Vocab Chapter 7 Flashcards
Indian and Southeast Asia, 1500B.C.E. - 1025C.E.
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126479438 | monsoon | seasonal wind | 0 | |
126479439 | vedas | religious texts that are our main source of information for this period | 1 | |
126479440 | Verna | "color" | 2 | |
126479441 | Karma | deeds | 3 | |
126479442 | moksha | "Liberation" | 4 | |
126479443 | Buddha | "the enlighten One" | 5 | |
126479444 | Mahayana | "Great Vehicle" | 6 | |
126479445 | Buddhism | embraced popular new features, followed most of the original teachings of the founder | 7 | |
126479446 | Theravada | "Teaching of the elders" | 8 | |
126479447 | Hinduism | South Asian religion, came from Vedic people | 9 | |
126479448 | Mauryan Empire | India's first centeralized empire | 10 | |
126479449 | Ashoka | Chandraguptan's grandson | 11 | |
126479450 | Mahabharata | tells story of two sets of cousin | 12 | |
126479451 | Bhagavad-Gita | episode that sets the midst of great events | 13 | |
126479452 | Tamil Kingdoms | in the Satavahana dynaty located in th Deccan Plteau | 14 | |
126479453 | Gupta Empire | emerged from the Ganges Plains | 15 | |
126479454 | "theater state" | example of th Gupta Empire | 16 | |
126479455 | "Funan" | first major Southeast Asian center | 17 | |
126479456 | Srivijaya | Sanskirit for "Great Conguest" | 18 | |
126479457 | Borobodur | largest human construction in the southern Hemisphere | 19 |