Vocabulary
A large land mass that juts out from a continent
What is a subcontinent?
The two main rivers in the river valley
What are the Indus and Ganges Rivers?
The Hindu belief that your soul can return after your death in the body of another living thing
What is reincarnation?
The origin of Buddhism.
What is the Hindu prince, Siddhartha Gautamagave up his wealth to find the cause of human suffering? His quest began the Buddhist Religion.
The first person to unify the warring states in India
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
A lasting peace for Buddhist
What is nirvana?
India's northern border cuts the country off from the rest of the world because of this highest mountain range in the world
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
The religious and moral duties of each person in Hinduism.
What is dharma?
A Buddhist practice of thinking deeply about sacred thing.
What is meditate?
The ruling style of Chandragupta.
What is rule by absolute power? Chandragupta was a harsh leader.
The idea of nonviolence in Hinduism
What is ahimsa?
The way the winter and summer monsoons are different
What is the winter monsoons blow dry air across the country while the summer monsoons carry moisture that provides live giving rain?
The origins of the Hindu Religion.
What is the blending of the Aryan and Indian cultures? Hinduism has no single founder .
The goal of Buddhist.
What is to achieve nirvana by right thinking and giving up selfish desires?
Chandragupta's grandson, who built the greatest empire India had seen.
Who is Asoka?
Strong seasonal wind
What is a monsoon?
Ways Mohenjo-Daro was different from other ancient cities.
What is Mohenjo-Daro was a well planned city with a citadel in the center, the streets laid out on a grid, and clay pipes under the street to carry waste away?
The three most important Hindu gods.
Who are Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the preserver, and Shiva, the destroyer? All three are part of a single spirit, the brahman.
The way Buddhist feel about the caste system, the order of society
What is Buddhist believe all people are equal so they don't follow the caste system?
The way the battle of Kalinga changed Asoka
What is after Asoka saw the bloodshed from the battle he converted to Buddhism and ruled as the father of his people?
A fortress in a city
What is a citadel?
The Aryans migrated into India using this "highway".
What is the Hindu Kush in the Himalaya Mountains?
The way Hindus find the truth
What is Hindus believe each person is different, there are many different paths to the truth ? "God is one, but wise people know it by many names".
The practice Buddhist follow to help them give up selfish desires,
What is the Middle Way or he Eightfold Path?
The major achievements of the Mauryan Empire.
What are the growth of foreign trade, built irrigation systems and a vast network of roads, and expanded the empire.