| A | B |
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| Aryans | Noble (First immigrants:warriors and herders from eastern Europe/Western Asia |
| Why were Aryans stronger fighters | Aryans had horses which made them stronge fighters; no one else had horses. |
| Chariot | Aryans introduced to India |
| Hinduism | One of the Oldest religion: people live many lives until they reach perfection. |
| Sanskrit | Aryan's language, holly--spoken by gods |
| Vedas | Holliest four books of sacred writings, written in Sanskrit, describing Aryans' religion |
| Brahma | creator |
| Vishnu | preserver |
| Shiva | destroyer |
| caste | A group with a social class: there were four castes. People has to accept caste born into. |
| Untouchables | Below all other castes--did all unpleasant jobs in India; impure. Avoided all contact with others in society. |
| Buddhism | Challened rituls of caste system in hinduism |
| Ashoka | Emperor, who followed buddhist teaching: non-violence |
| Arabic Numerals | Number system, base ten created by Indian Mathematicians in Golden Age. |
| Medical Advances:what did surgeons know they needed to do? | Sterilization. Inoculation, set fractures |
| Inoculation | Giving a person a mild form of a disease to gain immunity. |
| Advantages Aryans over natives to obtain farmland | They were stronger fighters because they had horses and chariots. |
| What did Aryans bring to India? | Sanskrit, Hinduism, caste system |
| Three main gods to Hindu religion? | Brahama, Vishnu, Shiva |
| How did caste system affect early Indian society? | Group within a social class; a person could not change castes, cold only work within their own group and could marry only from same caste; hope that could change caste when reincarnated. |
| What caused Siddhartha Gautama to begin his search for knowledge? | When he went outside the palace he saw an old man, a very sick man and a dead man. He wanted to end that suffering, and he left the palace and lived the life of a wandering beggar. |
| What event caused Ashoka to change his way of ruling? | The bloody invasion of Kalinga was a turning point that turned him against violence. |
| Contributions made during India's Golden Age? | Peace growth and great advances in art and science: mathematics and medicine Base 10 number system:Arabic Numerals. fractures set, skin grafts, sterilization and inoculation |
| How did Darious's pony-express system affect Persia? | Allowed for better communication throughout the empire |
| How are these related: Sanskrit, Vedas? | Sanskrit holy language and vedas Aryan's hliest books. |
| How are these related: Hinuism, caste, untouchables? | Aryan's culture and belief: hinduism religious belief of reincarnation, caste described set classes in Aryan society, including untouchables, who were lowest class. Rebirth brought hope of better caste in rebirth. |
| How are these related: arabic numerals, inoculation? | These are advances during India Golden Age. |
| How are these related: prophet and Zoroastrianism? | A Persian prophet, a person who others believe speaks with a divine message, changed Persians belief from worshipping many gods to the Zoroastrianism religion, which taught a belief in two gods. |
| Zoroastrianism | Persian religion believing in two gods. |
| prophet | prophet is a person who others believe speaks with a divine message |
