Geography
Which continent is India part of?
Asia
What does Buddhism mainly focus on?
The spirit world, positive thoughts, meditation.
When your reborn into a different life.
What is a dharma?
The duties for each caste system member.
True or false; Ancient Indians created numbers, calculus, and math.
True
What group moved into India?
Aryans
What is nirvana?
Ultimate state of happiness and peace
Who is the God that lives in every living thing/creature?
Brahman
What are the five different varnas in the caste system?
Brahmins, kshatriya, Vaishya, shudra and the Delit
What were bricks made of in Ancient India?
Mud.
What is at least one of the main rivers of India?
Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra.
What God does Buddhism believe in?
No God.
What are the three main Gods of Hinduism?
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva.
What is the last Varna in the caste system?
Shudra
What advancements in education did ancient India make?
Colleges or Universities.
What is a subcontinent?
A large land mass part of a larger continent.
The truth of suffering is part of what?
The 4 noble truths.
Why is Hinduism labeled as monotheistic?
Because all the 33 God's come from the main man Brahman.
Who created the Caste system?
The Aryans
What empire developed new genres of writing?
The Gupta empire
What were the Aryans led by?
A raja/prince.
Who discovered Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama.
state one reason why Hinduism different then Buddhism?
Hinduism believed in a caste system while Buddhism does not.
Why were the Indians so driven to complete their Dharmas?
They believed that they would be reborn into a higher social class.
What is the language of ancient India?
Sankrit