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Piedmont
Middle School - San Jose, CA
408-923-1800 ext 4420
Weekly
Assignments for Week #15 December 8-12, 2008
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Ancient
India
 6.5
Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and
social structures of the early civilizations of India.
- Locate and describe the
major river
system and
discuss the physical setting that sup-ported the rise of this
civilization.
- Discuss the significance of
the Aryan
invasions.
- Explain the major beliefs
and practices
of
Brahmanism in India and how they evolved into early Hinduism.
- Outline the social structure
of the
caste
system.
- Know the life and moral
teachings of
Buddha and
how Buddhism spread in India, Ceylon, and Central Asia.
- Describe the growth of the
Maurya empire
and
the political and moral achievements of the emperor Asoka.
- Discuss important aesthetic
and
intellectual
traditions (e.g., Sanskrit literature, including the Bhagavad
Gita; medicine; metallurgy; and mathematics, including
Hindu-Arabic numerals and the zero).
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We are currently studying Ancient
India. View Section
Lesson Notes
and the Quiz 4.1
Studyguide
(.pdf file)
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