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Caste System
100
A strong wind that brings soaking rains in the summer
What is a "Monsoon"?
100
This is a large landmass that is attatched to, and smaller than a continent
What is a "subcontinent"?
100
A fortress raised above the rest of the city smack dab in the center. What is the term for this?
What is a "citadel"?
100
these are the two major religions in India
What are Hinduism and Buddhism?
100
These are the 4 Tiers of the Caste System and the one not considered part of the Caste
Brahmin
Kshatriya
Vaisya
Sudra
Untouchables/Dalit
200
The sum of a persons good and bad actions?
What is Karma?
200
This is the main mountain range in India
What are the "the Himalayas"?
200
These are two achievments the ancient people of Mohenjo-Daro and the current people of Sioux Falls have in common
What are streets on a grid pattern, and a sewer system?
200
This is how Karma impacts the Hindu Reincarnation Cycle
Good Karma: Move up the Caste System till you reach Moksha
Bad Karma: Move down the Caste System
200
These are the jobs the Untouchables would do?
What are jobs considered ‘too dirty’ for other Castes: specifically, cleaning up dead bodies,sweeping streets, leather work?
300
A soul is reborn into another lifeform following death?
What is "Reincarnation"?
300
The Indus River carried this, which was important to farming?
(same thing that the Nile did and Tigris/Euphrates rivers did)
What is "Silt"
300
Hinduism believes in ‘Dharma’, what is Dharma?
A person's role in society. How well a Hindu performs the tasks of their Caste
300
This was the Buddha’s original name?
Who was Siddhartha?
300
“My father studies and teaches religious texts. He spends time thinking and meditating”
The Caste this quote describes:
Who were the Brahmins?
400
This word is a synonym for ‘Caste’?
What is "Varna"?
400
The region where Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa civilizations settled
What is the "Indus river valley"?
400
This is Moksha
What is ending the cycle of birth, life, death, rebirth. Becoming one with the eternal spirit
400
This is how you reach Nirvana
What is by following the 8-fold path and the 4 Truths, as set out by Siddhartha
400
This varna would typically sell or trade goods?
Who were the Vaishiya?
500
The Hindu Holy Books
What are the ‘Vedas’?
500
The TWO major rivers in India
What are the Indus River and the Ganges River
500
The fact that Mohenjo-Daro was found to have a Citadel and high walls around the city tells us this about their neighbors
What is that they were probably enemies?
500
The name of this Hindu diety/god
Who is Ganesha?
500
State one of the 4 Varnas and what jobs they would have.
Brahmin: Priest, Scholar, Judge
Kshatriyas: Warriors, Rulers
Vaisyas: Merchants, Traders, Landowners
Sudra: Servants, Farmer, Peasant