Religions 1
A term that means a religion with "more than one god".
What is Polytheistic/Polytheism?
This is the rebirth of a soul into a new body.
What is reincarnation?
This mountain range acted as a natural barrier and separated India from China.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
Meaning of agrarian.
What is agricultural or about agriculture?
3 major building contributions in Ancient India
What are...?
-multi-level houses - granaries
-Plumbing systems - pools and fountains
-Sewers. -bridges -ports
Siddhartha Gautama's story before enlightenment.
What is -Prince-wife and son-always protected from pain and suffering-left everything, achieved enlightenment, became the Buddha, etc.
Meaning of disciple
What is a follower? a believer? an apprentice?
Seasonal winds that impacted the Indian civilization
What are Monsoons?
Twin Cities of the original Indus civilization
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
the Indus Valley people kept their food (especially grain) stored in these.
What are granaries?
Universal Spirit and/or Supreme God in Hinduism
What is Brahman?
In Hinduism, most bodies are burned to ash, (aka _________) and scattered in a ________.
What is cremation?
What is a river?
A large land mass that is set apart from the rest of the continent.
Subcontinent
Which two groups combined to make this new improved civilization?
For 50 extra points, name both names for each group
What is Harappan/Indus Valley and Aryan/Indo-European?
Major contribution in medicine from Ancient India
What is cataract surgery?
These are the representatives of Brahman in many gods and goddesses.
For an extra 50 points, name one deity, what they look like, and the quality they represent
Murtis
Elephant-headed god GANESH- intelligence
Monkey-headed god HANUMAN- strength
The term for a religion that only worships one god.
What is monotheism?
Two of India's important rivers:
1) This is the most well-known river and is the same one where people bathe away their bad karma, and in which scatter the ashes of the dead.
2) This is the river on which the Harappan Civilization was built and also the other name for the civilization.
1) What is the Ganges River?
2) What is the Indus River?
Meaning of merchant.
For 50 extra points, name the word for a store that had everything in the Wild West.
A person who travels and sells things.
extra-Mercantile
Houses in Ancient India were very advanced and had many well-planned functions... (name 3)
What is_____?
1) Oven-baked brick walls that were very strong 2) Running water 3) indoor plumbing 4) toilets 5) waste/trash chutes that took it to the curb 6) sewage systems that carried waste out of homes
If you do your ___, you will have good ___.
According to Hinduism, fill in the two rhyming words...
dharma
karma
The sacred flower, the sacred tree, and the meditative position for Buddhism
Lotus and Bodhi
The landmass that covers 2/3 of the subcontinent of India.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
Two Hindu celebrations and their meaning
Rasta Bhandan- brothers and sisters
Holi- spring, colors of earth, purification bonfire story of aunt and prince, throwing colored powders
Diwali- New year, inviting goddess of wealth into house, cleaning house
This is the job, whether you are a bug, a bird, a mammal, a slave, or a king that you are required to perform.
What is Dharma?