. 1. What would prevent people from travelling into India from the north? 2. What travel-way might help people migrate into India from the north? 3. Name two cities in India's earliest civilization - the Indus River Valley Civilization

4. How would you best describe the layout of these early cities? A. Circular B. Grid C. Random D. None of the above

5. These are examples of _________________ found in early Indian cities. 6. Who would most likely have found these objects?

Does the person's social status change? (YES/NO) *This means - do they go from a higher to lower class or vice versa?* What is the location (country) or the person/group? What religion are the people? What determines a person's place in society? *This means - how do they get their job?* Do they marry or socialize with people who are different from themselves (people in other classes)? (YES/NO) Situation 1: Many rulers in ancient India practiced Hinduism. After a ruler’s death, the oldest son would take his father’s place as ruler and marry a woman who was from another ruling family. The other sons would become warriors. Warriors were seen as the defenders of the society and deserving of influence and power. They would all spend their lives in the upper levels of society.

Does the person's social status change? (YES/NO) *This means - do they go from a higher to lower class or vice versa?* What is the location (country) or the person/group? What religion are the people? What determines a person's place in society? *This means - how do they get their job?* Do they marry or socialize with people who are different from themselves (people in other classes)? (YES/NO) Situation 2: Giri is a person living in India. People in the upper levels of society in India insist that Giri has bad Karma. Why else would he, like his ancestors, be born an Untouchable, if not to pay for his past lives? He is a leatherworker, and Hindu law says that working with animal skins makes him unclean, someone to avoid and scorn.

Does the person's social status change? (YES/NO) *This means - do they go from a higher to lower class or vice versa?* What is the location (country) or the person/group? What religion are the people? What determines a person's place in society? *This means - how do they get their job?* Do they marry or socialize with people who are different from themselves (people in other classes)? (YES/NO) Situation 3: Ravi lives in the United States. His parents moved here from India, and they practice Hinduism. Ravi’s father is a doctor. Ravi will grow up to become a doctor, and he will marry the daughter of a doctor. * *This is an example. Not all Hindus in the U.S. today will continue this practice.

Does the person's social status change? (YES/NO) *This means - do they go from a higher to lower class or vice versa?* What is the location (country) or the person/group? What religion are the people? What determines a person's place in society? *This means - how do they get their job?* Do they marry or socialize with people who are different from themselves (people in other classes)? (YES/NO) Situation 4: 80 percent of people in Nepal are Hindu and many of them adhere to the traditions of Hinduism. The Nepalese Brahmins (priests) are high in the social order and will be respected. They must marry someone of the same social status. Their children will follow the same path.

The Indian Caste System (Class system - notice the groups that people are put into!) 7. Who are the highest members of Indian society? 8. Why do you think the rulers aren't the highest Indian class? Untouchables Outcasts, did the "dirty jobs" like garbage collection

9. Compare India’s caste system (see previous slide) with Egypt’s class system (above). Compare and contrast them using the venn diagram on your paper!

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