Row 1
Most people in India had their marriages arranged by their ________, a practice that still continues in the country today.
parents
Instead of the Ten Commandments, Buddhists follow the _______ in order to reach Enlightenment.
Eightfold Path
Siddhartha Gautama was an Indian _______ who had never experienced suffering in this life until he left his palace.
Prince
In Ancient India, people weren't all farming their own food because there was a ______ of food.
Surplus
Buddhism is mostly practiced in Southeast _________ today, despite the fact that the religion began in India.
Asia
According to Buddhism, one's starting position in their next life would be determined by their __________ in the current life.
Karma
In the religion of ________, there is no founder and no Holy Book.
Hinduism
Siddhartha Gautama
Both of the major religions in India, Buddhism and Hinduism, believe in _______.
Reincarnation
According to Hinduism, ________ is one's personal duty to society.
The social class SYSTEM in India was known as the _________ system.
Jati
When Chandragupta Maurya took over India and started the Mauryan Empire, he split up his government into _______.
Provinces
The Dalai Lama lived in the country of _______, where he is leader of Buddhism and also the leader of the country's government.
Tibet
There are two very different versions of Buddhism- the more popular of the two is _______ Buddhism, which is still practiced by roughly half a billion people today.
Mahayana
The written language used by the Ancient Indians was called ________. It was used to record laws, trades, and even religious poems
Sanskrit
The four major social classes in Ancient India were referred to as ________.
Varnas
The _______, who were Ancient Indian priests and religious leaders, were at the top of the social pyramid.
Brahmins
The ________ migrated to India around 1500 BC and completed changed the culture of the people living there. They got most of their food by farming and raising cattle.
Aryans
________ is the name of the spiritual place to which Buddhist souls go after they have been reincarnated several times and reached enlightenment. It is not a physical place.
Nirvana
The collection of poems, stories, songs and traditions created during the Vedic period in Ancient India are known as the _______.
Vedas