Prentice hall world history connections to today – Flashcards
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Aryan
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a group of indo-europeans who moved south across the hindu kush mountain range. lived in tribal groups with a strong warrior tradition.
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Vedas
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a collection of prayers, hymns, and other religious teachings
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Brahmin
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An Aryan social class that consists of priests
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Kshatriyas
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An Aryan social class that consists of warriors
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Vaisyas
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An Aryan social class that consists of herders, farmers, artisans and merchants
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Dravidian
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The original inhabitants of the Indus Valley
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Sundras
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An Aryan social class that consist of Farmworkers, servants and other laborers
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Caste
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social groups into which people are born and which they cannot change.
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Fierce Indra
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the god of war in Aryan religion who has a thunderbolt used for destroying demons, and also uses it for announcing the arrival of rain
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Varuna
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The Aryan god of creation and order
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Agni
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The Aryan god of fire who also was a messenger that communicated human wishes to the gods
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Animal gods
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Aryans worshipped also animal gods such as snake gods and monkey gods
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Brahman
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A single spiritual power that resides in all things
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Mystic
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People who devote their lives to spiritual truth through meditation and yoga, or spiritual bodily discipline
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rajah
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Oftenly the most skilled war leader elected to his position by an assembly of warriors, who rules with the advice of a concel of elders made up of heads of families
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Sanskrit
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A written language that the Indian people developed
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What technological advancement did the Aryans make during 800 B.C
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Iron tools
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Mahabharata
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India's most epic poem that has nearly 100,000 verses, that tells about five royal brothers trying to retake their kingdom from their cousins, and succeed after 18 days of war
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Ramayana
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A much shorter epic poem that tells of Rama rescuing the beautiful Sita with the help of a monkey general named Hanuman, from the demon-king Ravana.
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What does the Legend of Yu show what the Chinese people valued?
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It shows that they valued devotion to duty, and their ability to control flood waters and develop irrigation systems for farming.
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What was the original name of China?
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Zhongguo
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For what reasons did ancient China believe that they were the center of the Earth, and the sole source of civilization?
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Ancient China believed this because of the isolation from geographical barriers?
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Where were the geographical barriers on the map of China that prevented cultural diffusion with other cultures?
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To the west and southwest of China are high mountain ranges, and brutal deserts. To the southeast are thick jungles. To the north a desert named Gobi. Finally to the east is endless Pacific Ocean.
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What are the name of the two rivers that the Chinese's heartland was, and is today?
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The Huang He/ Yellow River, and the Yangzi
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Loess
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fine windblown yellow soil.
