ancient china & india

Question 1

-came from the steppes (between asia and europe)
-were nomadic
-one of the first to have horse -drawn chariots and stirrups
-brought Brahmanism
-lead by a warrior class called - kshatriya
-indo europeans crossed over hindu kush and the indus valley
- came between 1500-1000 BCE

Answer 1

aryans

Question 2

developed indian writing system from the aramaic script, wrote vedas, called indians dasas (salves), put themselves on top of the caste system

Answer 2

how aryans transformed india

Question 3

what is another word for the caste system (hint: color)

Answer 3

varna

Question 4

what is the caste system in order

Answer 4

brahmins, kshatriya, vaisya, sudras, untouchables

Question 5

order to society based on status and occupation

Answer 5

hierarchical system

Question 6

rigid system that followed from parent to child

Answer 6

heredity

Question 7

your station in this life came from the actions of your past life

Answer 7

religious belief of karma & reincarnation

Question 8

ancient scriptures that talked about hymns, religious practices, and how to live life

Answer 8

vedas

Question 9

knowledge, wisdom, awareness/ awakened intellect

Answer 9

enlightment

Question 10

cycle of life and rebirth; life in the material world is bound

Answer 10

samsara

Question 11

religion that emerged during post-Vedic India 900 BC by the influence of Brahmans, it says that all living things are part of a bigger whole

Answer 11

brahmanism

Question 12

1 of the 2 sanskrit epic poems of ancient india

Answer 12

mahabharata

Question 13

pre-hindu secret teachings written in sanskrit 800-200 BC

Answer 13

upanishads

Question 14

an individual’s duty fulfilled by observance of custom or law (hinduism)

Answer 14

dharma

Question 15

when reborn as something different than the life you had once before

Answer 15

reincarnation

Question 16

decision of fate (buddhism)

Answer 16

karma

Question 17

released from the cycle of rebirth by the law of dharma (hinduism)

Answer 17

moksha

Question 18

heaven or paradise released from the effects of karma (buddhism)

Answer 18

nirvana

Question 19

truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering

Answer 19

4 noble truths

Question 20

the Buddhist teaching of the means of attaining Nirvana through rightness of belief, resolve, speech, action, livelihood, effort, thought, and meditation

Answer 20

eightfold path

Question 21

a wife expected to cremate herself on her husbands funeral pyre

Answer 21

sati

Question 22

400-300 BCE India fought off foreign invasions from the west
lead by cyrus and darius the great

Answer 22

persians

Question 23

lead by alexander the great; indus valley is where his conquest of the world was stopped

Answer 23

greeks

Question 24

founded by chandragupta maurya around 324 BCE
drove out the greek administrators
capital of the empire is the city of Pataliputra
set up a centralized bureaucracy
chandragupta used secret police on government officials
most gov positions became heredity over time

Answer 24

mauryan empire

Question 25

true brains behind chandragupta; the advisor to the king; wrote the governing manual on India politics called Arthasastra

Answer 25

kautilya

Question 26

happiness of the king lies in the happiness of his subjects
when there is disagreement between history dharma comes out on top
when there is disagreement between rational law sacred law comes out on top
the ends justify the means no matter what

Answer 26

beliefs of mauryan empire