ap world midterm prhs
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| 297789505 | monsoon | A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon) | 0 | |
| 297789506 | Ganges River | 1 of 2 main rivers of India | 1 | |
| 297789507 | Indus River | runs through north India with sources at the Hindu Kush and Himalayas, rich deposits but less predictable than the Nile | 2 | |
| 297789508 | Harrapa/Mohenjo-Daro | two main cities(Indus River Valley-Pakistan) each city had a fortified citadel and a large granary, not much know, language not deciphered, agriculture and animal domestication, Dravidian people, trade with one another, Harrapa: advance plumbing, polytheistic, cities (grid-like) | 3 | |
| 297789509 | Aryans | Indo-European, limited agr., horse domestication, believed cattle important, Sanskrit - written language eventually, Vedas-hymn, songs, prayers, Rig Veda, Indra-Aryans God | 4 | |
| 297789510 | Caste | hereditary, unchangeable social classes | 5 | |
| 297789511 | The Vedic Age | 1500-500 B.C.E. A boisterous period; conflicts with indigenous peoples, Called indigenous people dasas--"enemies" or "subject people" , Indra, the Aryans' war god and military hero, Aryan chiefdoms fought ferociously among themselves, Most chiefdoms had leader raja, king | 6 | |
| 297789512 | Mahabharata | creation story | 7 | |
| 299712736 | Bhagavad-Gita | short-poetic story work drawn from the Mahabharata that was finished around 400 CE and expressed concepts such as dharma and karma as well as the expectations of Hinduism and the promise of salvation, Krishna is Vishnu, the god and he is having a conversation with Arjuna the warrior about dharma | 8 | |
| 299712737 | Ramayana | Sita followed her husband Rama into underserved exile in a wild forest and remained faithful to him during long separation | 9 | |
| 299712738 | Geographic characteristics of China | Huang He: yellow river and Yangzi, Himalayan mountains | 10 | |
| 299712739 | Huang He | yellow river, China's sorrow (overflow and unpredictable), a layer of Loess was left on the ground: yellow fertile soil | 11 | |
| 299712740 | Yangzi | one of Chinas two main rivers | 12 | |
| 299712741 | Feudalism | decentralized local government were landlords controlled the surrounding areas (during the Zhou) | 13 | |
| 299712742 | Major beliefs of Hinduism | - Brahman: Supreme Being, Vishnu: preserver, Shiva: destroyer, Sacred texts: Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanishads, Law Book of Manu, Mahabharata, samsara: reincarnation, caste system, cow is scared, suttee: widows committing suicide by jumping onto husband's funeral pyre | 14 | |
| 299712743 | Dharma | set of laws in a person's life, Hinduism: within your caste, Buddhism/Jainism: moral/ethical standards | 15 | |
| 299712744 | Karma | state of your soul at death/all actions in a person's life | 16 | |
| 299712745 | Reincarnation | samsara(H), depends on your karma, an individual is rewarded or punished based on their action in their previous life in the reincarnation of their next life | 17 | |
| 299712746 | The cycle of re-incarnation | cycle of being reborn, an individual must undergo through several incarnations to escape the cycle or reincarnation and achieve spiritual perfection/independence | 18 | |
| 299712747 | caste system | hereditary social class system, based on you occupation: No social mobility, Brahmins: priestly class, Kashatriyas: warriors and aristocrats, vaishyas: ,merchants, artisans, cultivators, Shrudas: landless peasants and serfs, harijans/untouchables, jati: subcaste | 19 |
