Copy & define the 7 ‘key terms’ from pg. 93.

monsoon windssummer vs. winter

Arabian Sea: westBay of Bengal: eastIndian Ocean: southHimalayan mountains:

northIndus River & Ganges

Riverdeserts & rainforests

very diverse geography

Himalayan Mountains to the north

surrounding by water on all other coasts

monsoons: seasonal winds that bring heavy rains in summer & cool, dry air in winter

2 primary rivers: Indus & Ganges

~3000 to 1500 BCmain cities along Indus River: Mohenjo-Daro &

Harappa

cities laid out in grid pattern w/ sewage systems

farming civilization w/ Mesopotamia as trading partner

no particular reason for why civilization ended?!?possibly floods, change in climate, earthquake,

change of river currents, etc.

1. From what river does India get its name?

2. What is another name for the Indus Civilization?

3. What mountain range borders India to its north?

4. Name 2 of the 3 major bodies of water that border India’s coasts.

5. What is the term for the weather system that brings India heavy rains in the summer and cold, dry weather in the winter?

1500 to 400 BC: Indo-European people, settled by Ganges Rivernot sure where exactly from???

written language---Sanskrit: ~1000 BC

local rulers: rajasfought each other

very patriarchalpractice of suti/suttee: wife had to kill herself on

husband’s funeral pyre (fire)

rigid caste systemBrahmans: priests &

scholarsKshatriyas: warriorsVaisyas: commoners

(i.e. merchants/farmers)

Sudras: peasants & manual laborers

Untouchables: less than human (outcasts)had to live separate &

have jobs that no one else would do

324-183 BC by Chandragupta Maurya (founder)

drove out foreign forces & established capital at Pataliputra

Asoka: grandson of Chandragupta Maurya was a Buddhist ruler

set up hospitals for people & animals

his sons battled for power, but ended up losing it

1st to 3rd centuries ADpart of Silk Road b/w

Rome & China

traded ivory, pepper, cloth for wool/linen, glass

trading was dangerous b/c goods were expensive, luxury goods

earliest literature from Aryans were stories of deeds of great warriorsfound in religious texts

other gains:Earth was round & rotated on an axisconcept of zeronumeric symbols (that would eventually come

to Europe through Arab traders)

Bhagavad Gita: technically part of Vedas. A speech by god Krishna before a battle, “when taking action, dont worry about the end result, only the moral rightness of the action itself”.

Read about the Bhagavad Gita on pg. 100-101. Answer the respective question.

grew out of Aryan beliefs

sacred writings: Vedas

key concept:one main force called Brahman who is

revealed through many gods/goddesses main god(s) –

Brahman = creatorVishnu = preserver Siva = destroyer

people want to merge w/ Brahman: mokshacan only merge if from the Brahman caste

those who do not merge are reincarnated

level of reincarnation determined by karmaforce generated by actions in life

dharma: divine law that governs karmadifferent castes have different

expectations

Hinduism: main religion in India

Using pg. 102, create a Venn Diagram (Dubble-Bubble Map) comparing/contrasting Jainism & Hinduism.

Complete the following chart on the characteristics of the Indian civilizations, using pg. 94-97.

Judaism Buddhism Hinduism Confucianism Christianity Islam

Number of followers world wide

Key concepts

Founder

Name of deity

Holy book

Religious symbol