India

Question 1

What was the mauryan dynasty known for?

Answer 1

First pan-Indian empire
Kingdom of Magahda (controlled trade on Ganges river)
Centralized big gov. And military

Question 2

What was mauryan leader Ashoka known for? (268-232 BCE)

Answer 2

Conquering kalinga
Pillars with laws
Capital=Pataliputra
Intro to Buddhism
Irrigation systems + roads
Stupas

Question 3

What was the decline of mauryan dynasty?

Answer 3

Askhokas death,financial difficulties

Question 4

What was a result of regional kingdoms?

Answer 4

Cross culture interaction
Indo-Greeks invading Indian territories in 182 BCE
Trade revenue to bactrian territories

Question 5

What was the caste/varna system for?

Answer 5

To promote stability and have well defined roles, dharma

Question 6

Caste system order

Answer 6

Brahmins (priests and teachers)
Kshatriyas (warriors and rulers)
Vashyas (merchants,artisans,farmers)
Shudras (laborers)
Untouchables

Question 7

When was economic prosperity brought?

Answer 7

600 BCE, vashnyas and shudras became wealthier than kshatriyas and brahmins

Question 8

What were the guilds?

Answer 8

The groups where craftsmen,merchants and artisans didn’t belong
They had trade networks and courts were organized by jati
Guild members only associate with each other (marriage,kids,towns)

Question 9

What is Jainism?

Answer 9

The belief where everything is connected bc they have a soul (vedas) in them (upanishads)
Believed that purification from selfish behavior releases them from imprisonment
Ahimsa (nonviolence towards vedas)
Appeals - alternative to devotional cults

Question 10

What is Buddhism and who founded it?

Answer 10

A path to enlightenment
Indian prince siddartha Gautama (563 BCE)
Found out misery after seeing a corpse/humans getting older and weaker
4 noble truths
Became dominant until 1000CE

Question 11

What are the Himalayas known for?

Answer 11

Worlds highest mountains
Isolates India and Asia (rivers:Ganges and indus

Question 12

Indo gangetic plain?

Answer 12

Gets most rainfall
Largest cities
Biggest farm land
Fertile soil and abundant water

Question 13

Aryan migration?

Answer 13

Sanskrit was their language
Had vedas (sacred Hindu texts, rig Veda is the oldest)

Question 14

Hindu concepts?

Answer 14

Moksha - rebirth/infinite life
Samsara - reincarnation/atman never dies
Atman - soul/essence
Dharma - duties
Karma - deeds

Question 15

Hindu deity’s?

Answer 15

Brahman - supreme being
Brahme - deity
Brahmin - priest

Question 16

Puja?

Answer 16

Ritualized prayer

Question 17

Pilgrimage

Answer 17

Religious journey

Question 18

Henotheism?

Answer 18

Monotheism/polytheism

Question 19

What was the Gupta empire known for? (320-550 CE)

Answer 19

Stricter caste system
Math systems : decimals,zero,trigonometry

Question 20

Contributions of Aryabhatta?

Answer 20

Alphabetic counting system
Square and cubic roots
Pi and making it irrational
Intergers

Question 22

Syncretism?

Answer 22

Diffusion of Buddhism, cultures/ideas blending tg

Question 23

Ascetic

Answer 23

Get rid of everything in life or it’s selfish (you let go)

Question 24

Shinto

Answer 24

Kami gods tired to nature (Korea)