srivijan was aTheater state62
7619461160BorodourWas Largest human instruction in Southern Hemisphere, temple63

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