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48 Cards in this Set
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Which major societies were built by Dravidian peoples in 3000-2500 BCE?
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Harappa, Mohendo-dano, Khyber Pass, Punjab
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Was Harappan civilization matriarchal?
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Yes
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The Early Aryans: Which animals were used for a pastoral economy?
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Sheep, goats, horses, cattle
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What was the sacred tongue for the Aryans?
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Sanskrit
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What was the everyday language that eventually evolved into Hindi, Urdu and Bengali?
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Prakrit
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What was the religious and literary works called?
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The Vedas
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The most important Vedas?
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Rig Veda
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The Vedic Age: Were the Aryans at peace with the Dravidians?
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No they were at war
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What were chiefdoms called?
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Rajas
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During the Vedic Age, what metal was developed?
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Iron metallurgy
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Varna; The Caste System: What was Brahmin?
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Priest
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What was Kshatriya?
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Warrior
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What was Vaishya?
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Merchant
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What was Sudra?
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Commoner
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What was Harijan?
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"Untouchable" ; Pariahs
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What did the Lawbook of Many stand for?
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"Rule of the father"
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What is the definition of Sati?
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Women devotion for her husband.
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Aryan Religion: What was the major deity of Rig Veda?
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Indra the war god
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What was the role of Brahmins?
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Elaborating ritual sacrifices to gods
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Varuna was the same as what other god?
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Osiris
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Teachings of the Upanishads: What was Brahman?
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The universal soul
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What was Samsara?
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Reincarnation
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What was Karma?
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Accounting for incarnations
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What was Moksha?
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Mystical ecstacy (yoga)
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What is Asceticism?
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Denying yourself pleasure
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The Yellow River: How many miles did it take to go from Tibet to the Yellow Sea?
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3000 miles
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What was periodic flooding referred to?
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"China's sorrow"
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Prehistoric Society: Yangshao: What were three main concepts during this Society?
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Bronze tools, painted pottery, Banpo village
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The Earliest Dynasties: What were the three earliest dynasties?
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Xia, Shang, Zhou
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What were three things that the dynasties controlled?
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Local leaders, hereditary monarchy, flood control
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What was introduced in the Shang Dynasty?
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Bronze metallurgy, horse drawn chariots, large armies, political organization, state monopoly
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Shang Dynasty Burial Practices: Who were sacrificial victims?
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Slaves
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Zhou Dynasty (1122-256 BCE): No law code; what was the rule?
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"Mandate of Heaven"
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Development of what kind of weaponry ends the Shang monopoly on what metal?
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Cheap iron and Bronze
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Decline of Zhou Dynasty: What allows for building of regional powers?
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Decentralized leadership style
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Which group weakens Zhou Dynasty in the 8th century BCE?
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Northern invaders
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What allows for widespread creation of weaponry?
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Iron metallurgy
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Social Order: What was a great advantage?
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Ruling classes
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There was a large class of what?
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semiservile peasants and slave class
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Oracle Bones And Early Chinese Writing: What were oracle bones used for?
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Communicating with spirit world, determining the future
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What were oracle bones made of?
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Turtle shells and animal bones
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What is Chinese script?
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Pictograph (later changed to ideaograph)
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Zhou Literature: What types of books were written?
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Book of History, Book of Changes, Book of Etiquette, Book of Songs
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What were the books written on?
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Bamboo strips
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Nomadic Peoples of Central Asia: How were the lands?
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Poor for cultivation, extensive herding activities
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What was domesticated in 4000 and 2900 BCE?
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Horses and bronze metallurgy
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Southern Expansion of Chinese Society: What did the Yangzi river stand for?
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Chang Jiang, "long river"
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What was the Yangzi river good for?
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Rice cultivation
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