AP World History Chapter 4 (India) Flashcards
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| 7393423397 | Alexaner the Great | -took over part of India -conquered Persian empire -attempted to combine Greek and Persian cultures | 0 | |
| 7393428898 | Caste System | -5 Varnas (sections) -many subclasses (Jati) 1. Warriors (Kshatriyas) 2. Priests (Brahmans) 3. Traders/Farmers (Vaisyas) 4. Common Laborers (Sudras) 5. Untouchables -(Buddism didn't like the caste system) -mobility??? -promoted tolerance??? | 1 | |
| 7393438184 | Mauryan | -Chandragupta (NOT GUPTA) -Ashoka | 2 | |
| 7393439549 | Chandragupta | -large armies -bureaucracy -autocratic | 3 | |
| 7393441407 | autocratic | -relating to a ruler who has absolute power | 4 | |
| 7393442570 | Ashoka | -extended territory -converted to Buddism -trade -grandson of Chandragupta | 5 | |
| 7393444316 | Gupta | -smaller territory -negotiated and intermarried with local ruling families | 6 | |
| 7393446420 | Political Institutions (India) | -regionalism and diversity -religion didn't stress politics -preist became source of authority (Hindu Preists) | 7 | |
| 7393453194 | Hinduism | -no single founder -multiple approaches -flexible -reincarnation -Ethics: Dharma and Karma -reinforced caste system | 8 | |
| 7393455941 | Buddism | -4 noble truths -Nirvana -equal opportunity -no priests -monasteries -monks/missionaries spread | 9 | |
| 7393459870 | Bodhisattvas | buddhist saint | 10 | |
| 7393460733 | Arts/Sciences (India) | -literature -drama -science -math (decimals, zero, number systems) -astronomy -medicine -scripture -painting -architecture (stupas) | 11 | |
| 7393464077 | Family Life (India) | -Patriarchal -children were spoiled and encouraged to imagine and play -once children were old enough to work they were put to work -served s economic unit | 12 | |
| 7393466186 | Economy (India) | -trade -merchants were treated better than in China -still agricultural at base | 13 | |
| 7393468607 | Buddha | -creator of Buddhism -found enlightenment under bo tree -taught that enlightenment can be achieved by abandoning desires for all earthly things | 14 | |
| 7393474257 | Sanskrit | -sacred and classical Indian language | 15 | |
| 7393476359 | Indra | -chief deity of the Aryans | 16 | |
| 7393477582 | dharma | -caste position and career determined by a person's birth -Hindu culture requires that one accept one's social position and perform occupation to best of ones abilities in order to have a better situation the next life | 17 | |
| 7393483859 | Vishnu | -the brahman god of sacrifice -later hindu -widely worshipped | 18 | |
| 7393485806 | Shiva | -hindu -god of destruction and reproduction worshipped as personification of cosmic forces pf change | 19 | |
| 7393488466 | Nirvana | -Buddhist state of enlightenmant or tranquillity | 20 | |
| 7393490509 | Stupas | -stone shrines built to house pieces of bone or hair and personal possessions said to be the relic of the Buddha | 21 |