Vocabulary
India is described as this type of landmass
What is subcontinent?
This planned city existed in around 3300 BC in the Indus River Valley with its inhabitants disappearing mysteriously.
What is Harappa?
The preserver god
Who is Vishnu?
The basic premise or first truth in Buddhism
What is life is full of suffering?
This religion has the highest percentage 80% of believers living in India.
What is Hinduism?
This god is known as the destroyer god.
Who is Shiva?
Fulfilling one's duty or responsibility
What is dharma?
This group of people migrated from the north over the Hindu Kush Mountains to settle in India.
Who are the Aryans?
The levels in the caste system are known as these
What are varnas?
The name of the first four truths created by Siddhartha Gautama.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
This religion has Abraham as its founding father and makes up around 14% of India's current population
What is Islam?
This god is known as the creator god.
Who is Brahma?
What one does in this life will determine his or her status in the next life.
What is karma?
This man was the founder of Buddhism
Who was Siddhartha Gautama
The system that determines a person's social status, based upon how they lived a previous life.
What is the caste system?
The name of the path one needs to follow in order to reach an enlightened state
What is the Eightfold Path?
This religion is practiced by a little more than 2% of the population and believes in Jesus.
What is Christianity?
This god is known as the preserver god.
Who is Vishnu?
When the soul is reborn into a new body
What is reincarnation?
After coming to power in around 269 BC and killing hundreds of thousands of people, this ruler converted to Buddhism and a peaceful way of life.
Who is Asoka?
The approximate percentage of people in India who practice Hinduism
What is 80%?
The name of the enlightened state or the release from the cycle of rebirth in this religion
What is nirvana?
This branch of Buddhism believes that Vishnu has taken the form of humans such as Krishna and the Buddha.
What is Mahayana?
In the caste system, this varna is home to warriors and kings.
Who are Kshatriyas?
The manifestation of a god into human form
What is an avatar?
This king of the Gupta Empire was successful because he allowed the conquered kings to continue to rule.
Who was Chandra Gupta I?
The release from the cycle of rebirth in Hinduism
What is moksha?
This branch of Buddhism that evolved after the death of Siddhartha believes that he was an avatar of Vishnu and therefore, a god.
What is Mahayana?
This religion was practiced by the Harappan civilization and worshipped the universal spirit Brahman.
What is Brahmanism?
In the caste system, this group was considered unclean and untouchable and had to do the dirty work.
Who are the Dalits?
This mountain range has the highest mountains in the world.
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
This civilization practiced Brahmanism as its religion. It existed in India in about 1000 BC.
What is the Vedic civilization?
This preserver god is an avatar who came down in human form as Lord Krishna.
Who is Vishnu?
This branch of Buddhism follows the teachings of Buddha, but does not consider him to be a god.
What is Theravada Buddhism?
This religion was practiced by the Vedic civilization.
What is Brahmanism?
This varna in the caste system was made up of laborers, workers, and servants.
Who are Sudras?