Hinduism
What is the third largest religion in the world?
Hinduism
Who started Buddhism.
The Buddha.
What is the landmass India on called?
It is a subcontinent.
What is the Jati system.
It is a system of social classes.
What were some important contributions to mathematics from the Indians?(you get points if you answer any of them)
They invented Zero, 1 through 9, and the6 used th3 first known algebra.
What did they believe happened after death?
What is reincarnation?
The Buddha’s real name was _______ _______.
Siddhartha Gautama
What are the seasonal winds in India called?
They are called monsoons.
Who are the Brahmins.
They taper the highest social class.
Why did much of the art in that time get destroyed.
They were made of fragile materials.
What are the ancient Hindu texts in India?
They are are the Upanishads?
What did the Buddha teach his followers?
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
What are the 3 important rivers that flow through India.
The rivers are called the Ganges the Brahmaputra and the Indus rivers.
What was the lowest varna.
They were the untouchables.
What were the most important structures of that time?
Rulers palaces and temples for religious worship.
What were the Upanishads purpose?
They described the search for the Brahman.
What did the Buddha think people cared too much about?
He thought that people cared too much about fame, money and personal possessions.
Which river is Harappa and Mohenjo-daro nearest to.
They are nearest to the Indus River.
What was the Jati system.
It was system that had strict rules for the varna. It had strict rules for people like their diets and marriage.
What was an example of early plastic surgery?
Repairing broken noses.
Who was the Creator deity, the preserver deity, and the destroyer deity?(must answer 2)
Creator:Brahma
Preserver:Vishnu
Destroyer:Shiva
What did the Buddha come from and why did he become the Buddha.(anything close counts)
He came from a small kingdom. One day when he went around his kingdom he saw a lot of poverty and he understood that the world was full of suffering. He gave up everything and became a monk. Dressed in a yellow robe he traveled the country preaching his message.
What is India's usual climate?
In the summer it is wet because of monsoons that bring wet air. Growing happens in the summer because of how wet it is. In the winter the monsoons blow cold dry air.
What are all four varnas in order from most powerful to least powerful?
The Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, the Sudras, Untouchables.
What theories did Indian astronomers propose?(must give 2 examples)
They proposed that the earth was round and revolved around the sun.