Vocab 1
To move from one place to another to live
migrate
The belief that prople move in a constant cycle of life, death, and rebirth
Two reasons why historians don't know much about ancient Indian civilization
Few artifacts have been found.
The don't know how to read the writing.
When the Indian culture mixed with these migrants, the religion of Hinduism began
Aryans
Why Siddharta's father wanted to make his life happy at home
Mom's dream. Stay at home = be a king
Leave home = wise teacher and monk
A walled for that protects a city
citadel
A man who often gives up all he owns to devote his life ot a religious group
monk
The mountains that separated India from the rest of the continent
Himalayas
What happened to people who married against the rules of their caste or who did a job their caste was not allowed to do
They became outcastes.
What Siddharta say that made him leave home
An elderly man, a sick man, and a man at peace even though he was asking for food.
A large landmass that is geographically separated from the rest of a continent
subcontinent
The ancient books of sacred songs on which religious beliefs are based
Vedas
What was used to try and protect the crops from the Indus River flooding?
Dirt and rock walls
Where Hindus believe the first came from
Bonus - What this belief developed into
Different parts of a god's body
caste system
The most important thing on life for a Buddhist
Reach peach by ending suffering
The social sustem in which a person's place is determined by the rank of the family into which he was born
caste system
The religion of India that grew out of a mix of cultures.
Hinduism
What do the historians say is the reason that the river cities were abandoned?
They don't know.
How Hindus have some control over what caste they are in
Good deeds = higher caste at reincarnation
Bad deeds = lower caste at reincarnation
Four of today's countries where the monks spread the teaching's teachings
China, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
A religion in India founded by Siddhartha Gautama
Buddhism
The end result of all of a person's good and bad acts, which determines his rebirth
karma
The two cities that have been uncovered along the Indus River
Harrapa
Mohenjo-Daro
The basic belief of Hinduism
There is a link between a powerful invisible force and everything in the world.
Two things Buddhism and Hinduism both believe
Reincarnation and karma
A religious way of life that is neither too strict nor too easy
Middle Way
The principles that rule life and promise and end to suffering
Four Noble Truths
Three things about the Indus that are different from the Nile
Length - 1800 miles ve 4000 mi
Silt - twice as much as the Nile
Ran through very deep canyons in mountains
Direction it flows - Indus - S -- Nile - N
Mouth - Arabian Sea vs Mediterranean Sea
What did the Vedas tell and explain to the people?
Told them how to live and explained life
Three things that would help lead the Buddhist to peace
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
Middle Way
The basic rules of behavior and belief leading to an end to suffering
Eightfold Path
The laws and duties that guide the behavior of each caste member
dharma
How did the two cities along the Indus River get their names?
The local people who lived nearby when the ruins were found named one after an Indian god and one was just given the Sanskrit name for "Mound of the Dead"
Reasons for not following Hinduism
It is not a faith that saves from sins.
There are many ways to the truth.
It keeps changing.
It allows for the existance of more than one god.
Reasons to not follow Buddhism
They can't agree on who Buddha was, how to properly follow the Middle Way, or even how to reach peace and truth and end suffering