Geography
Holy river.
What is the Ganges river?
Prince who gave up luxury, become enlightened, and became a religious guide for the people who follow Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama or the Buddha?
A type of religion with many gods.
What is a polytheistic religion?
Three main religions founded in India.
What are Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism?
Rewards and punishments a person face because of her/his thoughts, actions, and words.
What is karma?
Two rivers that flow from the Himalayas.
The empire that united the Indian subcontinent for the first time.
What is the Mauryan Empire?
A person who spreads religion
What is a missionary?
What is the Vedas?
Chief of the small Hindu kingdoms
What is a raja?
India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives are part of this.
What is the Indian subcontinent?
Chandragupta Maura: Jain, ______________: Buddhist
Who is Ashoka?
A holy person who gives up all material pleasures and comforts.
What is an ascetic?
The Dalit
What is the untouchables?
A system of exercise and meditation that teaches the practitioner mastery of the their mind, body, and emotions.
What is yoga?
Seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region.
What is a monsoon?
The time period in which the Aryans ruled is called this.
The Aryan were nomadic people who lived this kind of lifestyle.
What is pastoral?
Spiritual laws that govern the universe.
What is the dharma?
Knowledge in Sanskirt
What is Veda?
Two major cities of the Indus River Valley known for their grid pattern of wide, straight streets.
What are Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro?
Native Indian people were known as this.
Who were the Dravidian people?
Name the Four Noble Truths
They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering.
What is the Kshatriya or warrior caste?
The belief that one should not hurt any living thing.
What is ahimsa?