Harappan Civilization
How were Harappa and Mohenjo Daro streets laid out?
A grid-like pattern
What was the Aryan religious book filled with hymns and songs?
Vedas
What were the seasonal wind patterns that hit India?
Monsoons
what was the Aryan language called?
sanskrit
What is the belief that you are reborn after you die called?
reincarnation
How were Harappa and Mohenjo Daro more sanitary than most at the time?
They had plumbing
What social class system did the Aryans bring with them?
Caste System
What body of water was to the southeast of India?
Bay of Bengal
What was the first empire in India?
Mauryan Empire
What is the Hindu and Buddhist belief that you receive rewards or consequences for your previous actions called?
Karma
What river were Harappa and Mohenjo Daro located next to?
Indus River
Which caste was made up of rulers and warriors?
kshatriya
What large mountain range was in northeast India?
Himalayas
What did Ashoka see that made him switch to Buddhism?
all the deaths at the battle of Kalinga
What is the end of the reincarnation cycle known as for Buddhism?
Nirvana
Did Harappa and Mohenjo Daro have a written language? Can we read it?
Yes and no
What caste was made up of priests and scholars?
Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra
What 3 things did Siddhartha Gautama see when he finally left his palace?
Sick man, old man, dead man
What is the end of the reincarnation cycle known as in Hinduism?
Moksha
How do we know for sure that Harappa and Mohenjo Daro traded with Mesopotamia?
We have found trading seals in Mesopotamia from Harappa
What caste was made up of servants and peasants?
Sudras
Which direction would winter monsoon winds blow?
southwest from the Himalayas
Identify one way that Dalits are still discriminated against today.
Live in slums, no electricity, not allowed to go to school with other castes, etc.
How could you be reincarnated as a higher caste? How could you be reincarnated as a lower caste?
Receive good karma, receive bad karma