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Name India’s three most important rivers?
Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra
Which was a nomadic people that entered the Indus River valley around 1500 B.C.?
Aryans
What natural disasters caused the people of the Indus Valley to abandon their cities and villages?
Earthquakes and Floods
The large cities of the Indus Valley civilization featured homes made mostly of waht?
Brick
Who used trade routes to travel to holy sites?
Pilgrims
Who were the Kshatriyas
Warriors and Rulers
A social group that one is born into and cannot change
Caste System
A mountain range blocking Indian subcontinent from Asia
Himalaya
The written language developed in Aryan villages.
Sanskrit
Who founded India’s first empire?
Chandra Gupta Maurya
Strong seasonal winds that have a large influence on India’s climate
Monsoons
One of the oldest religions in the world?
Hinduism
The prince or leader of an Aryan tribe.
Raja
In Hinduism, the one universal spirit, or creator, is called what?
Brahman
Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, which dynasty created an empire that reunited much of northern India?
Gupta
Who founded Buddhism during the 500s B.C.?
Siddhartha Gautama
The Buddha believed that the only way to find truth was to give up what?
All desires.
An emotional or spiritual state of perfect peace and happiness
Nirvana
A force that decides the form that people will be reborn into in their next lives?
Karma
Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?
Ashoka
The two groups of Buddhists who spread Buddha’s ideas to Southeast Asia were who?
Theravada and Mahayana
An Indian faith whose followers do not believe in a supreme being; they emphasize nonviolence and respect for all living things?
Jainism
The personal duty one must follow to earn a better existence in the next life?
Dharma
What is the rebirth of the soul?
Reincarnation
Which is an epic poem that is about a ruler who rescues his captured wife and that grew to about 25,000 verses?
Ramayana