Final exam Flashcards
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Paleolithic
“Old Stone Age” approximately 2.6 million to 10,500 years ago
Neolithic
New stone age 10,000 BCE to 6,000 BCE
Features of Civilization
Religion
Job specialization
Cities
Government
Language systems/writing
Technology
Social hierarchy
Riverine Civilizations
Agricultural civilizations spread across/gaining sustenance
Code of Hammurabi
created a single code of law for the empire
Codify Law
To write down an official legal; code
Buddhism
Associated with the four noble truths and eightfold paths
Hinduism
Associated with the Brahman and a rigid caste system
What belief is shared by Hindu’s and Buddhists
The soul can be reincarnated
Budda means
The enlightened
The Hindu name for the caste referred to as “untouchable” is
Dalits
In order to their be freed from their caste a Hindu must
Achieve Moksha and leave the state of samsara
What civilization embraced Buddhism as a religion
Mauryan
Who was a patron of the arts and science during the Gupta period
Chandragupta I
Aryan social structure was dominated by
A strict caste system based on religion
Aryan civilization introduced what religion to the Indian subcontinent
Hinduism
Hindu religion defines Brahman as
An all - powerful spiritual force that connects everything
The Hindu idea of Dharma most nearly means
Moral duties and obligations based on a person’s caste
The goal of Hindu religion is to achieve a “oneness” with Brahman called
Moksha
The Huang-he civilization settled along which water way?
The Yellow River
The Zhou Dynasty impacted the Chinese government by
using the mandate of heaven to justify their rule
The Shang dynasty impacted Chinese government by
Creating social classes seperated by wealth
How did the Huang - He civilization impact the lifeway of ancient China
Established permanent settlements and rice agriculture
The mandate of heaven can be most closely be defined as
an emperor being granted the right to rule by the will gods
