World Civ Test #2 Vocab

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A large landmass that juts out from a continent

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Subcontinent

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A raised area of level land

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Plateau

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Seasonal winds that regularly blow a certain direction a certain time of year

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Monsoons

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The twin capitals of the Indus Civilization

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Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

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Special regard

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Veneration

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An Aryan collection of chants and ritual instructions

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Vedas

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Aryan tribe leaders

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Rajahs

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Chief Aryan god of war

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Indra

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A spiritual power that was beyond the gods of the Vedas and resided in all things

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Brahman

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People who seek direct communication with the gods

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Mystics

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Blending of two or more cultures

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Acculturation

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An essential self (Hinduism)

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Atman

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A union with brahman

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Moksha

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Rebirth of a soul in another form

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Reincarnation

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All actions in one's life that lead to other actions in the next life

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Karma

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The religious duties of a person

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Dharma

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Nonviolence

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Ahimsa

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Social groups

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Castes

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Religious leader and founder of Buddhism

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Siddhartha Gautama

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Buddha's 1st sermon, they are at the heart of Buddhism

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The Four Noble Truths

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"Right views"- a path you had take to get to enlightenment

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Eightfold path

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Union w/ the universe, release from the cycle of life

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Nirvana

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Subgroups

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Sects

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Forged the 1st Indian empire

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Chandragupta Maurya

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Ideas that opposed the government

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DIssent

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Most honored Maurya emperor than became Buddhist

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Asoka

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People sen on a religious mission

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Missionaries

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A period of great cultural development

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The Golden Age

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Fine windblown yellow soil

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Loess

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Groups of families who claim a common ancestor

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Clans

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The rise and fall of dynasties

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Dynastic circle

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A system of government where local lords govern their own lands, but military power and other forms of support to the ruler

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Feudalism

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A great thinker who believed in honesty, honoring elders, hard work, and "Do not do unto to others..."

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Confucius

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Another great thinker who founded Daoism

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Laozi

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A system of ideas

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Philosophy

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Respect for parents

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Filial piety

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Animal bones, priests wrote questions to the gods on them

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Oracle bones

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Written symbols

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Characters

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An elegant art form of writing

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Calligraphy

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"First emperor", built the great wall, strict and killed people

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Shi Huangdi

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Most famous Han emperor, economic growth happened when he ruled/

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Wudi

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Complete control of a product/business by one person or a group

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Monopoly

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Expanding a country's territory

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Expansionism

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Officials in the government

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Civil servants

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Local military rulers

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Warlords

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A medical treatment where a doctor insert needles into skin to relieve stress or treat an illness

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Acupuncture

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Confucius' collection of sayings

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Analects