Geography
The mountain range the Aryan people crossed to invade India.
What are the Himalayas?
He began the first empire in India, the Mauryan Empire
Who was Chandragupta Maurya?
Founder of Buddhism
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
The first civilization in India sprang up along the banks of this river.
What is the Indus river?
The written language developed in India
What is Sanskrit?
Seasonal winds which bring the rainy season to India
What are monsoons?
The Mauryan Empire spread this religion to other parts of the world.
What is Buddhism?
Buddha sent these people to spread his teachings
Who were missionaries?
The Gupta empire passed power down from father to son to grandson; this is called
What is a monarchy?
These were the sacred texts (books) of Hinduism.
What are the Vedas?
India is considered a subcontinent of which continent?
What is Asia?
This empire began after Asoka's death
What was the Gupta Empire?
The final cycle of reincarnation where perfect peace and happiness are found.
What is Nirvana?
This physical barrier did NOT protect India from invasion.
What is the Indus Desert?
This is a spiritual leader.
Who is a guru?
These are the two largest cities in India.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
Asoka used these to spread his newly adopted religion throughout India.
What were missionaries?
A belief that your soul will be reborn into a new body once you die.
What is reincarnation?
Meaning of "Buddha"
What is "the Enlightened One"?
The Aryans created this system to help control the people they conquered,
What is the caste system?
They were members of the servant caste.
Who are Shudras
3 bodies of water surrounding India and their N.S.E.W. directions
What are the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian Ocean to the south and the Bay of Bengal to the east?
The religion that Asoka converted to after being horrified by the slaughter of a long bloody war.
What was Buddhism?
This determines how your soul will be reborn and this tells a person how to live their life properly
What are Karma and Dharma?
A system of exercises practiced to control the body and mind.
What is yoga?
The Gupta empire controlled this part of India.
What is the northern part?
They were members of the priest caste.
Who are the Brahmins
A seasonal wind that brings rainfall during the summer.
What is a monsoon?
These people were taller, lighter skinned, and spoke a different language than the early Indians.
Who were the Aryans?
These were members of the warrior caste.
Who were the Kshatriyas.
Buddhism was a sixth century B.C. religion based on the teachings of this person.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
They were outcasts who cleaned the streets and carried bodies away.
Who were the Untouchables/Dalits
They were the members of the farming/working class.
Who were the Vaisyas?