What is the belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death?
100
This man becomes Buddha.
Who is Prince Siddhartha?
100
The country that has more people- United States or India
What is India?
200
Subcontinent
What is a landmass that is great in size but smaller than a continent?
200
Citadel
What is a fortress built to protect a city?
200
Karma and how it affects a person.
What is what happens to a person's soul after death? If the person was good, they will be reborn into a higher caste. If the person was bad, they will be reborn into a lower caste.
200
Ascetic
What is a person who gives up worldly pleasures?
200
Nirvana
What is an ideal state of happiness and peace.
300
Plateau
What is a flat area of land that is elevated, or raised above the land around it?
300
The place in the city that could have been used for religious rituals.
What is the Great Bath?
300
Samsara and what happens when it ends.
What is the continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth that ends when the soul escapes and unites with Brahman?
300
Three forms of suffering that the prince sees.
What is aging, sickness, and death?
300
Name two problems in India.
What are poverty, malnourishment, illiteracy, overcrowding, diseases, lack of resources?
400
Name one advantage to living near the Brahmaputra River, Indus River, or Ganges River.
What is fertile land, good farming, rich soil from sediments, or food supply of fish?
400
2,000 years would go by before seeing this advanced system again.
What is the Sewer System?
400
Hindu beliefs about god.
What is one supreme god, Brahman, who is represented in other gods and goddess, such as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva?
400
The prince did this on his 35th birthday.
What is meditate under the Bodhi tree and found enlightenment?
400
Describe population density.
What is the number of people living in an area?
500
Name one advantage to living near the Himalaya Mountains or Hindu Kush Mountains.
What is natural border, protection from invaders or glaciers feed rivers?
500
Describe the homes.
What is flat roofs, two stories, 1 to 12 rooms?
500
Describe each caste, such as their duties, in the caste system.
What is Brahmins (religious scholars), Kshatriyas (lawmakers and warriors), Vaishyas (merchants and herders), Shudras (workers), and the Dalits (Untouchables)?
500
Name of path that Buddhists follow that includes such beliefs as right understanding and right action.
What is the Eightfold Path?
500
Name 5 of the 7 achievements of the Gupta Empire.
What is Metalwork, Roads, Sculpture, Paintings, Literature, Universities, Mathematics?