Section 3:
What role did missionaries play in spreading Buddhism?
varied answers: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Persia, Syria, Egypt, China, Korea Japan
100
Section 5:
How can you tell that Indian artists were well respected?
Rich & powerful members of Gupta society paid artists to create works of beauty & significance.
200
Define: meditation
focusing the mind on spiritual ideas
200
Define: Asoka
Candragupta's grandson and last ruler of the Mauryan Empire
200
Define: astronomy
the study of stars and planets
200
Section 3:
Who was the Buddha? What does Buddha mean?
Siddhartha Gautama; Enlightened One
200
Section 5:
Why were the stories of the Panchatantra written?
to teach lessons
300
Define: nirvana
state of perfect peace
300
Define: the Buddha
founder of Buddhism, born an Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama
300
Define: inoculation
a method of injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him/her build up defenses to a disease
300
Section 3:
How are Buddhist teachings different from Hindu teachings?
varied answers: Buddhists don't believe in sacrifice, the caste system, or that they need help of Brahmins
300
Section 5:
What did Hindu temples of the Gupta period look like?
varied answers: stone structures topped by huge towers, exteriors covered with carvings of the god worshipped inside
400
Define: missionaries
people who spread and teach religious beliefs
400
Define: Candra Gupta II
ruler who brought great prosperity and stability to India
400
Define: Metallurgy
the science of working with metals
400
Section 4:
What happened after Asoka became a Buddhist?
stopped fighting in wars, focused on helping people
400
Section 5:
Why do we call the numbers we use today Hindu-Arabic numerals?
they were created by Indian scholars and brought to Europe by Arabs
500
Define: Buddhism
religion based on the teachings of the Buddha
500
Define: Candragupta Maurya
Indian military leader who first unified India and founded the Mauryan Empire
500
Define: Hindu-Arabic numerals
numbering system invented by Indian mathematicians and brought to Europe by Arabs; the numbers we use today
500
Section 4:
What religion did most of the Gupta rulers belong to?
Hinduism
500
Section 4:
How were the rulers Candragupta Maurya and Candra Gupta I alike & how were they different?
varied answers: C.M.= Mauryan, founded Mauryan empire, gave up throne to become Jainist monk; C.G.I.= first Gupta emperor, brought much of northern India under control