World Hist. semester test part 3 – Flashcards
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The chief god of the early Aryans was
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Indra
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After the Aryans and Dravidians mixed and intermingled
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Indra receded into the background
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Archaeologists in India have discovered that between 8000 and 5000 BCE
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Cultivators built a neolithic society west of the Indus River
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The earliest known urban society in India was the
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Harappan
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Much of early Harappan history remains a mystery because
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the archaeological remains are under water
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If the Greek historian Herodotus had known of the Harappan society, he might have used the phrase "the fift of the _______" to describe it.
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Indus
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Chickens were first domesticated in
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India
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Mohenjo-daro was
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one of the two main cities of Harappan society
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Based on archaeological evidence from early Indian history, historians believe that
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Harappa and Mohenjo-daro served as economic and political centers
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At its height, the population of Mohenjo-daro reached
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40,000
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Evidence relating to trade indicates that Harappan India
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traded with the Mesopotamians
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Which statement about Harappan society is FALSE?
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Their writings have provided a wealth of info for historians
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Harappan religion
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reflected a strong concern for fertility
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Some scholars believe that, after the collapse of the Harrappan society, Harappan deities
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survived and fund a place in the Hindu pantheon
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One of the biggest reasons for the decline of the Harappan society was likely
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ecological deradation
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The Indo-Europeans who entered India called themselves Aryans, which means
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noble people
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The Aryans were
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Indo-Europeans
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The Aryans came into India
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in a centuries-long migration
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Which of the following statements about Aryans is NOT true
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They brought the first written language to India
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the biggest military advantage of the Indo-Europeans was
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their horses
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Most of our information about the early Aryans comes from the
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Vedas
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The Aryans referred to social classes by the term
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varnas
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Which of the following social classes in the caste system is associated with warriors and
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kshatriyas
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The task of butchering animals or handling dead bodies usually fell to the
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untouchables
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which of the following answers reflects the early varna hierarchy from highest to lowest
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brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishayas, shudras
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A jati is
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a subcaste
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The first century BCE work that dealt with moral behavior and social relationships was the
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Lawbook of Manu
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When a Hindu widow voluntarily threw herself on her dead husband's funeral pyre it was
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sati
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Vedic society was
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strongly patriarchal
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What Aryan god was associated with war and rain
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Indra
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The Aryans believe that Varuna
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oversaw the behavior of mortals and prserved the osmic order
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The most important aspect of the Aryan religion during the early Vedic times was
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the proper performance of ritural sacrifices
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The hallucinogenic concoction drunk by Aryans during ritual sacrifices was known as
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soma
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The "Word of the Fathers"
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was the Aryans heaven
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The Upanishads were
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commentaries and reflections on the Vedas
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In Hinduism the highest goal of the individual sould was to
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escape the cycle of birth and rebirth and evter into permanent union with Brahman
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This passage from the Upanishads explains what Hindu concept? "Now as a man is like this or like that, according as he acts and according as he behaves, so will he be: a man of good acts will become good, a man of bad acts, bad"
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Karma
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The two principal means to achieve the goal of moksha are
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asceticim and meditation
