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This group invaded India about 1200 BC..they later invaded it: The Aryans
Loved war: The Aryans
These people were from the area in and around present day Russia: Aryans
These ______ destroyed man of the advancements that had been made by the early Indians: The Aryans
Were light skinned: Aryans
Holy books of the areas: The Vedas
Contained hymns, poems, legends, prayers and religious practices of the Aryans: The Vedas
The Aryans developed a ____ _____: caste system
strict class system: caste system
Highest class: The Brahmans
The Brahmans were made up of what people and their families?: The priests and their families
What were the priest's jobs?: To study and teach the Vedas
What people made up the second highest class?: Rulers and warriors
Group that led the army and governed: The second highest class made up of rulers and warriors
The third class was made up of ____ and ____: artisans (skilled workers) and merchants
Included land-owning farmers: The third class
The fourth class was made up of _____ _____, ______ and ______: unskilled workers, servants and peasant farmers
The lowest group was called ___ or ______: "outcasts" or "untouchables"
Did not belong to any class: The lowest class or untouchables
This religion developed mainly from Aryan religious beliefs: Hinduism
Became and still is the largest religious group in India: Hinduism
Had no single founder: Hinduism
Hinduism believes that _____ and ____ have ____, therefore _____ should not be hunted, killed, harmed or eaten: animals and people have souls, therefore animals
The supreme, universal and eternal spirit is: Brahman
What is the goal of Hindus?: To unite with Brahman
This is accomplished by being ________ many times until _________ is reached: reincarnated until perfection is reached
Some people will never reach _____ and will continue to be reincarnated: perfection
The form a person takes in reincarnation is determined by a person's _____: karma
What is karma?: his behavior in this life and in any previous lives
The ___ is the most sacred animal: cow
There are _________ of Hindu gods (also called __): hundreds, also called polytheism
_____ adopted the caste system from the ____: Hindus from the Aryans
The Hindus adopted the ___ _____ from the Aryans: caste system
Hindus believed a person born into a certain caste because of his _____: karma
Placed a strong emphasis on the ____ _____: caste system
A person remained in the class of his ____: parents
Marriage out of your class was __ ________: not allowed
Rarely was _______ with someone of another class _________: eating with someone of another class allowed
In recent years, the government of India outlawed catrgorizing people as an: untouchable
Today, the caste system exist bit is weaked, it is strongest in the ____ ____: rural areas
The most sacred river is the ___ ____: Ganges River
This religion began in India about 500 BC: Buddhism
Who was the founder of Buddhism?: Prince Siddhartha Gautama
Was an Indian prince who became very discontent with Hinduism: Siddhartha Gautama
He was later called the Buddha: Prince Gautama
The Buddha means: "the enlightened one"
Who rejected the caste system?: Prince Gautama
Who did not believe in the many Hindu gods?: Prince Gautama
____ believes in reincarnation as does___: Buddhism as does Hinduism
Goal is to reach nirvana: Buddhism
Believes suffering is caused by our desires: Buddhism
Nirvana can only be achieved by knowing _ _________ and following the ______________ ______: the four noble truths and following the eightfold path
Hinduism and Buddhism both believe in _________-: reincarnation
Hvae goal of reaching a state of peacefullness and perfection: Hinduism and buddhism
Believe that a person's reincarnated state is determined by ther person's karma: Buddhism and Hinduism
In Buddhism, state of perfection is callled: nirvana
In Hinduism, state of perfection is called: union with Brahman
Believes in caste system: Hinduism
Does not believe in the caste system: Buddhism
Hinduism has ________: no single founder
Buddhism has ______ ______: one founder
Today, Buddhism has ____ major branches: two
One worships _____ as a ___, even though he never claimed he was a god: Buddha as a god
The other believes _______ was a great _____ who was ____ a god: Buddha was a great teacher who was not a god
Today in India, there are relatively few: Buddhists
Most popular today in ____, ____and ____ and other parts of East Asia: Japan, China and Korea
Who ordered the connecting and extending of these wals and towers that resulted in the Great Wall of China?: Qin Shihuangdi
Was a member of the ___ dynasty and therefore often called ___ __________: Quin, Quin Shihuangdi
The first leader to unify most of ancient China, which lasted for only a few years: Shihuangdi
Name means "First Emperor": Shihuangdi
Often ruthless: Shihuangdi, the first emperor
Earlier, CHinese leaders had built some _____ and ___________ to keep out _____ _____ that invaded CHina from the __: walls and watchtowers to keep out nomadic invaders that invaded China from the North
