Indus Valley
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Belief Systems
Geography
Important Figures
100
the group of people who came and settled in India
What are the "Aryans?"
100
Aryan religious books
What are the "Vedas?"
100
the religion that was was influenced by Brahminism
What is "Hinduism?"
100
The two main rivers in India where people settled
What are the Indus and Ganges rivers?
100
this person's title means, "Enlightened One"
What is "Buddha?"
200
the language spoken by the Aryans and adopted by the Indians
What is sanskrit?
200
the warriors of the caste system
What is the Kshatriyas?
200
a shared characteristic of both Hinduism and Buddhism
What is either Karma or Reincarnation?
200
protected India from outsiders on the northern border
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
200
united India
Who is Chandragupta?
300
the name of the empire known as "India's Golden Age?"
What is the Gupta Empire?
300
the 3 ways that the Aryans influenced India
What is education (gurus), Government (rajas), and the caste system?
300
this is the goal of all Buddhists
What is nirvana?
300
when rivers flood, this substance is left behind
What is "silt?"
300
was inspired by the suffering he saw around him
Who is Siddhartha Guatama?
400
The Four Noble Truths
What is "Suffering is present, and nothing lasts forever Suffering is caused by wants/desires End suffering by giving up desires Live life according to the EIGHTFOLD PATH"
400
the top three Hindu Gods under Brahman
Who is Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva?
400
describes the causes of suffering
What is the "Four Noble Truths?"
400
the name of the wind that blows air over the Indus Valley and brings heavy rains
What is "monsoon?"
400
the top Hindu God
Who is Brahman
500
Two Indus Valley cities that were advanced in their grid like layout, with sewage and plumbing systems
What is Mohenjo-Daro and Harrapa?
500
Indian mathematical discovery
What is "zero"?
500
early Indian Hindu texts (will take 1 of 2 possible answers)
What is the "Mahabharata or the Ramayana?"
500
the area where the Indus Valley was located (geographically)
What is the Asian sub-continent of India
500
Created the Rock and Pillar Edicts to spread his beliefs throughout the empire
Who is Ashoka?