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 strongly stresses nonviolence against all living things, including bugs.
What is Jainism?
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?
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?
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?
The root word for this religion means "speaker of truth"
What is Sikhism?
The manifestation of a god into human form
What is an avatar?
This man led peaceful protests against the British control of India in the 1900s.
Who was Gandhi?
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?