Geography
India’s mountains and surrounding water
What limited contact between India and the world?
No single founder absorbed beliefs from other religions
What is Hinduism?
He founded Buddhism.
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
The belief that the would would be reborn in a new body.
What is reincarnation?
Chandragupta believed that a ruler must have complete control, or ____________ over the people.
What is absolute power?
Summer monsoons
What provides seasonal rains?
One spirit was represented by
What were many gods and goddesses?
The belief that we should practice moderation in everything.
What was the Eightfold path/The Middle Way?
Practicing your breathing and mindfulness to achieve inner peace.
What is meditation?
This means to change religions.
What is converted?
These were the two mountain ranges that kept India isolated
What were the Himalaya Mountains and the Hindu Kush Mountains?
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva were
What are examples of gods and goddesses in Hinduism?
This word meant lasting peace/released from the cycle of reincarnation.
What was Nirvana?
Hinduism and Buddhism both started here.
What is India?
This is the word for social class in India.
What is caste?
These two rivers were central to the development of Ancient Indian society.
What were the Ganges River and the Indus River?
This was the religious text of Hinduism.
What were Upanishads/Vedas?
True or False?
All people could achieve knowledge and are equal so it appealed to lower caste
True!
This is the word for nonviolence in both buddhism and hinduism.
What is ahisma?
Strong winds and rain
What is a monsoon?
These three bodies of water kept Ancient Indian civilization isolated, and also contributed to trade opportunities.
What were the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, and Arabian Sea?
Only this class could achieve knowledge.
What was the upper class?
Buddhism is important to people in other parts of
What is Asia?
These people traveled and spread the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism.
What are missionaries?
Large landmass that juts out from a continent
What is a subcontinent?