Vocabulary
People
Places
Hinduism or Buddhism
Randomness
100
a way of clearing your mind
What is meditation
100
whose name means "the Enlightened one"
What is Buddha
100
Name the Rolling hills on the east and west of the Deccan Plateau
What is Eastern and Western Ghats
100
Believes in Reincarnation
What is Hinduism
100
This is the tallest mountain in the world, located in the Himalayas
What is Mt. Everest
200
a lifelong social group in which you are born
What is a caste
200
Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya
What is Ashoka
200
This river flows north of the Indo-Ganges Plain and is considered by Hindus to represent purity
What is Ganges River
200
Has no official founder
What is Hinduism
200
This religion was founded by Zoroaster
What is Zoroastrianism
300
a rainy season in which winds blow from the southwest for 6 months
What is monsoon season
300
Soldier turned Emperor and ruler of the first empire in India
What is Chandragupta Maurya
300
The land surrounding the Indus River is known as the
What is Indus River Valley
300
Follows the Four Noble truths
What is Buddhism
300
This is the most important book of the Vedas, containing almost 1000 hymns and prayers
What is Rig Vedas
400
a large land area that is separated from other countries by land or water
What is a subcontinent
400
Persian King who established the Persian Empire
What is Cyrus II
400
a dry, high region located south of the Indo-Ganges Plain
What is Deccan Plateau
400
This religion was follows the teachings of Siddhartha Guatama
What is Buddism
400
This figure was believed to be the universal truth being and the source of all
What is Brahman
500
A religion founded on the belief in one god and that he is the supreme and the enemy of evil
What is Zoroastrianism
500
King of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire to include India
What is Darius I
500
A region in India through which the Ganges and Bramhumptra rivers run.
What is Indo-Ganges Plain.
500
main goal is to achieve Enlightenment
What is Buddhism
500
This was the earliest known civilization on the Indus River
What is Harappa
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