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1
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Describe Indias topography

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Triangle, peninsula, dessert tropical rainforest

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2 main rivers in India

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Indus and Ganges

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Which river does India get its name from

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Indus

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Approximately what year did Indias civilization begin

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2,300 BC

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Describe the earliest Indian cities

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Planned cities with wide streets brick houses and had drainage

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Aryans established what language

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Sanskrit

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What is a collection of religious literature that helps us understand the Indian culture

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Vedas

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This culture was based of the what culture and tradition

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Indian

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Define joint family

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Extended family that includes your grandparents,wife,kids live in your hut

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Some characteristics of joint families

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Oldest man was the authority, married sons stayed home, each family member has an obligation and duty, family comes before individual & parents choose your spouse

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Describe aryan villages. Are they present today?

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Small, each had own independent government and yes 80% live in them to this day

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Define caste system

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Rigid social group; determines what you eat, wear, marry, and language

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List the 4 group in the caste system

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Brahmans- priests
Rulers/warriors
Merchants/traders
Sudra- servants 
  "Outcastes"- untouchables
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You can move up in your caste but can’t go to a different caste

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Can’t go to a different caste

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Hinduism

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Engrained into the Indian way of life

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16
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There is no formal state of

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Doctrine

17
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It unites Indian

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Society

18
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Combines many blank and blank from other religions

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gods and concepts

19
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Hindus believe all religions to be equally

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False and true

20
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2 pieces of religious literature

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Vedas and Upanishad

21
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Brahman is their ?

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god and in everything

22
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Brahman is also called

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World soul

23
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What is the purpose or goal of man

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To unite with Brahman

24
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What is the wheel of life

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Series of reincarnation with rebirths; goal is to unite with world soul

25
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How do the wheel of life & caste system relate

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Hindus believe that your reincarnation can make you go up in your caste and unite with Brahman

26
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Who founded Buddhism

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Buddah- enlightened one

27
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Summarize the four nobles

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  • Suffering is a part of life
  • Suffering is caused by selfishness
  • Suffering can be over come by destroying selfishness
  • suffering ends when selfishness is destroyed
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What do Buddhism people believe in

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Nirvana-state of absolute peace and happiness

29
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What is the basis for eternal peace for both Hinduism and Buddhism

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Works and moral behavior

30
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The political history of India has been one of?

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Constant change

31
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What was Indias first empire

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Maurya

32
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What was Indias second empire

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Gupta

33
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2 of Indias famous leaders

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Asoka and chandraguptn

34
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What were some advancements under the Gupta empire

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Literature,Arabic numerals, theory of gravity, theory that the earth is round and had hospitals

35
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Topography

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Physical features of land

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