Hinduism
The system that determined a person’s occupation and position in society.
What was the caste system?
Buddhists are taught to reach a state of perfect peace or ________. This is NOT emphasized in Hinduism.
What is nirvana?
The mountains that separate India from China.
What are the Himalayas?
The number system we use today; it was created by Indian scholars during the Gupta dynasty.
What are Hindu-Arabic Numerals?
A river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea, and is the location of the first river valley civilization of India.
What is the Indus River?
The Brahmins (or _________) were at the top of the caste system. Buddha said people did not need them.
Who were priests?
The word Buddha means ____________.
What is "enlightened one"?
Chain of mountains in Central Asia extending to the west of the Himalayas.
What are the Hindu Kush mountains?
The science of working with metals.
What is metallurgy?
Ruler known for spreading Buddhism through missionaries and building schools.
Who was Asoka?
The second highest class were the Kshatriyas or __________ and __________ . (2 words)
Who were rulers and warriors
The Buddha disagreed with this part of Hinduism.
What is the caste system?
The body of water that is located south of India.
What is the Indian Ocean?
People in early India were the first to create this number.
What is the zero?
Ancient cities in India that were located in Indus River Valley. (2 city names)
What were Mohenjo Daro and Harappa?
The universal spirit is called ________.
This was also part of Buddhism.
What is Brahman?
Buddhists are taught to follow the ______-____ _____ to guide behavior and end suffering.
What is the Eight-fold Path?
The modern-day country where the Indus River can be found.
What is Pakistan?
Indian doctors could perform ______; they could mend broken bones, remove tonsils, etc.
What is surgery?
The seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons, mostly around the coast of the Indian Ocean.
What are monsoons?
Hinduism believes that ______ had a direct impact on a person’s reincarnation and position in the next life.
What is karma?
Buddhism believe that if you were able to achieve nirvana then you do not have to be ___________ again and again.
What is reincarnated?
Three good reasons to settle in the Indus River Valley.
What are:
Fresh water source for drinking and crops
Soil along river supported farming
River provided transportation (for boats)
(Other answers may be acceptable.)
Indian doctors were the first to inject a person with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses to a disease. This is called ______.
What is inoculation?
India is a huge landmass that is separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayan Mountains. This type of landmass is called a _____.
What is subcontinent?