Vocabulary
Geography
Hinduism
Buddhism
Potpourri
100
Nirvana
What is lasting peace?
100
India has limited contact with the rest of the world
What is India's surrounding mountains and water?
100
The Hindu belief of being rewarded in the next life
What is reincarnation?
100
To give up selfish desires
What is the cure for human suffering?
100
He was a kind ruler who treated his people like family
Who is Asoka?
200
Subcontinent
What is a large landmass that juts out from a continent?
200
The streets were laid out in a grid
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
200
Has no single founder
What is Hinduism?
200
Enlightened One
What is Budda?
200
He believed in absolute power of the ruler
Who is Chandragupta?
300
Monsoon
What is strong seasonal wind?
300
To carry moisture
What is the summer monsoon?
300
When Aryan and Indian cultures blend together
What is Hinduism?
300
Siddhartha Gautama
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
300
The ancient Indians were the first to use this in war
What is an elephant?
400
Missionary
What is a person who spreads their religious beliefs?
400
The highest mountains in the world
What is the Himalayas?
400
Vedes
What is the Hindu religious book?
400
Belief that is wrong to harm other living things?
What is Buddhism?
400
To change your beliefs
What is converted?
500
Meditate
What is to think deeply?
500
Indus and Ganges Rivers
What are India's two major rivers?
500
The religious and moral duties of each person
What is dharma?
500
Japan, the Koreas, China, Tibet and Vietnam
What is cultures today that have Buddhism?
500
The BEST teacher in the middle school
Who is Mrs. Mooney?
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