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47 Cards in this Set
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Sects of Buddhism
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Theravada & Mahayana
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Siddhartha Gautama-Who was he?
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Buddha
Started Buddhism |
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Buddhism-Brief overview of this religion
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•Desire of material things causes suffering
•Get rid of the desire and you will find Nirvana •Follow to four Noble Truths •Eight Fold Noble Path |
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What are the differences between Hinduism and other religions
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No founder, no formal church, polytheistic, caste system
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Purpose of the caste system
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Created a sense of stability and order in Indian life
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Relationship between occupation and caste
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Traditionally each occupation had its own caste
A persons job was determined at birth |
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Four main castes in India?
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•Brahman
•Kshatriyas •Vaishyas •Shudra * Untouchable * |
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What do caste rules affect?
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-Marriage
-Employment -Cooking -Eating -Where people live |
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How do you end up in the caste you're in?
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Your born into the caste system
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Religious Texts
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-Gita
-Vedas -Uphanishads |
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River
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The ganges was considered the most sacred by the Hindus
-You can wash away sin and bathe your soul |
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Karma
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Ones deeds in a past life are responsible for ones position in a society today
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Chandragupta
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Started the Mauryan empire dynasty
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Asoka
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- Brought Mauryan empire to the height of its power by defeating Kalinga
- Changragupta's grandson - Converts to Buddhism after the fall of Kalinga and then he rules by Buddhist principles and he helps make Buddhism a world religion |
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Chandragupta I
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Started the Gupta dynasty
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Shah Jahan
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MUGHAL EMPIRE
Muslim who was tolerant of Hindu subjects and treated them with respect - Provided them with opportunities in his civil service and his military - Built the Taj Mahal for his dead wife and took 22 years |
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Akbar
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MUGHAL EMPIRE
- Instituted policies of tolerance toward Hindus - Ablolished the special tax, levied on non Muslims, invited Hindus into his government and military |
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Indus River Valley Cities
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Mohenjo Daro & Harappa are the two most important cities where a lot of trade went on
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Aryans
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Conquered the Indus River Valley
& came from the Kauchus mountains in Russia |
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Traditional Lifestyles
Patriarchal |
Father or eldest male is head of the household
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What were the duties of women in traditional India
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To marry, Bare Sons, Wait on her husband
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Joint Family
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The traditional family make up in India
(mother, father, children...) |
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Why did villagers use cattle?
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Milk
Ghee Plowing Transportation Fuel Hauling Goods |
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Why were marriages a family concern in traditional India?
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The family was more important then the individual
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Varna
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Four main Castes (Hindi word means color)
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Dowry
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Money given to the husbands family
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Sepoy
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Indian Soldier
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Reincarnation
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Rebirth of the soul in various forms
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Ghee
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Milk used as cooking oil
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Sects
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Different Religious Groups
(Theravada & Mahayana) |
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Karma
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Every deed, mental or physical, affects a persons fait in another life
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Dynasty
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A ruling family
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Dharma
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Duties or obligation
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Nirvana
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The condition of wanting nothing
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What and Where was the BEIC
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British East India Company had a monopoly on trade in Asia
- Was based in Bengal |
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Robert Clive
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CEO of BEIC
Led BEIC against the French in India and defeated the French |
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What did the Mughals trade to the French and British?
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Textiles
Tea Indigo Opium Sugar Cotton Silk Spices |
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What did the French and British trade to the Mughals?
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Gold
Copper |
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Why were the British able to defeat the French in India
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Better military leaders & Greater resources
- British navy kept reinforcements and supplied from getting to india from france |
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Vasco Da Gama
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Portuguese explorer & the first European power to gain a foothold in India
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What was the cause of the Sepoy Rebellion?
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Grease (didn't want to bite the rapper of bullet)
- British government officially took over India as a colony |
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How were the British able to fain power in India?
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Decline of the Mughal empire and the rise of many different rival kingdoms made India easier to conquer
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What was the world conflict between France and Britain & where did it take place
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Control of India
Took place in North America, Asia, Europe |
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Explain the methods used by the British to control India
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They ruled through indirect rule (ruling through local leaders)
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Why did Indians resent British rule?
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- Forced farmers to pay high taxes
- Christian missionary activity Outlawed Sati and other Hindu practices |
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The British may have been their own worst enemy by helping to their eventual demise... HOW?
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By teaching the Indians about liberty and democracy
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Why was India so valuable to the British?
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Britain needed the companied profits to help repay its war debt from fighting France
- To fund emerging industries |
