Chapter 6 Vocabulary Flashcards

211030135	Monsoon	rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains.	0
211030136	Vedas	sacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests.	1
211030137	Varna	the four major social divisions: Brahmin priest, warrior/administrators, merchants/farmers, and untouchables/laborers.	2
211030138	Karma	(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.	3
211030139	Moksha	The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.	4
211030140	Buddha	An Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama, who renounced his wealth and social position. After becoming 'enlightened' (the meaning of Buddha) he enunciated the principles of Buddhism.	5
211030141	Hinduism	An eastern religion which evolved from an ancient Aryan religion in which followers strive to free their soul from reincarnation until the soul is finally freed. This religion is practiced primarily in India.	6
211030142	Ashoka	Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing.	7
211030143	Gupta empire	Powerful Indian state based, like its Mauryan predecessor, on a capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley. It controlled most of the Indian subcontinent through a combination of military force and its prestige as a center of sophisticated culture.	8
211030144	Theater-state	state that acquires prestige and power by developing attractive cultural forms and staging elaborate public ceremonies (as well as redistributing valuable resources) to attract and bind subjects to the center.	9