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Chapter 9 Study Guide Flashcards

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A persons rank compared to others

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Status

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To focus ones thoughts to gain a higher level of spiritual awareness

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Meditate

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Taking place at an unnamed later time

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Eventual

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A broad flat area of highland

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Plateau

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To move from one place to another

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Migrate

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To leave and not return

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Abandon

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To encourage the doing of something

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Promote

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To give or donate

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Contribute

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To live

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Reside

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Where the first civilization emerged in India.

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Indus River

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What India is.

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Country

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India’s 3 major rivers.

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Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra

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Indian caste system and what it consisted of in each group (Varna)

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Brahmins - priests
Kshatriyas - warriors, rulers
Vaisyas - common people
Sundras - unskilled laborers, servants

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What group of people entered the Indus River Valley first?

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Arians

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Reasons why people of the Indus Valley abandoned their cities.

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Droughts, earthquakes, flooding

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Why monsoons are considered necessary in India?

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Brought farmers water to grow crops

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Where the Hindu religion developed

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India

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What was the guidelines called that would end all desires?

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Eightfold path

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The Four Noble Truths.

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(1) Life is full of suffering
(2) People suffer because they desire worldly things and want to satisfy themselves
(3) The way to end suffering is to stop desiring things
(4) The only way to stop desiring things is to follow the Eightfold Path

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Hindu’s one universal spirit.

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Brahman

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Buddha’s way to find truth.

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The Four Noble Truths

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The oldest religion in the world.

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Hinduism

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Founder of Buddhism.

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Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)

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First ruler of the Mauryan Empire.

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Chandragupta

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An epic poem about a ruler who rescues his captured wife and had about 25,000 verses.

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Ramayana

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Type of government the Mauryan dynasty set up

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Well-run government

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Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for both animals and humans.

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Ashoka

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The Eightfold Path.

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  • Know and understand the Four Noble Truths
  • Give up worldly things; do not harm others
  • Tell the truth, don’t gossip, don’t speak badly of others
  • Don’t commit evil acts
  • Do rewarding work
  • Work for good and oppose evil
  • Mind, keep your senses under control
  • Practice meditation

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