Social Studies-Ancient India and Persia, REligions
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- six years
- how long Siddharta fasted
- chariots
- horse-drawn carriage: a new technology
- roads and trade
- developments that connected India with other lands in Asia
- Zoarastroianism
- religion that was brought to Persia by the prophet Zoaraster
- caste system
- Hindu system that shows the people at the top, bottom, and middle of the caste
- Huns
- people who took over the Gupta empire
- Asian subcontinent
- subcontinent that may have been part of a huge landmass that included Asia, South America, Africa, Austrailia, and Antarctica
- South Asia's different climate seasons
- mild temperatures from Oct.-Feb., hot from March-May, monsoon season from June-Sept.
- how Siddharta became enlightened
- he sat under a tree and meditated until he realized that all people had the power within them to become free from suffering
- Hinduism
- the main religion of India that is based on Aryan beliefs
- South Asia
- home to the world's tallest mountains;also is a subcontinent
- Shiva
- the destroyer, according to Hinduism
- no one
- the founder of Hinduism
- how Hinduism started
- with the religious beliefs of the Aryans from the written Vedas
- Gupta Empire
- empire that began in 320 A.D.
- subcontinent
- a large expanse of land that juts out from the mainland and is seperated by water from other areas
- a sick person, an old man, a dead body, and a monk
- what Siddharta saw when he left the palace
- Aryan society (in order)
- priests and teachers, warriors and kings, cultivators and artisans and traders and merchants, and sudras and serfs
- Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
- to cities uncovered by archaeologists in the 1920's and 30's
- world's oldest religion
- Hinduism
- what castes determine
- which job each caste member is qualified for
- Rig Veda
- collecton of hymns that priests recite at ceremonies and rituals
- natural disaster
- how the Harappan civilization disappeared
- rajah
- priest leader who leaded an Aryan group
- Four Noble Truths
- what Buddhism is based on. they're about human suffering.
- wisdom, morality, and meditation
- three qualities that the Eightfold Path reccomends
- who Siddharta joined
- a group of men who sought understanding and simple living
- caste
- a lifelong social group that a person is born into
- Ashoka
- Chandragupta's granson who took power around 270 B.C.
- Indus River Valley
- first place that people started to settle in around 3500 B.C.
- farmers and merchants
- people who are third in the caste system
- Noble Truth #3
- if people can free themselves from wanting so many things, they will be free from suffering
- a billion
- how many people live in India
- science, math, poetry, art, and literature
- advancements that India flourished within the Gupta period
- Vedas
- "Books of Knowledge" that the Aryans left behind that contained stories and songs
- four
- the amount of Vedas
- Noble Truth #4
- people can free themselves from suffering by following the Eightfold Path
- India and Pakistan's problem
- they are too heavily populated countries
- government
- the people who took control over many aspects of life and was highly organized
- subsistence farming
- form of farming in which nearly all the crops are used to support the farmer and his family
- 2500-1700 B.C.
- years that the Harappan civilization began and disappeared
- fishing and clothing manufacturing
- important industries along India's southern border
- Aryans
- people who migrated to the Indus River Valley around 1500 B.C. from the north across the Hindu Kush Mts. and through the Khyber Pass
- actions, efforts, and ways of thinking
- things that the Eightfold Path says will help Buddhists develop the three Eightfold Path qualities
- Brahman
- the source and final destination of everything according to Hinduism, who is the one universal being
- Noble Truth #2
- people suffer because they want so many things in life
- Sanskrit
- a new language that the Aryans spoke
- 6th century B.C.
- when Siddharata was born
- Eightfold Path
- way of living that can help people find relief from suffering
- the seven essential doctrines or beliefs
- peaceful living, freedom of thought, respect for nature and animals, becoming one with Brahman, and the fact that good and bad actiona will one day affect us
- Brahma
- the creator, according to Hinduism
- Cyrus the second
- founder of the Persian Empire
- reincarnation
- the process through which a person goes from one life to the next
- Noble Truth #1
- suffering is a part of life for all people
- Hindus
- what the followers of Hinduism are called
- trade
- how the Gupta economy began to improve
- karma
- the lifetime actions of a person
- eight
- the # of countries that are included in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives Islands)
- monsoon season
- season that is very important to the farmers and the economy
- Hindu Kush and the Himalayas
- mountain ranges that seperate South Asia from the rest of the continent
- Deccan Plateau
- plateau that lies between the Adrian Sea and the Bay of Bengal and it is made of lava, which produces a rich black soil;it's bordered on the west and east by the East and Western Ghats Mts.
- untouchables
- "servants of all others" who are at the very bottom of the caste system
- rulers and warriors
- people who are second in the caste system
- three rivers in the South Asian subcontinent
- Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra
- Vishnu
- the preserver, according to Hinduism, who maintains dharma
- Pakistan
- country located in the northwestern region of South Asia and is home to the world's second largest mountain
- the Himalayas
- the world's tallest mountains
- priests and teachers
- people at the top of the caste system
- Persian Empire
- empire that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River Valley
- Siddharta Gautama
- the man who came to be known as the Buddha
- the 3 principal forms of Brahman
- Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
- Chandragupta Maurya
- a soldier who seized power in India and started the Mauryan Empire
- farmers
- what most people in India are
- "the Enlightened One"
- another name for Siddharta
- K2
- the world's second largest mountain
- how the MauRyan Empire ended
- when conflicts among the regions broke out in India
- dharma
- the order of the universe, according to Hinduism