World History A chapter 3 study guide – Flashcards
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in what ways did Buddhism spread
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through trade
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what is nirvana
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relief from selfishness and pain
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what group of people established the caste system
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arriyans
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what is the torah
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the first 5 books of the Hebrew bible
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name one way Hinduism and Buddhism are similar and different
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they both believe in a reincarnation but Hinduism is not founded by any particular prophet, and Buddhism was founded by Buddha
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what is a covenant in the Hebrew tradition
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an agreement with god
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why did the hittites have an advantage over their enemies in making war
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they mastered iron working
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where is Anatolia in modern times, who settled there
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in turkey, the hittites
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what are varna, and what did the word originally mean
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4 major groups in caste system, originally meant skin color
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what is moksha, and how is it achieved
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its rebirth and achieved by karma
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what is ethical monotheism
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the right conduct and worship of one god
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what are the 10 commandments, what did they become the basis of
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gods laws handed down to Moses in bases of civil and religious laws of Judaism
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who is Moses and what did he do
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the adopted son of a princess and he let the Hebrews out of Egypt
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why did the Hebrews believe that god protected them
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anybody that obeyed gods laws would be protected and rewarded
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what did the Hittites take from the Babylonian civilization they conquered
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they took the Babylonian language from international use
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Israel's king Solomon is best known for three things, what are they
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constructing a great temple, wisdom, and building a trading empire
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what languages derived from the Indo-European language
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English, german, Spanish, Persian, and sandskrit
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what is karma, and how does it relate to hinduism
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good/bad deeds in this life that will affect future lives
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what is reincarnation, and how does it relate to Hinduism
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being born again and again as another living thing and do it to achieve moksha
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according to the torah, what did the first covenant between god and the Hebrews state
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god would bless Abraham and his descendants and they would be faithful
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who was brahman, vishnu, and shiva
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brahman: creator Vishnu: protector shiva: destroyer
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what was Buddhas name before achieving enlightment
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Siddhartha guadima
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what are the four noble truths
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life is full of suffering , suffering causes attachment, end suffering by ending desire, end desire by the eight fold path
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what is monotheism
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belief in one god
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who built a temple in Jerusalem that was destroyed and later rebuilt
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king solomon
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why did isreal pay tribute to the assyrians
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prevent an attack on isreal
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indo-europeans
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a group of seminomadic people who began to migrate from what is now southern Russia to the indian subcontinent, europe
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migration
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the act of moving from one place to settle in another
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untouchables
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the most impure because of their work, butcher, gravediggers
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anatolia
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the southwestern Asian peninsula now occupies b the Asian part or turkey called asia minor
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vedas
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4 collections of sacred writings produced by the Aryans during an early stage of their settlement in india
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hittites
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Indo-European people who settled in Anatolia around 200 bc
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mahabarata
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a great indian epic poem, reflecting the struggles of the Aryans as they moved south into india
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Aryans
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Indo-European people who began to migrate into the Indian subcontinent
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steppes
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dry grass covered plains
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brahmin
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a member of the Aryan society, social class, made up of priests
