AP World History: Hinduism Flashcards
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| 14805110091 | polytheistic | is hinduism mono or polytheistic? | 0 | |
| 14805133607 | aryans | nomadic warriors from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system. Arrived and settled at Ganges River, came to Asia through Hindu Kush Mts. | 1 | |
| 14805151137 | Indus River Valley Civilization | an ancient civilization thriving along the Indus River in what is now Pakistan and western India. This civilization is also sometimes referred to as the Harappan or Harappa-Mohenjodaro Civilization of the Indus Valley, in reference to the excavated cities of Harappa and Mohenjodaro | 2 | |
| 14805164357 | they were farmers and builders, organized gov, began to fall apart from river moving and agriculture declining, traded with Mesopotamia, Aryans arrived and these people were almost gone | what is some information about the Indus River valley Civilization? | 3 | |
| 14805182244 | mahabharata, ramayana, upanishads, vedas | What are the Epic Poems of Hinduism? | 4 | |
| 14805191488 | war, love, society duty (handed down orally) | What is the Mahabharata about? | 5 | |
| 14805196604 | traces adventures of king Rama and his great wife ( set up the idea of fire to cleanse and for widows to burn themselves cause they bring bad luck) | what is the Ramayana about? | 6 | |
| 14805214749 | guide to the vedas | what is the upanishads about? | 7 | |
| 14805218588 | Sacred text of the Aryans (hinduism) | what is the vedas about? | 8 | |
| 14805239888 | moral consequences of an action, responsibilities of your position in life match up with caste ranking, perform roles that you must do | What is dharma? | 9 | |
| 14805258349 | dharma | the religious and moral duties of an individual | 10 | |
| 14805261941 | total of your actions in whole life determines you're caste and whether or not you will be reincarnated | what is karma? | 11 | |
| 14805274025 | karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 12 | |
| 14805278509 | samsora | reincarnation | 13 | |
| 14805281325 | when you get released from the cycle of birth and become one with universal soul | what is Moksha? | 14 | |
| 14805292368 | Brahmins (priests, scholars), Kshatriyas (warriors/ruling class), Vaishyas (merchants/artisans), shudras (servants, peasants), untouchables (slaves) | what is the order of the caste system? | 15 | |
| 14805319084 | difficult | it is very _____________ to move caste ranking. Cycle of reincarnation goes on for 100+ lifetimes | 16 | |
| 14805326701 | Shudras and untouchables | what rankings of the caste system were for black people? | 17 | |
| 14814064223 | The creator | What is the Brahmma? | 18 | |
| 14814064224 | The preserver | What is Vishnu? | 19 | |
| 14814064225 | The destroyer | What is the Shiva? | 20 | |
| 14814064226 | Overcoming | What is the the Ganish? | 21 | |
| 14814064227 | Death | What is kali? | 22 |