Geography and Indian Life
The Origins of Hinduism
Buddhism and India's Golden Age
The Legacy of India
Vocabulary
100
People have many lives
What is reincarnation?
100
ahimsa
What is the belief in nonviolence?
100
yoga
What is the ancient practice that involves exercise, breathing techniques, and meditation?
100
Eightfold Path
What is a way of living that helps people to stop wanting life to be different?
200
Mohenjo-Daro
What is one of the largest cities of the civilization in the Indus River Valley called?
200
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
Which 3 deities were most important in Hinduism?
200
Kalidasa
Who was the greatest writer?
200
Ghandi
Who inspired MLK?
200
culture developed in the Indus River Valley
What is Harappan Civilization?
300
wealth from agriculture and trade
What made the Harappan civilization so prosperous?
300
Mahabharatz and Bhagavad Gita
Which written works tell of the ancient history in India?
300
Chandra Gupta II
Who was the ruler during India's Golden Age?
300
Hindu Arabic numerals, decimal system (zero),
What elements of India are still used today? (list 1)
300
nonviolence
What is ahimsa?
400
Mountains block cold wind, temperature was warm. There were monsoons, dry winds, rainy summers.
What is India's climate like?
400
People that migrated from India to Europe
Who were the Indo-Europeans?
400
dharma
What are collective teachings of the Buddha?
400
Angkor Wat
What is the Hindu temple in Cambodia?
400
Monsoons
What are seasonal winds that shape India's climate?
500
An Earthquake
What natural event possibly caused the Saraswati River to dry up.
500
People living in India when Aryans arrived.
Who were Dravidians?
500
Ayurvedic
Which type of medicine developed in ancient India and still practiced today?
500
Hinduism, Buddhism
What is religious legacy?
500
A large landmass, is smaller than a continent.
What is a subcontinent?
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