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Vocab
100

This Ancient India language was used to write the Vedas.  It is also one of the only language that has not been decoded to understand.

What is Sanskrit

100

India is part of this continent 

What is Asia

100

Most modern day societies run on an economy that exchanges currency (money) for products.  Ancient India relied on ____ to receive the products they need

What is trade

100

These are the two main religions in Ancient India

What are Buddhism and Hinduism

100

What goes around comes around

What is Karma

200

This group of people invaded India and started the first empire in 1500 BCE

Who are the Aryans

200

The ____ and ____ rivers were the main source of fresh water for the Indus Valley Civilization 

What are the Indus and Ganges rivers

200

Ancient India traded goods with these three areas

What are Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China

200

Siddhartha Guatama is the founder of what religion

What is Buddhism

200

rites of passage to prepare a person for a certain event or for their next stage in life

samskaras

300

injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses against a disease

What is inoculation

300

This mountain range was known to flood the Ganges River while the Hindu Kush mountains flooded the Indus River

What is the Himalayas

300

Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, and the Dalit are the five levels of the pyramid also known as this word meaning social class

What is Varnas

300

This holy book of knowledge was written during the Aryan Empire

What is the Vedas

300

This system divided the people in social groups based on their money and power

What is the Caste System

400

This ruler was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, and was the most famous ruler of the Mauryan Empire

Who is Ashoka the Great

400

a large landmass that is smaller than a continent, such as India

What is subcontinent

400

the number system we use today; it was created by Indian scholars during the Gupta dynasty

Hindu-Arabic numerals

400

The belief that your soul live on forever and is reborn into different bodies

What is Reincarnation

400

deep, continued thought that focuses the mind on spiritual ideas

meditation

500

This empire established colleges and universities were students could study astronomy, Sanskrit, chemistry, and many more subjects

What is the Gupta Empire

500

Strong seasonal winds that bring floods to India

What is Monsoons

500

Ancient India's government went through 3 big changes throughout history.  First there was tribal living, then empires, and final Kingdoms that brought what type of government and leadership style 

(The beginning of this word meaning "One")

What is a Monarchy

500

Name the four gods of Hinduism 

1. The supreme all encompassing entity 

2-4 Each personality and deity 

Who are 1.Brahman 2-4. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva

500

The belief and recognition of many gods 

(The beginning of this word meaning "many")

What is Polytheistic
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