AP WORLD STUDIES Chapter 4 Flashcards
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| 204238926 | Indra | Early Indian god associated with the Aryans, KIng of the gods and associated with warfare and thunderbolts | 1 | |
| 204238927 | Aryans | Indo European migrants who settled in India around 1500 B.C. Their union with the Dravidians would establish Hinduism | 2 | |
| 204238928 | Dravadians | Peoples who produced the brilliant Harrapan society in India. 3,000-1500 B.C. | 3 | |
| 204238929 | Harrappan Society | Indian society centered in Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro | 4 | |
| 204238930 | Indus River | A river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea. Has unexpected floods that leave behind fertile silt. | 5 | |
| 204238931 | Harrapa | A civilization along the Indus River estblished around 7,000 BCE. This city consisted of over 5,000 square miles. The civilization in the area was named after this city. | 6 | |
| 204238932 | Mohenjo Daro | Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system. | 7 | |
| 204238933 | Sanskrit | The holy language for the indus valley peoples | 8 | |
| 204238934 | Vedas | "wisdom" A collection of prayers and hymns that provide insight on the religion of the Indo-Europeans who migrated into India | 9 | |
| 204238935 | Rig Veda | The most important of the Vedas | 10 | |
| 204238936 | Raja | name for a king of a cheifton in india. Comes from latin "Rex"=King | 11 | |
| 204238937 | dasas | Aryan name for indigenous people of Indus valley region; regarded as socially inferior to Aryans | 12 | |
| 204238938 | Punjab | a historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan | 13 | |
| 204238939 | Ganges River | A river of South Asia that flows southeast from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. | 14 | |
| 204238940 | Varna | Hindu word for caste | 15 | |
| 204238941 | Varuna | Indian god who watched over the behavior of mortals and preserved the comic order | 16 | |
| 204238942 | Patriarchy | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | 17 | |
| 204238943 | Law book of Manu | it was made by an anonymous sage in the 1st century B.C.E. and it dealt with proper moral behavior and social relationships. | 18 | |
| 204238944 | Sati | The practice of an Indian widow throwing herself onto the funeral pyre of her husband | 19 | |
| 204238945 | Soma | A hallucinatory potion consumed by priests | 20 | |
| 204238946 | Upanishads | A group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe. | 21 | |
| 204238947 | Samsara | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth | 22 | |
| 204238948 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 23 | |
| 204238949 | Moksha | The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. (179) | 24 |