Geography
The Indus River Valley is located on this continent.
What is Asia?
This religion is closely associated with Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
What is Hinduism?
This system in India is a very rigid class structure that is determined by birth.
What is the caste system?
This path encourages others to do 8 things, two are "Do rewarding work" and to "Give up worldly things and don't harm others."
What is Buddha's Eightfold Path?
This group of Indo-Europeans from the dry grass lands of Western Asia entered India and dramatically changed the society forever.
Who were the Aryans?
This seasonal wind bring large amounts of rain to parts of India
What are monsoons?
This Buddhist term has a similar meaning to “Moksha” in Hinduism.
What is Nirvana?
This group is at the top of the caste system.
What are Brahmins or priests?
Before becoming "enlightened" this famous spiritual teacher had this name Siddhartha Gautama
Who was the Buddha?
This king of the Mauryan Dynasty of India converted from Hinduism to Buddhism.
Who was Asoka?
The invasion of Ancient India was difficult due to the 3 physical barriers.
What are the Himalayan Mountains, Hindu Kush Mountains, and the Indian Ocean.
This saying "Good deeds will make you a better person in the future." is based on this belief.
What is Karma?
This group is at the bottom of the caste system and are not Aryans.
What are Sudras/ farmers workers, servants, and laborers?
You would expect to find this type of tree in a Buddhist temple?
What is a Bodhi Tree?
This empire was well known for their advancements in mathematics, medical advances, and astronomy.
What was the Gupta Empire?
This natural barrier separates the nation of India from China.
What is the Himalayan Mountains?
This is the most sacred animal in Hinduism.
What is the cow?
This religion is associated the caste system.
What is Hinduism?
These ideas are followed by Buddhists including: not harming living things, not taking what is not given, do not engage in sexual misconduct, do not lie or gossip, and do not take intoxicating substances (eg. drugs or drink.)
What are the Five Moral Precepts?
The Golden Age of Classical Indian Culture occurred during time of this empire.
What is the Gupta Empire?
Classical Indian civilization began in the Indus River Valley, and later spread to the this River Valley.
What is the Ganges River Valley?
Name one of the sacred texts closely associated with the sacred literature of Hinduism.
What are the Vedas or the Upanishads?
This group also called the Dalit is outside the caste system.
Who are the untouchables?
This saying "All people suffer and know sorrow” is based on these Buddhists' teachings.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
This king encouraged missionaries to travel to new lands and spread the word of the Buddha.
Who was Asoka?