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Baird SS INDIA EMPIRE Flashcards

1
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What is an tribute?

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Taxes

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2
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The art and science of designing buildings

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Architecture

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3
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He was an emperor of India who converted to Buddist religion

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Asoka

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4
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Asoka spread the religion of Buddist religion through India. He was also the ruler of the ____________ _______________

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Maurya Empire.

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5
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Asoka was the grandson of __________

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Chandragupta

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6
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Who began the Maurya Empire and how long did it last?

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Chandragupta Maurya 140 years

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7
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Stupas are__________

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shrines

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8
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Tell about Chandragupta

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he founded the Gupta Empire. It became the Golden Age of India. Peace and Prosperity reigned. He fostered arts and learning throughout the empire. The Gupta Empire reached its height during his reign.

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9
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Name two achievements during the Gupta Empire

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architecture and mathmatics

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10
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Kalidasa was_______________

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poet and playwright

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11
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It is a large landmass that is geographically separated from the rest of the continent.

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Subcontinent

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12
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Give an example of a subcontinent

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the Himalayan Mountains seperate from the rest of Asia

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13
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Name the bodies of water that surround India:

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Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean

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14
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What mountains seperate India from the rest of the continent of Asia?

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Himalaya

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15
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What is a problem for agriculture?

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wild animals eating their crops and floods

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16
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The economy of early India was based on __________

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agriculture

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17
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Tell about their agriculture

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They had two growing seasons. They grew wheat, barley, beans and sasame. They also grew mustard, bananas, rice and black pepper and cotton

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18
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A ______________is seperated from Asia

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subcontinent

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19
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Why is it called a subcontinent?

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Because it is seperated from Asia

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20
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How did the Indus river help farmers?

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The farmers were able to irrigate the crops

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21
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A set of intersecting lines

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grid

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22
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lines that run east to west and measure distance north and south

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latitude

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23
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Lines of longitude are known as

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meridians

24
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How are lines of latitude and longitude measured?

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degrees

25
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lines of latitude are known as

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parallels

26
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Parallel are the _______________distance apart and never meet

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same

27
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lines of latitude and longitude cross to form a

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grid

28
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The prime meridian goes through____________

A

Greenwich England

29
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A walled fortress that protects a city

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citadel

30
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Moheno-Dara means

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mound of the dead

31
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what ancient language does “mound of the dead” mean Moheno-Daro?

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sanskrit

32
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Aryan means

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nobel one

33
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Is one of he worlds oldest religions that began with the Aryan invasion of India.

A

Hinduism

34
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How did hinduism begin?

A

with the invasion of Aryan

35
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Today what two countries are the larges of Hindiusm?

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Nepal and India

36
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What contains the basic beliefs of Hinduism?

A

vedas

37
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Vedas are also known as the

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books of knowledge

38
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This organizes all of Indias Hindus into hundreds of groups

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Caste System

39
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Who is at the top of the Hindu caste system?

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Priests

40
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Who is at the bottom of the Hindu Caste System?

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Servants

41
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What is the group who lived outside the caste system?

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outcasts or untouchables

42
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Agril

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God of fire

43
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It is the continuing circle of birth, death and rebirth.

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reincarnation

44
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Reincarnation is a ___________or_____________________of a life lived before

A

reward or punishment

45
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When did India make the caste system illegal?

A

1950

46
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What consists of hundreds of rules that tell Hindus each caste how to live?

A

dharma

47
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Brahma

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supreme godhead

48
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name two aspects of Brahma

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vishnu and shiva

49
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Vishnu means

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preserver and the protector

50
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Shiva means

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destroyer of the world

51
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A man who gives up all he owns and gives his life to his religion

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monk

52
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A force caused by a persons good and bad acts

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karma

53
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In buddhism, the principles that rule life and promise an end to suffering

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Four nobel truths

54
Q

A set of instructions of on the proper way to live

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Eightfold Path

55
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In buddhism a way of life, neither too strict nor too easy that results from the following eightfold path

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Middle Way

56
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Who introduced the world to Buddhism?

A

Traveling Monks

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