Chapter 6 Vocabulary - AP World History Flashcards

7667192583	Subcontinent	The Indian _________ encompasses the modern nations of Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, and the adjacent island of Sri Lanka	0
7667193737	Monsoon	Season winds in the Indian Ocean caused by differences in temperature between the rapidly heating and cooling landmasses of Africa and Asia	1
7667196076	Vedas	Early Indian sacred "knowledge", the literal meaning of the term. Long preserved and communicated orally by Brahmin priests and eventually written down	2
7667199228	Varna	The four major social division	3
7667204625	Brahmin	The class comprising of priests and scholars	4
7667205852	Kshatriya	The class consisting of warriors and officials	5
7667206553	Vaishya	The class consisting of merchants, artisans, and landowners	6
7667207355	Shudra	The class consisting of peasants and laborers	7
7667209362	Jati	Regional groups of people who have a common occupational sphere and who marry, eat, and generally interact with other members of their group.	8
7667211193	Karma	In Indian tradition, the residue of deeds performed in past and present lives that adheres to a "spirit" and determines what form it will assume in the next cycle	9
7667213456	Moksha	The HIndu concept of the spirit's "liberation" from the endless cycle of rebirths. These are various avenues - such as physical discipline, meditation, and acts of devotion to the gods.	10
7667214472	Buddha	An Indian Prince named Siddharta Gautama who renounce his wealth and social position to search for the truth after becoming "enlightened"	11
7667216395	Mahayana Buddhism	"Great Vehicle" branch of Buddhism followed in China, Japan, and Central Asia. The focus is on reverence for BUddha and for bochisattuas.	12
7667218865	Thereavada Buddhism	"Way of the Elders" branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast ASia. Thereavada remains close to the original principles set forth by the Buddha.	13
7667220767	Atman	Breath, separated from the body at death. Later reborn in another body, or deeds, of the atman in its previous reincarnations	14
7667222355	Reincarnation	The philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body	15
7667226338	Hinduism	A general term for a wide variety of beliefs and ritual practices that have developed in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity	16
7667234084	Mauryan Empire	The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 BCE and survived until 184 BCE.	17
7667237055	Ashoka	Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (273-232 BCE). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars.	18
7667238974	Mahabharata	A vast epic chronicling the events leading up to a cataclysmic battle between related kinship groups in early India. It includes the Bhagavad-Gita...	19
7667240773	Bhagavad-Gita	The most important work of Indian sacred literature, a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Kirshna on duty and the fate of the spirit.	20
7667242809	Nirvana	"Snuffing out the flame" the release from the cycle of reincarnations and achievement of a state of perpetual tranquility	21
7667244052	Bhakti	The devotional worship directed to the one supreme deity, usually Vishnu, or Shiva, by whose grace salvation may be attended	22
7667245190	Vishnu	The second god in the Hindu triumvirate. The triumvirate consists of three gods who are responsible for the creation, upkeep and destruction	23
7667247795	Tamil Kingdoms	The kingdoms of Southern India, inhabited primarily by Speakers of Dravidian languages which developed in partial isolation, and somewhat differently.	24
7667249168	Gupta Empire	A powerful Indian state based, like its Mauryan predecessor, on a capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley. It controlled most of the Indian subcontinent	25
7667250794	Theater-state	HIstorians' term for a state that acquires prestige and power by developing attractive cultural forms and staging elaborate public ceremonies	26
7667252403	Malay peoples	An ethnic group of Austronesian peoples predominantly inhabiting the Malay peninsula, eastern Sumatra and coastal Borneo.	27
7667254170	Puja	A prayer ritual performed by Hindus to host, honour and worship one or more deities, or to spiritually celebrate an event.	28
7667255701	Funan	An early complex society in Southeast Asia between the first and sixth centuries CE, centered in the rich rice growing region of Southern Vietnam.	29
7667257979	Srivijaya	A state based on the Indonesian island of Sumatra between the seventh and eleventh centuries Ce. It amassed wealth and power.	30
7667259191	Borobodur	A massive state monument on the Indonesian island of Java, erected Sailendra KIngs around 800 CE. The winding ascent through ten levels decorated with rich relief carving..	31
7667261863	Arabic Numerals	The system was adopted by Arabic mathematicians in Baghdad and passed on to the Arabs farther West.	32