6th grade ss ch 5 sec 2
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Jodylafleur on February 15, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 who brought hinduism into india | a group of nomadic people |
| who were the aryans | nomads originally from asia that speak indo-european dialect |
| what were the indo-eurpean people like | lived in clans, hearded cattle, sheep and goats |
| how did the indo-europeans fight | warriors rode horse driven chariots, weapons were long bows and arrowa and bronze axes |
| when were the indo-europeans driven out | 2000bc |
| Where did the aryans migrate | india |
| what were the aryans people like | herers who lived simple lives, not city dwellers |
| whjat language did the aryans speak | sanskrit |
| did the aryans conquer the harappans | no it was probably earthquakes or floods` |
| who was living in india when the aryans arrived | dravidians |
| what two cultures blended in india | aryans tought city life and dravidians tought religion and language |
| what was the aryan social structure | society was organized into caste system |
| what was a caste system | people were born into a certain caste that was associated with different jobs |
| in order list people of the caste system | brahams, ksatriya, vaisya, and sudra |
| who were brahmans | priests and teachers |
| who were kskatriya | rulers, nobles, warriors |
| who were the vaisya | bankers, farmers, merchants |
| who were sudra | artisans and laborers |
| who were the untouchables | considered below all other groups and did the jobs no one wanted to do |
| brahmanism | aryan religion worshiping nature dieties and sacrificed animals to dietes over sacred fire |
| vedas | anchient sanskrit texts containing aryan religion and hymes and 4 collections of prayers and instructions for rituals |
| how did the indians beliefs change | began to believe theat all dieties were the expression of one diety |
| mahabharata | epic poems that retells many anchient indian legends |
| bhagavad gita | telld the story of a warrior, prince arjuna who does not want to fight his friends. krishata tells him he must fight |
| what did hinduism develope from | brahmanism |
| who did hinduism worship` | MANY DIETIES WHO ARE PARTS OF ONE GOD or life force |
| who are the most important dieties in himduism | brahana-creator vishnu-protector shiva-destroyer |
| what is the hinduism belief | reincarnation where people have many lives |
| karma | what he or she does in life determines what he or she will be in next life |
| reincarnation | creates a repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth |
| when does the reincarnation cycle end | when a person achieves a union with god and they realize that their soul is one with gods |
| how do hindus believe they get to god | follow their path and carry out their assigned duties faithfully. they also meditate to calm mind and do yoga |
| aryans | group of indo-europeans who are believed to have migrated to the indian subcontinent |
| dialect | varieties of language spoken in different regions or countries |
| migtration | process of relocating to an area |
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