Social Science Flashcards
What are the seven nation-states that South Asia is divided into?
India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives
ghats
long granite mountain ranges running up and down western and eastern India
two rivers that surround the Indo-Gangetic Plain
the Indus to the west and the Ganges to the east
What is the land between the Yamuna RIver and the Ganges called?
the doab
monsoons
wind patterns carrying rain
When did India gain independence?
1947
colonialism
rule of one group of people by another without complete permission and on unequal, often exploitative, terms
two great epics of Hinduism
the Mahabharata and the Ramayana
key deities of Hinduism
Brahma, the creator; Vishnu, the protector; and Shiva, the destroyer
ahisma (Buddhism)
non-violence
karma and rebirth
the notion that one’s ethical record in this life would influence his/her position in the next
How is Islam different form other religions?
it offered the promise of a world religion and global community but it did not demand the repression of local idioms of artistic and cultural expression but rather encouraged them
zoroastrianism
believed in good and bad; adherents were called Parsis
two sections that the caste system was divided into
varna and jati
sections that varna was divided into
brahmins (priests) , kshatriyas (warriors) , vaishyas (traders and farmers), shudras (laborers), and dalits (untouchables)
