Religions 1
A term that means a religion with "more than one god".
What is Polytheistic/Polytheism?
The most famous emperor of the Mauryan Empire
Who is Ashoka?
This mountain range acted as a natural barrier and separated India from China.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
The term for the Buddhist temples of India?
What is a stupa?
The original name of the Buddha
Who is Siddhartha?
These Hindu sacred texts are made up of prayers, hymns, stories, and poems.
What are the Vedas?
What is Karma?
Seasonal winds that impacted the Indian civilization
What are Monsoons?
This is the rebirth of a soul into a new body.
What is reincarnation?
Major literature contribution from Ancient India
25 extra points for the language
What are the Vedas in Sanskrit?
Universal Spirit and/or Supreme God in Hinduism
What is Brahman?
The place where Indian civilization first emerged
Where is the Indus River or Indus River Valley?
A large land mass that is set apart from the rest of the continent.
Subcontinent
In Hinduism, most bodies are burned to ash, (aka _________) and scattered in a ________.
What is cremation?
What is a river?
A practice for calming the mind used in both Buddhism and Hinduism
What is meditation?
This is the spoken and written language of the Vedas
What is Sanskrit?
This complex surgery was first performed in Ancient India.
What is Cataract Surgery?
Two of India's important rivers:
1) This is the most well-known river and is the same one where people bathe away their bad karma, and in which scatter the ashes of the dead.
2) This is the river on which the Harappan Civilization was built and also the other name for the civilization.
1) What is the Ganges River?
2) What is the Indus River?
A fixed social class into which a person is born, and can never be changed.
What is a caste? (In Indian "Jati" Caste)
The group of people at the lowest status in ancient Indian Society
Who are the Untouchables?
The state of becoming one with God in Hinduism
What is Moksha?
Which two groups combined to make this new improved civilization?
For 50 extra points, name both names for each group
What is Harappan/Indus Valley and Aryan/Indo-European?
The landmass that covers 2/3 of the subcontinent of India.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
Buddhists strive for this state of being to escape the cycle of death and rebirth.
What is Nirvana?
This is the job, whether you are a bug, a bird, a mammal, a slave, or a raja that you are required to perform.
What is Dharma?