Guided Reading 6
GR6
Monsoon- seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation.
Jati- thousands of clans, tribes, communities, and sub communities in India.
Karma- the destiny or date, following as effect from cause.
Polyandry- form of polygamy whereby a woman takes 2 or more husbands at the same time.
Moksha- in Indian regions and Indian philosophy, it connotes freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth.
Jainism- a non-theistic Indian religion that describes a path of nonviolence towards all living beings.
Nirvana- imperturbable stillness of mind after the fires of desire, aversion, and delusion have finally extinguished.
Theatre-State- political state directed towards the performance or drama and ritual rather than more conventional ends.
Sati- funeral ritual within some Asian communities in which a recently widowed woman immolated herself, typically on her husbands funeral pyre.
Mauryan empire- geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in ancient India.
Gupta empire- ancient Indian empire.
Funan- ancient kingdom locate in Southern Southeast Asia, centered around the Mekong delta.
Siddartha Gautama (Buddha)- a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.
Ashoka- Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty.
1) Explain the origin of the Indian class system during the Vedic age. -Warfare between the light skinned Aryans controlled the dark skinned Dasas. It happened because of their skin color.
2) List the 4 Noble Truths. -Dukkha, origin of dukkha, cessation of dukkha, path leading to cessation of dukkha.
3) Outline the ideal life cycle of a young Hindu man. -Becoming a student, marrying, having a child and acquiring material wealth, having grandchildren, giving up your home and being a foot dweller and meditating on the meaning of life, and finally waiting for death.
4) What was the condition or Indian women during the Gupta empire? What important factors affected those
Monsoon- seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation.
Jati- thousands of clans, tribes, communities, and sub communities in India.
Karma- the destiny or date, following as effect from cause.
Polyandry- form of polygamy whereby a woman takes 2 or more husbands at the same time.
Moksha- in Indian regions and Indian philosophy, it connotes freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth.
Jainism- a non-theistic Indian religion that describes a path of nonviolence towards all living beings.
Nirvana- imperturbable stillness of mind after the fires of desire, aversion, and delusion have finally extinguished.
Theatre-State- political state directed towards the performance or drama and ritual rather than more conventional ends.
Sati- funeral ritual within some Asian communities in which a recently widowed woman immolated herself, typically on her husbands funeral pyre.
Mauryan empire- geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in ancient India.
Gupta empire- ancient Indian empire.
Funan- ancient kingdom locate in Southern Southeast Asia, centered around the Mekong delta.
Siddartha Gautama (Buddha)- a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.
Ashoka- Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty.
1) Explain the origin of the Indian class system during the Vedic age. -Warfare between the light skinned Aryans controlled the dark skinned Dasas. It happened because of their skin color.
2) List the 4 Noble Truths. -Dukkha, origin of dukkha, cessation of dukkha, path leading to cessation of dukkha.
3) Outline the ideal life cycle of a young Hindu man. -Becoming a student, marrying, having a child and acquiring material wealth, having grandchildren, giving up your home and being a foot dweller and meditating on the meaning of life, and finally waiting for death.
4) What was the condition or Indian women during the Gupta empire? What important factors affected those