Chapter 4 Review for AP Exam Flashcards

Traditions and Encounter Chapter 4 terms and people

6831546	ganges river	Aryans had established the first small cities near it around 750 BCE	0
6831547	Caste	determined the places that individules and groups occupied society. Social classes of hereditary and usually never changes	1
6831548	varna	sanskirt word "color'; refered to the major social classes. refered to themselves as "wheat colored"	2
6831549	Lawbook of Manu	sex, gender.. womans job went father, husbands, sons. Woman had the children and kept a suitable home	3
6831550	Manu	creater of human race; dealt with proper moral behavior and social relationships	4
6831551	Upanishads	"sitting in front of" refers to the practice of dicipals gathering before a sage for discussion of religios issues	5
6831552	Brahman	each person participates in a larger cosmic order and forms of a small part universal soul (genuine reality)	6
6831553	punjab	the upper indus river valley (strattles the modern day border of Pakistan and india) aryan groups settled there	7
6831554	varuna	GOD; oversaw the behavior..perserved cosmic order punishments were disease and death	8
6831555	Soma	hallucinogenic concoction theat produced sensations of power and divine insperation. Took during sacrifices	9