Chapter 9 Study Guide Flashcards
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A persons rank compared to others
Status
To focus ones thoughts to gain a higher level of spiritual awareness
Meditate
Taking place at an unnamed later time
Eventual
A broad flat area of highland
Plateau
To move from one place to another
Migrate
To leave and not return
Abandon
To encourage the doing of something
Promote
To give or donate
Contribute
To live
Reside
Where the first civilization emerged in India.
Indus River
What India is.
Country
India’s 3 major rivers.
Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra
Indian caste system and what it consisted of in each group (Varna)
Brahmins - priests
Kshatriyas - warriors, rulers
Vaisyas - common people
Sundras - unskilled laborers, servants
What group of people entered the Indus River Valley first?
Arians
Reasons why people of the Indus Valley abandoned their cities.
Droughts, earthquakes, flooding
Why monsoons are considered necessary in India?
Brought farmers water to grow crops
Where the Hindu religion developed
India
What was the guidelines called that would end all desires?
Eightfold path
The Four Noble Truths.
(1) Life is full of suffering
(2) People suffer because they desire worldly things and want to satisfy themselves
(3) The way to end suffering is to stop desiring things
(4) The only way to stop desiring things is to follow the Eightfold Path
Hindu’s one universal spirit.
Brahman
Buddha’s way to find truth.
The Four Noble Truths
The oldest religion in the world.
Hinduism
Founder of Buddhism.
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
First ruler of the Mauryan Empire.
Chandragupta
