Ap World Midterm 41-60 Flashcards

ap world midterm prhs

297789505	monsoon	A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon)	0
297789506	Ganges River	1 of 2 main rivers of India	1
297789507	Indus River	runs through north India with sources at the Hindu Kush and Himalayas, rich deposits but less predictable than the Nile	2
297789508	Harrapa/Mohenjo-Daro	two main cities(Indus River Valley-Pakistan) each city had a fortified citadel and a large granary, not much know, language not deciphered, agriculture and animal domestication, Dravidian people, trade with one another, Harrapa: advance plumbing, polytheistic, cities (grid-like)	3
297789509	Aryans	Indo-European, limited agr., horse domestication, believed cattle important, Sanskrit - written language eventually, Vedas-hymn, songs, prayers, Rig Veda, Indra-Aryans God	4
297789510	Caste	hereditary, unchangeable social classes	5
297789511	The Vedic Age	1500-500 B.C.E. A boisterous period; conflicts with indigenous peoples, Called indigenous people dasas--"enemies" or "subject people" , Indra, the Aryans' war god and military hero, Aryan chiefdoms fought ferociously among themselves, Most chiefdoms had leader raja, king	6
297789512	Mahabharata	creation story	7
299712736	Bhagavad-Gita	short-poetic story work drawn from the Mahabharata that was finished around 400 CE and expressed concepts such as dharma and karma as well as the expectations of Hinduism and the promise of salvation, Krishna is Vishnu, the god and he is having a conversation with Arjuna the warrior about dharma	8
299712737	Ramayana	Sita followed her husband Rama into underserved exile in a wild forest and remained faithful to him during long separation	9
299712738	Geographic characteristics of China	Huang He: yellow river and Yangzi, Himalayan mountains	10
299712739	Huang He	yellow river, China's sorrow (overflow and unpredictable), a layer of Loess was left on the ground: yellow fertile soil	11
299712740	Yangzi	one of Chinas two main rivers	12
299712741	Feudalism	decentralized local government were landlords controlled the surrounding areas (during the Zhou)	13
299712742	Major beliefs of Hinduism	- Brahman: Supreme Being, Vishnu: preserver, Shiva: destroyer, Sacred texts: Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanishads, Law Book of Manu, Mahabharata, samsara: reincarnation, caste system, cow is scared, suttee: widows committing suicide by jumping onto husband's funeral pyre	14
299712743	Dharma	set of laws in a person's life, Hinduism: within your caste, Buddhism/Jainism: moral/ethical standards	15
299712744	Karma	state of your soul at death/all actions in a person's life	16
299712745	Reincarnation	samsara(H), depends on your karma, an individual is rewarded or punished based on their action in their previous life in the reincarnation of their next life	17
299712746	The cycle of re-incarnation	cycle of being reborn, an individual must undergo through several incarnations to escape the cycle or reincarnation and achieve spiritual perfection/independence	18
299712747	caste system	hereditary social class system, based on you occupation: No social mobility, Brahmins: priestly class, Kashatriyas: warriors and aristocrats, vaishyas: ,merchants, artisans, cultivators, Shrudas: landless peasants and serfs, harijans/untouchables, jati: subcaste	19