Vocabulary
This is the process of rebirth that both Hindu and Buddhists believe in.
What is reincarnation?
The Aryans invaded by coming over this mountain range into the Indus River Valley. It is just Northwest of India.
What are the Hindu Kush Mountains?
This was the term used by Hindus to refer to the soul.
What is atman?
Buddhism was based on the teachings of this young Prince once he became enlightened.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
This word best describes a large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
What is a subcontinent?
This is the main reason Siddartha wanted to leave home.
What is he wanted to find answers to his questions about human suffering?
This military leader founded the Mauryan Empire in northern India.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
This is the effect that good or bad actions have on a person's soul. It can also affect what you are reborn as!
What is Karma?
These two cities had the following in common: a big fortress, paved streets, and public wells.
What are Mohenjo Daro & Harappa?
This is a social hierarchy that the Hindus used to classify people.
What is the Caste System?
This is a state of perfect peace.
What is Nirvana?
This is the river along which the Ancient Indian civilizaton first began.
What is the Indus River?
This was Siddharta's greatest concern.
What was how to end human suffering?
He was the strongest Mauryan emperor who extended this control over most of India and promoted the spread of Buddhism.
Who is Asoka?
This is the science of working with metals.
What is metallurgy?
This is the language in which the Aryans wrote down their poems & hymns.
What is Sanskrit?
This was the name for a leader who ruled a village and the land around it.
What is a Raja?
The following are included in Buddhism's teachings known as this. right effort, right speech right action, right concentration, etc.
What is the Eightfold Path?
These are the tallest mountains in the world.
What are the Himalayas?
These were 2 things Siddartha did to find enlightment.
What was fasting and meditation?
He was the gupta emperor who ruled India during the height of the Gupta power.
Who was Chandragupta II?
These are people who work to spread their religious beliefs.
Who are missionaries?
This was the highest level of the caste system in Aryan society.
What was the Brahmins?
These were the lowest caste in the caste system.
Who are the Sudras?
These are the 4 guiding principles of Buddhism.
What are the 4 Noble Truths?
During this season in India dangerous flooding occurred.
What is the Monsoon season?
This was the river that Siddhartha found enlightment near.
What was the Ganges River?
This religion was based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira.
What is Jainism?
These people were so low in Indian society that they fell outside of the caste system.
Who were the untouchables?
This was the lowest level of the caste system in Aryan society.
What was the Sudras?
These were Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma.
Who were the 3 deities?
This type of Buddhism followed the Buddha's teachings exactly.
What is Theravada Buddhism?
These are 3 mountain ranges in India.
What are the Eastern and Western Ghats and the Vindhya?
This was the name of the river tree where Siddhartha found enlightment under.
What was the Tree of wisdom?
The Mauryan Empire included this type of animal.
What are elephants?
This is the term used in Buddhism to accept one's place in the world without complaint.
What is Dharma?
This was the term for the 4 main levels that were in the Aryan caste system.
What were the varnas?
The belief that souls are reborn many times.
What was reincarnation?
This was how Buddism was able to spread outside of India.
What were missionaries?
These are the 3 main bodies of water that border India.
What are the Bay of bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean?
This is when Prince Siddhartha left his home to search for the meaning of life.
What was the Great Departure?
This was the first Gupta Ruler who conquered neighboring lands.
Who was Chandragupta II?