social sudies section one Flashcards
(54 cards)
what are the continets in south asia
nepal, sri lanka, bangledesh,india,pakastin,maldivis,bhutam
what was the river near the indus valley
the ganges river
what was the climate in india
tropical
what did argulture depend on
the monsoons
when did aryans began living in the indus valley
around 1500 bc
what did the aryans introduce
new social strucute, polysthiesm
what were religion written on
vedas hyms
where did ayrans live
they were nomadic
where did the ayrans settle
in the indus valley
what were some of the vedic ages tech
tolits brick walls, mounds of dirt,
were ayrans inavders?
no they were india first inhabiters
what is a veda
a collection of sacred hymms
what was the langues in the vedic age
sanskrit
what is the most well known veda
rig veda
what was wealth measured in
the size of your herd
what did they find joy in
day to day
where did the vedic grow in to
the ganges
what did clans group into
republicans
what is the social status
the caste sytem
how many ranks are there
five
what would indus trade
cotton stone wood
brahminism changed into
hinduisum
what were brahmans
only brahmins could reads vedas and it was based on
what were the teachers in india called
gurus
