AP World History- India Flashcards

2915834890	northern mountainous zone	first topographical zone of the Indian subcontinent	0
2915840770	Indus and Gangus Basins	second topographical zone of the Indian subcontinent	1
2915842684	the peninsula	third topographical zone of the Indian subcontinent	2
2915850852	Indo-European	what kind of settlers moved to India after the fall of the Indus river valley civilization	3
2915861855	varna	what was created as a result of the conflict between light skinned settlers and the dark skinned Dravidians	4
2915867345	Brahmin	highest level of Varna- priests	5
2915880408	Brahmin	mouth of Brahma	6
2915883076	Kshastriya	second level of Varna- ruling class made up of leaders and warriors	7
2915886423	Kshastriya	arms of Brahma	8
2915894404	Vaishya	third level of varna- merchants, artisians	9
2915901773	Vaishya	legs of Brahma	10
2915905347	Shundra	fourth level of varna- unskilled laborers and servants	11
2915908456	Shundra	feet of Brahma	12
2915910169	Pariahs	the untouchables- lower than Brahmas feet	13
2915913414	Shundras	fourth level of varna	14
2915915704	varna	aka CULTURAL SEGREGATION	15
2915919168	karma	according to varna, what determines your next level in life	16
2915925494	religion	main conflict of India based on _____	17
2915928911	ideas from different religions	Hinduism is full of...	18
2915932157	Hindu vs Buddhism	Main religious conflict was...	19
2915937532	West Pakistan	who ruled over East Pakistan	20
2915937533	East Pakistan	who was larger- East Pakistan or West Pakistan	21
2915946162	West Pakistan	where were resources gathered in East Pakistan shipped	22
2915948800	Hinduism	3rd largest worldwide religion	23
2915956004	near the Indus in Pakistan	where does Hinduism find its roots	24
2915958095	prophits	Hinduism has no recorded ____	25
2915962988	Veda songs	earliest piece of Hindu culture	26
2915966234	orally	how were Hindu beliefs passed on	27
2915968003	Brahman	the formless `universal soul`- Hindu equivalent of the Christian God	28
2915975632	atman	the Hindu word for `soul`	29
2915981314	return to Brahma	end goal of Hinduism is for the atman to...	30
2915986768	caste system	what is the name for the system of social classes according to varna	31
2915996047	varna	what was the term for someones role in life	32
2916000239	Brahma	god who created the universe (human birth)	33
2916013131	Vishnu	god who preserves universe (human life)	34
2916015046	Shiva	god who destroys universe (human death)	35
2916018959	Rig Beta	Hindu creation story	36
2916022249	Venda Songs	base of Hindu religious text	37
2916041611	Moksha	Hindu enlightenment	38
2916048797	Darius	who conquered India in 520 BCE	39
2916050770	Alexander the Great	who conquered India in 327 BCE	40
2916056964	rebellion of troops	what led to the end of Alexander the Great`s rule of India	41
2916063376	agriculture and trade	two main sources of revenue for India after the death of Alexander	42
2916067154	Chandragupta Maurya	Who took power of India in 321	43
2916071408	Magadna	most significant remaining civilization after the death of Alexander	44
2916076465	Chandragupta Maurya	who created the first unified Indian Empire	45
2916079901	Mauryan Empire	what empire was created by Chandragupta	46
2916083636	zero	what major concept was first discovered in Mauryan-era India	47
2916090003	provinces and districts	what did Chandragupta divide India into	48
2916093505	tax assessments	why did Chandragupta divide India into provinces and districts	49
2916098681	to pursue Jainism	why did Chandragupta leave his throne	50
2916105262	Kautilya	Chandragupta`s advisor	51
2916112014	legalistic	what kind of leadership did Kautilya believe in	52
2916113836	anarchy	what was the greatest evil according to Kautilya	53
2916118437	Ashoka Maurya	who ruled during the Golden Age of the Mauryan Empire	54
2916120784	304-232 BCE	this time was considered the Golden Age of the Mauryan Empire	55
2916127149	Buddhism	what did Ashoka convert to after the battle of Kaling	56
2916130727	Kaling	what battle caused Ashoka to convert to Buddhism	57
2916136851	tolerant	Ashoka was a religiously ____ leader	58
2916139043	positive leadership	how did Ashoka integrate Indian society	59
2916145034	peaceful	under what conditions can culture be spread	60
2916147038	Sanskrit	what kind of script is Ashoka`s Law Script written in	61
2916150011	10 rock edicts	Ashoka`s Law Code is written on what	62
2916155529	economic crisis	what followed the death of Ashoka	63
2916158172	bureaucratic, military	following the death of Ashoka, expensive ______ and ____ costs were not supported by tax	64
2916171307	to pay salaries	why was currency devalued following the death of Ashoka	65
2916173313	185	by ____ BCE, the Mauryan empire was gone	66
2916181262	320 CE	when was the Gupta empire founded	67
2916183721	Magadha	where was the Gupta empire based	68
2916188696	Chandra Gupta	who founded the Gupta empire	69
2916191945	decentralized	the Gupta empire had a ____ style of leadership	70
2916193680	Buddhism	what religion was `kicked out` of India by the Gupta empire	71
2916201751	King of Kings	nickname for Chandra Gupta	72
2916230785	starvation	how did Chandra Gupta die	73
