Early civilization
What religion did "The Rig Veda" find the growth of?
Hinduism
What religion believed in reincarnation?
Hinduism
What is a boycott?
Refusing to buy or use certain goods.
True or False, Chandragupta I was the leader of the Guptas.
True
What country did East Pakistan become?
Bangladesh
What were castes?
Castes were a social class.
True or False, Jainism was based on injuring and torcher.
False, it was based on the Hindu principle of noninjury.
What is civil disobedience?
nonviolent resistance.
Who was the Maurya's most famous leader?
Ashoka
What is nuclear proliferation?
The spread of enormously powerful atomic weapons.
True or False, nobody really knows what happened to the Indus culture.
True
What two religions started around 1200bc? Hinduism and ______.
Jainism
What was Gandhi deeply opposed to?
violence
What was the 3rd great empire in the 1500s and 1600s?
The Mughal Empire
In what year did the British negotiate the division of the subcontinent?
1947
When did "The Rig Veda" likely take shape around?
1200bc
What were 2 of the 4 noble truths?
1. Life is full of suffering.
2. The cause of suffering is a selfish desire.
3. Suffering can be stopped by conquering desire.
4. Desire can be conquered by following the Eightfold Path: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, the right way of living, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.
Who was the first to become a congress leader for India?
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Who was the leader of the Mughal Empire in 1556-1605?
Akbar the Great
What place were India and Pakistan fighting over?
Kashmir
In the early ______ archeologists discovered one of the oldest civilizations in the Indus Valley.
1920's
Which religion spread the most around Asia? Jainism or Buddhism?
Buddhism
When did India become Independent?
August 1947.
What civilization faded by 500bc?
The Aryan civilization
Where was Kashmir located?
In the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges.