AP World History Ch. 6 Harrison Flashcards
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| 217875812 | What is the Bhagavad-Gita? | The most sacred Indian text | 0 | |
| 217875813 | Who is the greatest warrior in Indian legend? | Arjuna. Additionally, There is a tale told that in battle he slumped down into his chariot and refused to fight, then he was persuaded by a God named Krishna and permitted to see the true form of God. | 1 | |
| 217875814 | What word can describe Indian culture in both ancient and modern times? | Diversity | 2 | |
| 217875815 | In Indian culture do they have one social class? | No. They have an intricate working of social classes. | 3 | |
| 217875816 | Polytheistic or monotheistic? | Polytheistic. Worship "thousands" of gods | 4 | |
| 217875817 | the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Vedas, and Upanishads are all what? | Indian religious documents. These were transferred orally long before being written down. | 5 | |
| 217875818 | Important Geological features | Himilayas, Indian Ocean, Hindu Kush, Thar Deser, Ganges and Indus River, (Tibetan mountains are the base of these rivers), Vindhya mountains, Deccan (rocky plateau), Kerala (tropical strip of land), Coromandel Coast. | 6 | |
| 217875819 | When does monsoon season begin? | June | 7 | |
| 217875820 | What crops are grown in India? | Rice, Wheat, Barley, and Millet | 8 | |
| 217875821 | Where is rice grown? Where is wheat barley and millet grown? | Rice in the Ganges Delta, Everthing Else is elsewhere in India | 9 | |
| 217875822 | How did the Indus Valley civilization collapse around 1900 BCE? | Environmental Crisis | 10 | |
| 217875823 | When was the Vedic Age? | 1500 to 500 BCE | 11 | |
| 217875824 | Why is it called the Vedic Age? | It is named after the Vedas text that describes, and is the only information we have about this age. The foundations for Indian Civilation is laid in this age. | 12 | |
| 217875825 | When did Indo-European nomadic people come to northwest India? | Near 1500 BCE | 13 | |
| 217875826 | What was the family system for India? | Patriarchal | 14 | |
| 217875827 | What were the life of warriors like? | Lazy, they gambled, raced chariots, fought, got drunk, and ate a lot | 15 | |
| 217875828 | Where did settlers move after 1000 BCE? | Eastward into the Ganges Plain. | 16 | |
| 217875829 | What new technology came? | Iron tools | 17 | |
| 217875830 | Why did the population grow? | Because of the use of iron tools in agriculture | 18 | |
| 217875831 | Which two groups are said to have a bitter rivalry? | Aryas and Dasas | 19 | |
| 217875832 | Where did the Dasas live? | South and Central India | 20 | |
| 217875833 | Where did the Aryas live? | Northern India | 21 | |
| 217875834 | What are the four social classes? | Brahmin- priests and scholars, Kshatriya- warriors and officials, Vaishya-merchants artisans landowners, Shudra- peasants and laborers | 22 | |
| 217875835 | What was the fifth social class? (later on) | The Untouchables | 23 | |
| 217977318 | What happened to the social classes after 700 BCE? | People who objected to the hierarchy of classes retreated to the forest. | 24 | |
| 217977319 | What did the forests serve as? | Refuge and freedom from societal constraints | 25 | |
| 217977320 | What is yoga? | the individual pursuit of insight into the nature of the self and the univers through physical and mental discipline | 26 | |
| 217977321 | what is moksha? | liberation, when one reaches the peak of wisdom and knowledge | 27 | |
| 217977322 | Upanishads | a collection of more than one hundred mystical dialogues between teachers and disciples | 28 | |
| 217977323 | What two religions threatened the Vedic religion? | Jainism and Buddhism | 29 | |
| 217977324 | What did the followers of Jainism practice and believe in? | that all life was holy and they practiced strict nonviolence. some practiced nudity and asceticism(extreme self-denial) | 30 | |
| 217977325 | Who was Buddha? | Siddhartha Guatama or "The Enlightened One" | 31 | |
| 217977326 | What are the 4 Noble Truths? | 1. Life is suffering 2. Suffering arises from desire 3. The solution to suffering lies in curbing desire 4. Desire can be curbed if a person follows the "Eightfold Path" | 32 | |
| 217977327 | What was the ultimate reward of Buddhism? | Nirvana; meaning "snuffing out the flame" | 33 | |
| 217977328 | What is a stupa? | Large mound that symbolizes the univers | 34 | |
| 217977329 | What was a bodhisattvas? | Someone who had achieved enlightenment and chose to be reincarnated to help others reach salvation | 35 | |
| 217977330 | Buddhism split into what two groups? | Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism | 36 | |
| 217977331 | What did the Vedic religion evolve into? | Hinduism (which means "What the indians do") | 37 | |
| 217977332 | Who is Vishnu? | Hindu god, the preserver, who helps his devotees in time of need | 38 | |
| 217977333 | Who is Shiva | Hundu representation of creation and destruction and the circle of life | 39 | |
| 217977334 | What did Hundu's deem to be especially sacred? | Rivers and flowing water, especially the Ganges river. Liked to associated their holy places with flowing water | 40 | |
| 217977335 | The stages of the Ideal Life Cycle for a young man | 1. The young man becomes a student and studies the sacred texts 2. Then becomes a householder, marries, has children, and acquires material wealth 3. When his grandchildren are born, he gives up home and family and becomes a forest dweller, meditating on the nature and meaning of existence 4. He abandons his personal identity altogether and becomes a wandering ascetic awaiting death | 41 | |
| 217977336 | Which won, Hinduism or Buddhism? | Hinduism because it responded to the needs of the people, Buddhism demanded to much | 42 |