Hinduism
What is karma in hinduism?
determines how a person is reborn
Who was the Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama
Chandra Gupta I founded______
Gupta Empire
How did Asoka become the emperor?
By killing his brothers
Why do scholars believe that the Indus Valley had a highly developed civilization?
Its cities show a high level of planning.
In Hinduism, a person’s duty to do what is right is called
Dharma
What is the main focus of Mahayana Buddhists?
Buddhas compassion
What game was invented under the Guptas?
chess
Why did Asoka turn to Buddhist values?
The suffering that Asoka saw during the war made him think hard about how he wanted to rule
What is the correct order of cultures and empires in ancient India?
vedic
indus
Gupta
maurya
Indus, Maurya, Vedic, and Gupta
What is Upanishads?
Upanishads are a writing that saves the people's ideas.
According to the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, what must be overcome to end suffering?
All selfish Desires
What are two things Aryabhata discovered in astronomy?
The moons reflects sunlight, eclipses and Earth spins on its axis
What did the strength of the Maurya empire depend on?
the power and authority of the ruler
Why do Hindus worship many different gods while believing that there is one supreme being?
Possible answer: Hindus believe that there is one supreme cosmic consciousness or spiritual force, known as Brahman. All of the gods that Indians worship are forms of Brahman
What is the concept of Brahman?
The concept of Brahman is a single spiritual power that existed beyond the gods of Veda and in all things.
The lowest __________, or social grouping based on skill, identified in the Vedas was the __________.
Varna, sudras
What is the main difference on how the Maurya and Gupta empires ruled?
Guptas did not rule directly
What two major rivers flow through maurya empire?
Indus and Ganges
How did the caste system develop over time, and how did it go beyond the four original varnas?
The system developed over time as people developed specialized jobs (priests, warriors, merchants, and farmworkers). At first, a person’s caste might have been mainly based on his or her occupation or skill. Children might have been able to move into a different caste from their parents. In time, castes became more rigid. Each caste was given a particular status. People were born into a caste and could not leave it.
Read the following excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita.
“For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal [unending], ever-existing and primeval [ancient and original]. He is not slain [killed] when the body is slain.”
What central part of Hinduism does this quote illustrate?
Reincarnation
How do people reach enlightenment
follow the middle way
What are two geographic features that benefited the Guptas? How would they help?
rivers, mountains, seas
What was the main problem Chandragupta faced when creating his empire? How did he try and fix it?
How could he rule over a large area with many different needs and traditions.He created regions and divided these into provinces and set up a bureaucracy.
What advancements did India make in medicine during the Gupta empire?
Possible answer: Indian doctors developed a system of medicine known as Ayurveda. Ancient Ayurvedic medical textbooks describe different diseases and how to make hundreds of medicines from plants, animal parts, and minerals