How far did the Great Wall of China cover?: 14,000 miles
Who did the work on the Great wall?: thousands of peasants and prisoners
What was discovered in Shihuandi's tomb?: thousands of pottery (terra cotta) soldiers
Chinese teacher and philosopher: Confucius
His saying are now well-known: Confucius
He emphasized respect for ______ especially for parents and other elders: family, Confucius
The religion of Confucianism has _____ of followers today-primarily ________: millions, primarily Chinese
Religious group that started in China: Daoism or Taeism
Dao means "__ ___": the way
Daoism ephasizes living a ________ ___: simple life
__________ _______-very important part of ancient Chinese culture: Ancestor worship
The route that caravans and traders followed from China tothe Mediterranean Sea beginning about A.D. 100: Silk Road
Goods such as __________ ___ were sent along this route: Chinese silk
Written records began about _____ B.C.: 3500
The collapse of the ________ ________ ________ marked the end of ancient history: western Roman Empire
The MIddle Ages were from _____ A.D. to ______ A.D.: 500-1500
The Middle Ages were also called: The Medieval Period
The first half of the period is sometimes called the _____ Ages: Dark
_____ forces brought an end to the Middle Ages-name these: Three-The Renaissance, the Reformation and the Exploration Period
Modern History- A.D ---- to the present: 1500
Name for the eastern part of the Roman Empire: Byzantine
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?: Constantinople
what existed until A.D. 1453?: The byzantine empire
The capital was the city of ___________ which was named by _________, earlier had been called____________: Constantinople, which was named by Constantine, earlier had been called Byzantium
Because of _______'s location, it became a trading center: Constantinople, or Istanbul or Byzantium
Today it is called ________ and is in present day Turkey: Istanbul (Constantinople)
Because of ______'s location, it became a ________ ______: Constantinople, a trading center
_______________ was well defended: Constantinople
Had triple walls: Constantinople
Ruled the Byzantine Empire from A.D. 527 to 565: Justinian
Dreamed of ______ and ______ the entire Roman empire: Justinian, reuniting and reviving
Reconquered a portion of the western empire that had fallen under the control of "barbarian" tribes: Justinian
Good news: Reconquered a portion of the western empire that had fallen under the control of "barbarian tribes"
In the process of reconquering, many cities (including ____ were destroyed and had to be _______ *good or bad news?: Rome, rebuilt
This fighting drained the _________ ______ *good or bad news?: Byzantine treasury *bad news
Most of the areas reconquered were conquered again by _______ shortly after Justinian's death *good or bad news: barbarians, bad news
Name Justinian's greatest accomplishment: Simplifying and reorganizeing the laws of the empire
The revision of the laws were called ____ _______ ___ _______: The Code of Justinian
______________ ________ later used this code to set up their legal sustems: European countries
The dominant Christian church in the area where the western part of the Roman Empire had existed was the ______ _____ ________ (headed by the ____: Roman Catholic Church, headed by the Pope
The dominant church in the BYZANTINE EMPIRE was the ______________ ____: Eastern Orthodox church
This church also became the leading church in Russia (called the Russian Orthodox church_: Eastern Orthodox
Called the Greek Orthodox Church: Eastern Orthodox
Called the Russian Orthodox church: Eastern church
Built by Justinian: Hagia Sophia
Beautiful Christian church in Constantinope: Hagia Sophia
Today is a museum: Hagia Sophia
Constantinople was overthrown by a tribe called the: Ottoman Turks (they were Muslims
What happened A.D. 1453?: Constantinople was overthrown by the Ottoman TUrks and the Byzantine empire ended this year
By 1800's, many Slavs had settled in __: Russia
Later _____ moved into Russia: Vikings
______ eventually merged with the _: Vikings with the Slavs
Were also called Norsemen or Northmen: Vikings
The word Russia probably came fro mthe name of a _____ tribe, the ___: Viking tribe, the Rus
A group of nomadds from the present day area of Mongolia: Mongols
located between Russia and China: Mongolia
In A.D. 1240, they conquered ___: Russia
______ were allowed to govern their area as long as they ____ _____ to the Mongols-the Mongols frequently allowed conquered people to do this: Russians-as long as they paid tribute to the Mongols
By A.D. 1500 ----- was able to break away from -------: Russia-Mongol
Title for Russian rulers: czar
Also spelled "tsar": czar
Russian word for Caesar: czar
What happened in AD 500?: Ancient History lasted up until this date
The Middle Ages were from what towhat?: AD 500-AD 1500
Modern history runs from: AD 1500-present

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