AP World History Classical India CH.6 Flashcards

Ch. 6 vocab

7340489184	monsoon	rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains	0
7340489185	vedas (rig veda)	sacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests	1
7340489186	Karma	(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation	2
7340489189	Mahayana Buddhism	one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone	3
7340489192	Mauryan Empire	The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 B.C.E. and survived until 184 B.C.E. From its capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley it grew wealthy from taxes. (184)	4
7340489193	Ashoka	a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism	5
7340489196	Tamil kingdom	kingdom on the southern tip of India; traded with the Roman Empire and China	6
7340489197	Gupta Empire	Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism	7
7340489199	Malay peoples	A designation for peoples originating in south China and Southeast Asia who settled the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, and the Philippines, then spread eastward across the islands of the Pacific Ocean and west to Madagascar. (p. 190)	8
7340489200	Funan	An early complex society in Southeast Asia between the first and sixth centuries C.E. It was centered in the rich rice-growing region of southern Vietnam, and it controlled the passage of trade across the Malaysian isthmus. (p. 191)	9
7340489201	varna	Varna are the four major social divisions: the Brahmin, the Kshatriya, the Vaishya, and the Shudra	10
7340489202	Brahmin	Priest class	11
7340489203	Kshatriya	Warrior/administrator class	12
7340489204	Vaishya	Merchant/farmer class	13
7340489205	Shudra	Laborer class	14
7340489206	Jati	Regional groups of people who have a common occupational sphere and who marry, eat, and generally interact with other members of their group	15