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  • What is Vedas?
    The oldest Hindu sacred texts originating in ancient India
    a class or group of people, a hereditary social class in Hin
    a long period, or a prolonged period, with little or no rain
  • What is a citadel?
    fortress, usually built on HIGH ground to PROTECT a city or
    a long period, or a prolonged period, with little or no rain
    India is called this because they are separated from Asia by
  • The merchant and landowning class that managed trade, commerce, and agriculture is called
    vaishyas
    dharma
    shudras
    karma
  • What is caste?
    a class or group of people, a hereditary social class in Hin
    the class system in India based on specific occupations, the
    groups, older system of classification, in the Hindu social
  • ______ is the class system in India based on specific occupations, with more than 3,000 jatis in India. It is a subdivision of the Varnas.
    dharma
    brahmanism
    karma
    Jati
  • ______ refers to the lowest class of the Hindu caste system; they are often referred to as the 'untouchables'.
    Dalit
    Varna
    Hinduism
    Jati
  • What is varna?
    Early Hinduism religion, based on rituals-especially sacrifi
    the religion of India that grew out of the beliefs of the an
    groups, older system of classification, in the Hindu social
  • ______ in Hinduism refers to the laws and duties that guide the behavior of each caste member; it represents the duty in early life.
    dharma
    drought
    caste system
    karma
  • What is Jati?
    the class system in India based on specific occupations, the
    a river and it tributaries that make up a river system as in
    fortress, usually built on HIGH ground to PROTECT a city or
  • What is a drought?
    a long period, or a prolonged period, with little or no rain
    a river and it tributaries that make up a river system as in
    The Hindu class system of social distinctions determined by
  • ______ is a Hindu belief that people move in a constant cycle of life, death, and rebirth; it is the rebirth of a soul in a new body.
    reincarnation
    upanishads
    brahman
    karma
  • What is a river system?
    a river and it tributaries that make up a river system as in water that supplies the indus river
  • A ______ is a long or prolonged period with little or no rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
    dalit
    jati
    drought
    river system
  • The ______ are the oldest Hindu sacred texts originating in ancient India
    caste system
    drought
    caste
    Vedas
  • A ______ is a storehouse for crops or grain.
    reincarnation
    drought
    granary
    karma
  • What is Hinduism?
    the religion of India that grew out of the beliefs of the an
    The all-powerful, supreme spiritual, God that Hindus worship
    sacred writings that try to answer difficult questions
  • A ______ is a fortress, usually built on high ground to protect a city or its people.
    moksha
    citadel
    reincarnation
    dharma
  • ______ is the all-powerful, supreme spiritual God that Hindus worship.
    subcontinent
    Brahman
    Upanishads
    citadel
  • What is Brahman?
    sacred writings that try to answer difficult questions
    liberation from reincarnation
    The all-powerful, supreme spiritual, God that Hindus worship
  • What is a caste?
    The Hindu class system of social distinctions
    The oldest Hindu sacred texts originating in ancient India
    groups, older system of classification, in the Hindu social
  • ______ are groups in the older system of classification in the Hindu social class, based on skill.
    Varna
    Upanishads
    reincarnation
    karma
  • What is a river system?
    a river and its tributaries that make up a river system as in the water that supplies the Indus River.
  • ______ is the religion of India that grew out of the beliefs of the ancient Aryan people. It stresses that one main force connects all of life
    caste
    caste system
    Vedas
    Hindusim
  • what is dharma?
    the laws and duties that guide the behavior of each caste member; duty early in life
  • What is Brahmanism?
    Early Hinduism religion, based on rituals-especially sacrifi
    a long period, or a prolonged period, with little or no rain
    The Hindu class system of social distinctions determined by
  • what is reincarnation?
    a Hindu belief that people move in a constant cycle of life, death, and rebirth; rebirth of a soul in a new body
  • What is an artifact?
    An object made by a human being, typically of historical or cultural interest.
  • The ______ is the Hindu class system of social distinctions determined by birth, which includes Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (rulers and warriors), Vaishyas (landowners, bankers, and merchants), and Sudras (farmers, laborers, an...
    caste system
    dalit
    hinduism
    jati
  • A ______ is made up of a river and its tributaries, like the water that supplies the Indus River.
    reincarnation
    river system
    upanishads
    brahman
  • what is karma?
    the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives, determines whether a person is reborn to more suffering or on a path of liberation/moska;merit
  • A ______ is a hereditary social class in Hinduism, representing a class or group of people.
    varna
    river system
    caste
    reincarnation
  • what is moksha?
    subcontient
    liberation from reincarnation
    the laws and duties that guide the behavior of each caste
  • What is upanishads?
    sacred writing that try to answer difficult questions about right and wrong life and death, able to be read by all, written by gurus to help connect people to h
  • An ancient Indo-Aryan language, the classical language of India, used in Hinduism and classical literature is called _______.
    sanskrit
  • What is Dalit?
    the religion of India that grew out of the beliefs of the an
    Early Hinduism religion, based on rituals-especially sacrifi
    The lowest class of the Hindu caste system; the "untouchable
  • India is called a ______ because it is separated from Asia by the Himalayan Mountains.
    karma
    river system
    subcontient
    dharma
  • ______ is liberation from reincarnation, which Hindus try to achieve by performing rituals, good deeds, and gaining an understanding of Brahman.
    caste
    varna
    jati
    moksha
  • ______ are sacred writings that try to answer difficult questions about right and wrong, life and death. They are able to be read by all and were written by gurus to help connect people to heavenly forces.
    Upanishads
    dharma
    karma
    reincarnation
  • What is sanskrit?
    An ancient Indo-Aryan language, the classical language of India, used in Hinduism and classical literature.
  • The lowest caste, made up of laborers and service providers who worked for the higher castes is called
    vaishyas
    artifact
    shudras
    caste
  • ______ is the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives, determining whether a person is reborn to more suffering or on a path of liberation (moksha); it is the merit gained from one's actions.
    Hinduism
    Brahmanism
    karma
    Vedas
  • ______ was the early Hinduism religion, based on rituals—especially sacrifices to the gods—and was also known by this name.
    hinduism
    river system
    granary
    brahmanism
  • An object made by a human being, typically of historical or cultural interest.
    brahmins
    indus valley
    artifacts
    caste system
  • What is a subcontinent?
    storehouse for crops or grain
    India is called this because they are separated from Asia by
    a river and it tributaries that make up a river system as in
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