Buddhism
Who founded Buddism?
What is the Buddha.
What is the core (main) belief of Hinduism?
What is the Brahman.
What does Sanskrit mean?
What is the first written language of India.
How did the Mauryan Empire form?
What is after Alexander the Great left, Chandra Gupta toke rule as the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire.
What are the names of the three rivers that flow through India?
What is the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra Rivers.
What happened after the Buddha died?
What is Buddhism split into two parts.
How was Hinduism created?
What is Brahmin religion blended with other Indian religion and became Hinduism.
What does reincarnation mean.
What is the rebirth of soul.
What was a great achievement made by the Mauryan Empire?
What is a efficient postal system.
What type of landmass is India called?
What is subcontinent.
What did the Buddha think of jati?
What is he believed that people’s place in life didn’t depend on jati.
How does jati work?
What is higher jati- more superior and deserved their status, lower jati- not that much power and or rich.
What so dharma mean?
What is a person’s personal duty, based on the individual’s place in society.
What describes Chandra Gupta? (how was he like/how he acted as a ruler)
What is he was strong but cautious.
What is responsible for the climate of India?
What is monsoon.
How can anyone reach nirvana?
What is being free from wanting worldly concerns.
According to Hinduism religion, how do you get a better existence in the next life?
What is follow your dharma, or your personal duty.
What does nirvana mean?
What is a state of perfect happiness and peace.
What did Ashoka do that no other kind of king did in the Mauryan Empire?
What is promoted Buddhism to his community.
What was the name of two cities that grew next to the Indus River?
What is Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
How did the Buddha come to existence? (Summarize how did the Buddha come to be?)
What is he was a prince that seemed to have everything, but as Siddhartha travelled, he realized all the suffering around him and gave up everything to become the one and only Buddha.
What were the most important deities of Hinduism? (later believed as the parts of the Brahman.)
What is Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva.
What does stupa mean?
What is a Buddhist shrines, usually dome-shaped.
How did the Mauryan Empire end?
What is other kings didn’t follow the peaceful rules of Buddhism set by Ashoka, resulting in the people to rebel against the kings and making India split.
What was one of the greatest achievements made by India?
What is the first sewer system ever.