14790349196 | What 3 zones is India divided into? | mountainous north, great basins of Indus Ganges rivers, and the peninsula proper | 0 | |
14790361140 | What are monsoons? | seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons | 1 | |
14790366473 | What is the Vedic Age? | 1500-500 bce; info from religious texts called vedas | 2 | |
14790375525 | Did india have social groups? | yes | 3 | |
14790379706 | What were two groupings of people based off of skin color? | Aryas and Dasas (varna = color) | 4 | |
14790386773 | Jati | in India, a group that defines one's occupation and social position | 5 | |
14790391291 | karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 6 | |
14790394763 | vidic religion | main deities were male; sacrifice was key | 7 | |
14790403887 | Women in the Vedic Age | studied sacred lore; made religious hymns; could own property; participated in sacrifice rituals | 8 | |
14790415293 | What did the caste system do? | give people an identity | 9 | |
14790420662 | Brahminism | religion of Vedic India, based on priests and rituals, particularly sacrifices to the gods | 10 | |
14790424715 | Moksha | liberation | 11 | |
14790429972 | Upanishads | A major book in Hinduism that is often in the form of dialogues that explored the Vedas and the religious issues that they raised. | 12 | |
14790437975 | What religious challenged Vedic religion? | Janism and buddhism | 13 | |
14790442187 | Mahavira | Founder of Jainism | 14 | |
14790444680 | Siddhartha Gautama | Founder of Buddhism | 15 | |
14790447660 | Buddhism | the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth | 16 | |
14790450612 | Nirvana | The state of englightenment for Buddhists. | 17 | |
14790456943 | Division of Buddhism | Mahayana (embraced new); Theravad (traditional) | 18 | |
14790467721 | What did Vedic religion evolve into? | Hinduism | 19 | |
14790478053 | Vishnu and Shiva | the two most important deities in the Hindu religion | 20 | |
14790482655 | Devi | Mother goddess within Hinduism; widely spread following collapse of Guptas; encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual | 21 | |
14790487477 | New religions coming into Southeast Asia | often were altered by new converts, who blended traditional beliefs with the new doctrines, and brought direct relationships with god and a sense of underlying unity | 22 | |
14790517665 | Puja | Hindu devotional worship of deities at home or in a temple | 23 | |
14790527360 | Ganges River | holiest river to Hindus. They believe bathing in this river will wash away their sins | 24 | |
14790534784 | Typical Hindu Boy | studies, marries, gives up home for family, abandons personality and reaches moksha | 25 | |
14790547215 | Why did some people choose Hinduism? | provided where others lacked in terms of not being as harsh and allowing for direct connection with God | 26 | |
14790558647 | Mother Lalla | brought interactions between religions in south asia through poetry | 27 | |
14790568384 | South Asia political strusture | generally disunified | 28 | |
14790570579 | North and south india developed | separate political structres (south more stable) | 29 | |
14790588145 | Vijaynagara Empire | founded by Harihara and Bukka, Hundu kingdom, south India | 30 | |
14790603414 | Raiput Kingdom | Hindu; no central government | 31 | |
14790623656 | Who was India invaded by? | Muslims; islamic power grew; conquered Dehli | 32 | |
14790630642 | Dehli Sultanate | Centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders, prevented Mongols from conquering south Asia | 33 | |
14790644490 | Hinduism | many gods; deity artwork; hierarchy; several sacred texts | 34 | |
14790651513 | Islam | 1 god; no diety artwork; equal social structure; Quran as sacred text | 35 | |
14790667448 | What did Islam want to do to India? | proselytize (seek converts), but most converted voluntarily | 36 | |
14790681376 | Were there a lot of Buddhists in later times in South Asia compared to other Religions? (Islam, Hinduism) | no | 37 | |
14790687084 | Did Islam alter the social structure in India? | no; low class hindus didn't improve their social class by converting to Islam | 38 | |
14790702531 | Women in Hindu and Islamic society: | separated; in SE Asia they had more freedom | 39 | |
14790708005 | South Asia and Middle East | interacted and shared knowledge (arabic numbers); architecture blend of Hindu and Islam | 40 | |
14790716566 | Qutub Minar | giant leaning tower built by Delhi Sultanate | 41 | |
14790726264 | Urdu | A Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language since the 1300s. | 42 | |
14790730763 | Bhakti | Hindu devotional movement that flourished in the early modern era, emphasizing direct relationship to deities | 43 | |
14790746290 | Srivijaya Empire | Grew wealthy by taxing trade, controlled sea routes; hindu; strong navy; Sumatra; 610-1025 | 44 | |
14790771562 | Majapahit Kingdom | Southeast Asian kingdom (1293-1520); buddhist; Java | 45 | |
14790786207 | Khmer Empire | The most powerful and longest-lasting kingdom on the mainland of southwest Asia, centering in what is today Cambodia; didn't depend on sea for power (complex irrigation and drainage systems) | 46 | |
14790803083 | Sukhothai Kingdom | Thais that pushed out Khmer Empire in 1431; has many beautiful ruins | 47 | |
14790815506 | Where did Islam Spread? | Sumatra, Java and Malay Pinsinula | 48 | |
14790847010 | What made Buddhism disorganized? | muslim raids | 49 |
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