Mid-Term 2 Flashcards
To help me study for my History Mid-Term.
Dark-skinned natives of India
Dravidians
Warriors in the Aryan society
Kshatriyas
herders, farmers, merchants and artisans
Vaisvas
farm workers, servants and other laborers
Sudras
What is the lowest of the Aryan social structure?
untouchables
A male religious worker devoting himself to prayer
Monk
A way of life that is neither too strict or to easy
Middle Way
An essential self that every person has
Atman
The Destroyer god in Hinduism
Shiva
The Preserver god in Hinduism
Vishnu
The Creator god in Hinduism
Brahma
The wife of Shiva, both cruel and kind, both creator and destroyer
Shakti
In Ancient Greece, a massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers
Phalanx
Love, beauty, fertility
Aphrodite
Archery and light
Apollo
War
Ares
Hunting, the moon
Artemis
Wisdom, war
Athena
harvest
Demeter
Festivity
Dionysus
Love
Eros
The underworld
Hades
Fire and smithery
Hephaestus
Marriage
Hera
Messenger
Hermes
The hearth
Hestia
The forest
Pan
Queen of the underworld
Persephone
Zeus
Thunder, king of the immortals
Poseidon
King of the Sea
This pharaoh sent the Egyptian army to the land of Punt on a trading expedition. This kept the army busy so they were no threat to the pharoah.
Hathshepsut
This pharaoh defeated the Hyksos and freed Egypt from foreign occupation.
Ahmose
Pharaoh who declared that only the god Aten would be worshiped in Egypt.
Akenhaten
After a shaky start this pharaoh became the greatest pharaoh of the New kingdom, Egypt’s Golden Age.
Ramesses II
The boy king who was a puppet to the priests and army. He died mysteriously at age 19.
Tutankhamen
Pharaoh who first used diplomacy rather than war to deal with Egypt’s enemies.
Amenhotep III
Pharaoh who died before he could avenge the death of his father at the hands of the Hyksos.
Kamose
Born as a commoner, this Egyptian rose to high status and second in command to the pharaoh in command.
Tiy
Pharaoh who defeated an enemy coalition at Megiddo.
Tuthmosis III
The partnership between this important royal and Akanhaten was unusually romantic.
Nefertiti
Who loves you more than anyone else in the world?
Your dad!
Who is super proud of the man you have become?
Your dad!