Geography of India
Hinduism
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Empires of Ancient India
100
India is located on this continent.
Asia
100
_______ is the largest religion in India today, developed out of ancient Indian beliefs and practices.
Hinduism
100
The founder of Buddhism.
Siddhartha Gautama
100
A seasonal wind pattern that cause wet and dry seasons.
Monsoon
100
Ancient Indians were interested in _______, the study of the stars and planets.
astronomy
200
Indian civilization developed on the _______ River.
Indus
200
A system of special breathing exercises that help free the soul from man.
Yoga
200
The meaning of "Buddha".
The Enlightened One
200
Going without food.
Fasting
200
This is an example of an early Hindu _______.
Temple
300
A _______ is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
subcontinent
300
The name of Aryan priests.
Brahmins
300
The perfect state of peace.
Nirvana
300
The belief that after death, souls are born and reborn many times, each time in a new body.
Reincarnation
300
Indians knew processes for mixing metals to create _______, the mixtures of two or more metals.
Alloys
400
The name of the language that Aryan's composed?
Sanskrit
400
This system in India divided society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation.
Caste System
400
The guiding principles at the heart of Buddha's teachings.
The Four Noble Truths
400
Sacred hymns and poems.
Vedas
400
Inoculation is injecting someone with a small does of a _______ to help build up their defense for the disease.
Virus
500
Aryan villages and the land around it were ruled by a leader(s) called _______.
Rajas
500
Two important ideas of Hinduism are _______ (each person has a set of spiritual duties to fulfill and _______ (nonviolence).
dharma and ahimsa
500
Buddhism eventually spread from India to other parts of Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) through the _______ _______.
Silk Road
500
Harrappan civilizations were so advanced that most houses had bathrooms and _______ _______.
indoor plumbing
500
The _______ we used today are called Hindu-Arabic numerals because they were created by Hindu scholars and brought to Europe.
Numbers