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Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
100
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
What is a Subcontinent.
100
The name for the social divisions in Aryan society
What are the Varnas.
100
Going without food
What is fasting?
100
In the 320s BC a military leader seized control of the entire northern part of India.
Who is Candragupta Maurya?
100
Buddhist temples were known as?
What are Stupas?
200
Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons.
What is a Monsoon.
200
Divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation.
What is the Caste System.
200
The "Enlightened One"
What is the Buddha?
200
270 BC Candragupta's grandson became king. Name him!
Who is Asoka?
200
The science of working with metals
What is metallurgy?
300
Mountain range located North of India
What are the Himalayas
300
Process of rebirth
What is Reincarnation
300
In a state of perfect peace
What is Nirvana?
300
This was the religion of Asoka
What is Buddhism?
300
Mixtures of two or more metals.
What is Alloys?
400
The major river that help shape the beginning of civilization in India.
What is the Indus River.
400
Religion important part of Aryan life even before the Aryans moved to India.
What is Brahmanism.
400
At the heart of the Buddha's teachings were four guiding principles. These four principles were know as?
What are the Four Noble Truths?
400
In 301 BC Candragupta decided to become this
What is a Jainist monk?
400
The very numbers we use today are called.
What is Hindu-Arabic numerals?
500
Body of water where the Aryans came from.
What is the Caspian Sea.
500
One of core beliefs on Janism.
What is the belief of nonviolence?
500
People who work to spread their religious beliefs.
What are Missionaries?
500
When did Gupta rule end?
What is 500s (Not BC)
500
Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him or her build up defenses to a disease.
What is inoculation?
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