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62 Cards in this Set
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The _______ sea goes the the _______sea then to the _______ sea
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Arabian, Red, Med.
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KNOW MAP ON P.69
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know it fool
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IN the Indian subcontinent it has the three most populous countries and they are...
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India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
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What were the tempatures in the Deccan and the Gangetic Plan?
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Deccan is dry and doesn't have irragation, Gangetic Plan is fertile and fed by rivers
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The Deccan contains the Eastern and Western _________
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Ghats
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What were two main cities in the Indian subcontinent?
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Mohenjo-Daro, and Harappa
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Why were the discoveries and these cities so important?
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B/c it showed the level of civilization in the Indus
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What sort of government did the two cities have?
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A well organized one
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How do people who studied the cities think they were destroyed?
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By a weather related disaster
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What civilization did the Indus Valley trade with?
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Sumer
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What affect did the monsoons have on the Indus Valley civilization?
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They devastated crops, or watered fields. Like the Sumerians, they never knew when a monsoon would come unlike the Egyptians b/c the Nile overflowed annually
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What do we think about Indus religion?
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That they were polytheistic. They had a mother goddess and they venerated cattle
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Who were the Aryans?
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They were a nomadic people who migrated to the Indian subcontinent. They were lighter skinned. They had the Vedas
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How did the Aryans related with the Dravidians?
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The Aryans came in and took over where the Dravidians had loved and the Dravidians were darker skinned so they were discrimiated against
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What was the Ayran class structure?
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Priest, warriors, merchants/artisans/farmers, farm workers and servants. Aryans were at the top, and the skin gets darker as you go down.
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WHo lead the Aryan tribes?
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The rajahs. They were elected
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What was the Mahabharata?
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An Aryan story about family rivalry
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What was the Ramayana?
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An Aryan story about love and loyalty to your spouse
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What is the Bhagavad-Gita
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The most popular of the Hindu scriptures
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"God is one, but wise people know it by many names." Where is this quote from?
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An ancient Hindu pro-verb
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What are the Upanishads?
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A section of the Vedas that addresses mystical questions, and uses vivid images
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Who is "the destroyer"?
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Shiva
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Who is "the creator"/
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Brahma
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Who is "the preserver"?
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Vishnu
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Who is both a creator and destroyer?
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Shakti
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What is the difference between Karma and Dharma?
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Dharma is your religious duties as an individual and Karma is all the actions in a person's life that affect them in the next life
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What is Jainism?
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A religion that developed from Hinduism, you can't kill anything.
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How did castes affect the class system/
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The law of karma determined their caste
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Who were the "untouchables"?
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They were a caste below everyone else and did the dirtiest jobs
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What does "Buddha" mean?
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Enlightened one
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What are the Four Noble Truths?
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1. All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow
2. The cause of suffering is nonvirture, or negative deeds and mindsets such as hatred and desire 3. The only cure for suffereing is to overcome nonvirture 4. The way to overcome nonvirture is to follow the Eightfold Path |
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GIve two examples of the Eightfold Path...
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Right conduct, right speech
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What means "the three baskets of wisdon"?
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Tripitaka
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What are the two types of Buddhism and how are they different?
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Theravada is about Buddha's basic teachings, they follow Buddha. Mahayana is not as strict and easier for normal people, they see Buddha as a god
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Give an example of Polytheism, Monotheism, and no god
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Polytheism=Indus valley civilization
Monotheism=Christianity No god=Buddhism |
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Who devised "Arabic numerals"?
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Gupta Mathematicians
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During what period did this happen?
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THe Golden Age
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Who made a "decimal system"?
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Indian mathematicians
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What is a Shakti?
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An energy women had that men didn't
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What is Sati?
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When a widow throws herself onto a fire w/ the dead husband
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Compare and contrast the two Siddharthas...
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The fictional Siddhartha was just a man trying to find enlightenment. The actual Siddhartha goes on a journey and becomes the enlightened one
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Who is Asoka?
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He was Chandragupta's grandson. He was a strict, brutal leader, but he built the great wall of China. But then he converted to Buddhism and became peaceful, he wrote "Asoka's Edicts"
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What is the legend of Yu?
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Yu sacrifices time w/ his family to go wordk, and he is repaid by becoming emperor. Moral=if you are dedicated to your work, you can get somewhere in life
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What made China independant and why?
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Geography. It had the Gobi dessert, and a montain range surronding it. They thought they were the center of the earth. They were another fertile cresant
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What two rivers shaped China?
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The Yellow River ad the Chang river
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Why was this river called the "Yellow River"?
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B/c it had loess (yellow soil) that at the bottom of the river
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What other name was it called and why?
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"The RIver of Sorrows' b/c it devastated people's lives when it overflowed
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How was the class system shaped in China?
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There were 3 classes (Royal Family, Artisans, peasants). You could work your way from the bottom to the top (unlike most civilizations)
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What is the "Mandate of Heaven"?
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That the gods gave you the right to rule, but they can also take it away
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What system did the Zhou Dynasty use?
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The Feudal System
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What two things did the Chinese have?
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Roads, and $ (coins)
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What three religions shaped the Zhou dynasty and how?
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Confucianism=not really religious, more philosophical, dedication to work, respect, and structure
Buddhism=Peace w/ yourself Daoism=a natural influence, appreciate the world, Laozi=founder, "Dao De Jing" |
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KNOW THAT QUOTES ON P.97
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CAME FROM CONFUCIUS
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The sayings of Confucius were kept in the...
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Analects
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What is Ancestor worship?
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The Chinese made offerings to their ancestors. Westerners miss-named it
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What are Confucius' five relationships?
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Parent to child, elder brother to younger brother, friend to friend, ruler to subject, husband to wife. IN all but friendship, one is superior to the other
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What two concepts did Confucius stress?
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Filial piety and the Golden Rule
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What did the Yang and the Ying symbolfy?
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Yang=Male, light, heaven
Ying=Female, darkness, earth YOu have to have a balence, one is not good and one is not evil |
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Daoism...
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Founder=Laozi he wrote "Dao De Jing"
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What are three Chinese legacies?
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Oracle bones, characters, calligraphy
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Who is Shi Huangdi?
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He ruled w/ legalism, based on Hanfeizi
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What is the concept of Legalism?
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That man is evil
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