Transcript World History Review

WORLD HISTORY
REVIEW
Short Answer
Short Answer Questions
40-43. Describe four characteristics of the Harappan Culture.
Gridded Cities, running water, public bathrooms, Trading Empire, no
weapons, trapped rain water, controlled flooding
44-48: List Five of the Eight items on the Eightfold Path.
Right Views, Right Resolve, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood,
Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration
49-51: List three specific advances in that the Gupta’s made in either
astronomy, math or medicine.
Trading ships needed astronomy skills
Adopted Western methods of time keeping (cycle of sun not moon)
Seven day week and day divided into hours
Proved earth was round because of lunar eclipse showing curve of earth on moon
Decimal system and zero started in India
Aryabhata calculated the value of pi (π) to four decimal places and year being
365.3586805 days (close to atomic clock)
1,000 diseases were recognized, 500 medicinal plants found and performed surgery
and plastic surgery
List the Four Main Casts:
52: Brahmins/priests
53: Warriors
54: Traders
55: Peasants
WORLD HISTORY
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Chapter 2 Section 3
What is a large landmass that juts out form a continent that consists of
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh?
Subcontinent
What are the two biggest rivers in India?
Indus and Ganges
_____ or seasonal winds of India brings dry air in October and rain in
late May or early June.
Monsoon
What is the main pass to get into India?
Khyber Pass
What two mountain ranges are found in northern India?
Hindu Kush and Himalayas
What is the term used to describe a special regard for cattle?
Veneration
SECTION 3
Chapter 1
What are a collection of Aryan prayers, magical spells, and instructions for performing
rituals?
Rig Veda
Who are the original inhabitants of India?
Dases
What is another name for the Shudras, they are the butchers, gravediggers etc?
Untouchables
Who is Indra?
Aryan god of war, main weapon was thunderbolt.
What is the single spiritual force that resides in all living things called?
Brahman
What is the Indo-European language that early Aryans spoke?
Sanskrit
What is Varna?
It is the use of skin color to distinguish what caste you are in.
What is a great Indian epic text that talked of the struggle of India as Arians tried to
control the land.
Mahabharata
What is the single spiritual force that resides in all living things called?
Brahman
SECTION 3
Chapter 2
What is the essential self or individual soul in Hinduism?
Atman
500 B.C., the teacher Mahavira founded ______, which emphasized meditation, selfdenial. Followers would wear masks and sweep floors where they walk.
Jainism
In Hinduism this is the release of the cycle of rebirth, you become one with Brahman.
Moksha
What is the Middle Way?
It is another name of the Eightfold Path.
What is the religious and moral duties of an individual or Buddha’s doctrine and
teachings?
Dharma
What is nonviolence in Hinduism, all things of Brahman should be respected?
Adhisma
What are the good and bad deeds that follow an individual and influences what your
next life is like.
Karma
What is reincarnation?
It is the soul being reborn in another life form.
What is Nirvana in Buddhism?
It is the release form the cycle selfishness and pain similar to moksha in Hinduism.
What is the religious and moral duties of an individual or Buddha’s doctrine and
teachings?
Dharma
What is another name for the “Three Baskets of Wisdom”?
Tripitaka
What are sacred mounds that house the remains of Buddha or other Buddhist relics?
Stupa
SECTION 7
Chapter 1
What is it called when the father is in charge of the family?
Patriarchal
What is it called when inheritance is past down the mother side? Found in Southern
India.
Matriarchal
What is a family that has parents, children, grandchildren, uncles, etc. sharing a
common dwelling called?
Joint Family
Which ruler was violent and mean until after a huge battle and then he converted to
Buddhism and had pillars erected promising a righteous government?
Asoka
Who was first to unite India, fought Seleucus I (Greek), had spies, brutal policies and
eventually gave all up to covert to Jainism?
Chandra Gupta Maurya
Who changed his name from Siddhartha Gautama when he received enlightenment
under a fig tree?
Buddha
Who was known as the “Great King of Kings” and took India to bigger heights he is the
second to last great Gupta leader?
Chandra Gupta
Who was the greatest Indian play write that wrote the Shakuntala?
Kalidassa
What is the creative energy that women had and men lacked?
Shakti
This when a women choses to be with her husband a his funeral fire.
Sati
Who toppled the Gupta Empire?
Hunas or White Huns
What branch of Buddhism is were only monks and nuns can achieve union with
Brahman?
Theravada Buddhism
What branch of Buddhism is where anyone can achieve union with Brahman?
Mahayana Buddhism