2916204704	375 BCE	when did Chandra Gupta II take the throne	74
2916208127	Mediterranean area	Chandra Gupta`s reign brought trade with the....	75
2916210521	the Huns	who invaded india in 450 CE	76
2916213085	fault lines	where did the Gupta empire begin to disintegrate	77
2916224141	Mughal Empire	what forgein empire took over in 16th Century India	78
2916224142	Islam	religion of the Mughal empire	79
2916233759	Indian Ocean	Indian trade routes revolved around the...	80
2916235468	competition	main struggle for trade cities	81
2916240251	pepper and cinnamon	exports of Sri Lanka	82
2916251547	Arthashastra	what major literary work was written by Kautilya	83
2916258731	ruler	Ashoka Maurya was a ___ rather than a conqueror	84
2916260463	roads	Ashoka was known for building extensive ____	85
2916268437	power, selflessness	Ashoka was conflicted in his struggle to balance ___ and ____	86
2916272636	Buddhist	Ashoka`s law code was dominated by what kind of principles	87
2916278712	Bactria	Northwestern regional kingdom of India	88
2916287944	descendants of Alexander the Great	who ruled Bactria	89
2916290497	Kush	Northern India and Central Asian regional kingdom (1-300 CE)	90
2916293724	silk road	Kush kingdom was known for maintaining what network	91
2916302865	natural sciences and mathematics	the Gupta empire created the foundations for studies in what two fields	92
2916307527	Hindu	____ revival followed the reign of Chandra Gupta II	93
2916316529	Kalidasa	major literary achievement of Gupta	94
2916319335	Gupta	what empire achieved medical advances such as plastic surgery, extensive disease classification, printed medical guides, c-sections, inoculations, and healing plant indentification	95
2916327620	Gupta	what empire achieved mathematic accomplishments such as discovery of pi, zero, and the decimal system	96
2916338503	White Huns	invasion of what group led to Gupta decline	97
2916340444	local kingdoms	what kind of leadership took over in India after the Gupta end	98
2916348939	trade routes in India	what did Indian government capitalize most on	99
2916352728	Kush mountains	what mountain system was included in silk road trade routes	100
2916354834	seasonal	trade on the Indian Ocean was...	101
2916357357	south-west	where did spring and winter monsoon winds originate	102
2916360654	north-west	where did fall and winter winds originate from	103
2916365510	Indian Ocean	Indian trade to Asia, Persia, and the Red & Mediterranean seas was based where	104
2916373963	economic diversification	what political issue challenged the caste system	105
2916376188	Jatis	guilds that acted as sub-castes	106
2916378762	outcastes	social class that was forced into low-status employment	107
2916386303	caste privilege	social change generated resentment of what system	108
2916392445	6th and 5th centuries BCE	when did new religions begin to threaten the traditional caste status quo	109
2916396237	Atheists, Jainists, Buddhists	what three major religious affiliations threatened the caste system hinduism	110
2916403585	Vardhamana Mahavira	who founded Jainism	111
2916405651	Upanishads	what was the basis of Jainism in the 7th century	112
2916408611	Jainism	what religion held emphasis on selfless living and concern for all living beings	113
2916412678	Ahimsa	principle of extreme non-violence	114
2916420221	rejected caste	the primary appeal of Jainism was that it...	115
2916424402	extreme, worldwide	Jain asceticism was too ___ to become a ____ movement	116
2916429479	Siddhartha Gautama	who was the Buddha	117
2916430733	the enlightened one	what is the meaning of the title Buddha	118
2916433051	49 days of meditation	what caused Siddhartha to reach enlightenment	119
2916437481	bo	Siddhartha reached enlightenment while sitting under what type of tree	120
2916440622	528 BCE	when did the Buddha begin teaching his doctrine	121
2916443152	robes and food bowls	followers of Buddha had only two possessions- what were they	122
2916446928	monastic	what kind of communities did the Buddha establish	123
2916449174	Buddhism	what is the 4th largest worldwide religion	124
2916454196	nirvana	state of liberation and freedom from suffering according to Buddhist beliefs	125
2916459357	everything in life is suffering	first noble truth	126
2916461111	cause for pain is self-centeredness	second noble truth	127
2916465641	eliminate pain by eliminating desires	third noble truth	128
2916469331	do not kill	first Buddhist commandment	129
2916470798	do not steal	second Buddhist commandment	130
2916470799	do not lie	third Buddhist commandment	131
2916473268	do not misuse sex	fourth Buddhist commandment	132
2916478549	do not use drugs or alchohol	fifth Buddhist commandment	133
2916481397	Panna	Buddhist principle pf discernment and wisdom	134
2916484830	Sila	Buddhist principle of virtue and morality	135
2916486816	Samadhi	Buddhist principle of concentration and meditation	136
2916494288	Brahmins	Buddhist was appealing due to the lack of dependency on _____	137
2916665494	vernacular	what kind of script was used in Buddhist teachings	138
2916767625	tropical	climate of south India	139
2916769178	temperate	climate of north India	140