Ancient India

Row 1

100

Most people in India had their marriages arranged by their ________, a practice that still continues in the country today.

parents

200

According to Buddhism, one's starting position in their next life would be determined by their __________ in the current life. 

Karma

300

The social class SYSTEM in India was known as the _________ system.

Jati

400

The four major social classes in Ancient India were referred to as ________.

Varnas

Row 2

100

Instead of the Ten Commandments, Buddhists follow the _______ in order to reach Enlightenment.

Eightfold Path

200

In the religion of ________, there is no founder and no Holy Book.

Hinduism

300

When Chandragupta Maurya took over India and started the Mauryan Empire, he split up his government into _______. 

Provinces

400

The _______, who were Ancient Indian priests and religious leaders, were at the top of the social pyramid. 

Brahmins

Row 3

100

Siddhartha Gautama was an Indian _______ who had never experienced suffering in this life until he left his palace.

Prince

200

Buddhists believe that the Dalai Lama is the reincarnation of ________, who was commonly referred to as Buddha. 

Siddhartha Gautama

300

The Dalai Lama lived in the country of _______, where he is leader of Buddhism and also the leader of the country's government.

Tibet

400

The ________ migrated to India around 1500 BC and completed changed the culture of the people living there. They got most of their food by farming and raising cattle. 

Aryans

Row 4

100

In Ancient India, people weren't all farming their own food because there was a ______ of food.

Surplus

200

Both of the major religions in India, Buddhism and Hinduism, believe in _______.

Reincarnation

300

There are two very different versions of Buddhism- the more popular of the two is _______ Buddhism, which is still practiced by roughly half a billion people today.

Mahayana

400

________ is the name of the spiritual place to which Buddhist souls go after they have been reincarnated several times and reached enlightenment. It is not a physical place. 

Nirvana

Row 5

100

Buddhism is mostly practiced in Southeast _________ today, despite the fact that the religion began in India. 

Asia

200

According to Hinduism, ________ is one's personal duty to society. 

Dharma

300

The written language used by the Ancient Indians was called ________. It was used to record laws, trades, and even religious poems

Sanskrit

400

The collection of poems, stories, songs and traditions created during the Vedic period in Ancient India are known as the _______.

Vedas