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SCOTT C. SNYDER Barbers Hill High School [email protected] AP World History Text work, Chapter 3 Classical Civilization: INDIA Directions; use the information on pages 50-64 to answer the following questions. 1. India’s agricultural regions are located along the _______________________ and _________________________________. 2. What is Sanskrit? ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________. 3. India’s epic age was from _________________ to __________________. 4. The characteristic Indian caste system began to take shape during the Vedic and Epic ages, as a ___________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________. 5. The basic castes are divided into smaller subgroups, called _________________. 6. Identify the term Indra. ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________. 7. ________________________________ became the first of the Maurya dynasty, and the first ruler to unify much of the Indian subcontinent. 8. List the three governmental achievements of the Mauryan dynasty. A) _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. B) _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. C) _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. 9. Chandragupta’s style of government was highly ____________________, relying on the ruler’s personal and military power. 10. Chandragupta’s grandson was ________________________. 11. Why did Ashoka convert to Buddhism? ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________. 12. Ashoka sent Buddhist missionaries to __________________________________ in the Middle East. 13. The next great Indian empire was the _________________ beginning in 320 C.E. 14. Gupta rulers maintained political control by _________________ with local princes and ____________________ with their families. 15. The Gupta empire was conquered in 535 C.E. by a new invasion of nomadic warriors, the ________________________. 16. The Mauryan rulers depended heavily on the _______________________ to maintain political control. 17. Why did Gupta rulers favor Hinduism over Buddhism? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________. 18. Some of the achievements of Gupta Empire were that it did spread a uniform ______________________________, built __________________, and were patrons of _____________________________. 19. One reason for India’s political disunity was that Indian religion did not generally stress the importance of _____________________, but rather the preeminence of _________________________________________ as a source of authority. 20. Another reason for India’s political limitations can be explained partly by the importance of __________________________ of government, village government, and by the social relationships under the _____________________. 21. The caste system provided away for India’s various races, the conquerors and the conquered, to ____________________________________________________. 22. List the two positive aspects of the caste system. A) _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________. B) _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________. 23. List the two political consequences of the caste system. A) _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. B) _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. 24. _____________________________ was the only cultural cement because it crossed political and language barriers, and across the castes. 25. Part of Hinduism’s success is due to its ability _________________________________________________________________. 26. Define the term varuna. ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________. 27. Explain how a Hindu holy man would live a good life. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________. 28. Explain how a common follower of Hinduism would live a good life. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________. 29. According to Hinduism what are the three obligations of life? A) _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. B) _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. C) _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. 30. Explain how Hinduism reinforced the caste system in India. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________. 31. Around 563 B.C.E., an Indian prince named __________________________ was born. He began to question the fairness of earthly life in which so much poverty and misery abounded. He became known as ___________________________ or “enlightened one.” 32. Explain the differences between Buddhism and Hinduism? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________. 33. According to Buddhism, a holy life could be achieved through _________________________________________________________________. 34. Buddhism spread outside of India to China, Korea, and Japan, by _________________________________________________________________. 35. List the three famous fairytales come from the Indian collections known as Panchatantra? A) ______________________________________________________________. B) ______________________________________________________________. C) ______________________________________________________________. 36. List the seven scientific discoveries of India. A) ______________________________________________________________. B) ______________________________________________________________. C) ______________________________________________________________. D) ______________________________________________________________. E) ______________________________________________________________. F) ______________________________________________________________. G) ______________________________________________________________. 37. List the seven mathematical discoveries of India. A) ______________________________________________________________. B) ______________________________________________________________. C) ______________________________________________________________. D) ______________________________________________________________. E) ______________________________________________________________. F) ______________________________________________________________. G) ______________________________________________________________. 38. According to an Indian code of law, a wife was to _________________________ _________________________________________________________________. 39. Lack of female rights in India was enforced through _______________________. 40. What was the goal or purpose of arranged marries? ________________________ _________________________________________________________________.