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  • The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro made up with civilization in ancient India?
    Harappan Civiilzation
  • What are the two basic social groups in Hinduism?
    family and caste
  • What was Buddha’s list of good works that help a person achieve happiness and peace?
    The Eightfold Path
  • What is the belief that everything in the universe is part of a supreme being?
    pantheism
  • What are collections of sacred hymn texts of Hinduism?
    Vedas
  • Who made up the lowest caste?
    outcastes- non-Hindus, unclean laborers, expelled caste members
  • Besides being polytheistic, what three gods do Hindus believe to be the most important?
    Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu
  • What occupation is the highest caste made up of?
    priests
  • What is the Hindu belief that a person’s deeds, good or bad, determine his state in reincarnation?
    karma
  • What is a dome-shaped Buddhist shrine called?
    stupa
  • Who is the divine being of Hinduism believed to be the cause and material of creation; also called “the great soul” or “the world soul”?
    Brahman
  • What does it mean to have received knowledge or understanding?
    enlightened
  • What religion follows the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path?
    Buddhism
  • What is the belief that after a person dies, he comes back in another form?
    reincarnation
  • Who was an Indian warrior who conquered a large part of India and began the Mauryan dynasty?
    Chandragupta Mauryan
  • Pataliputra was the capital city of what empire in ancient India?
    Mauryan Empire
  • What is the written language of the Aryans?
    Sanskrit
  • What does the name "Buddha" mean?
    Enlightened One
  • Each Aryan village was governed by a council of leading men and a what?
    raja- a chief, prince, or ruler in India
  • What is a group of languages spoken by people of Europe and parts of Asia?
    Indo-European
  • What are religious duties of a Hindu or a Buddhist called?
    dharma
  • Who was the basis of Aryan society with villages comprised of related family groups?
    family
  • What are some religious duties of Hindus or Buddhists?
    pray, perform rituals, worship at temples and shrines, bring sacrifices and money to priests
  • What two ancient cities were one of the first civilizations in ancient India?
    Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
  • Siddhartha Gautama founded what religion?
    Buddhism
  • What is anyone from outside the groups of the Hindu caste system that are bound by strict social restrictions?
    outcastes
  • What is a picture of symbol used in early writing to represent a word, a group of words, or an idea?
    pictograph
  • What is a wind that reverses direction with the change of season?
    monsoon
  • What is a strict social class a person is born into?
    caste
  • Who were nomads believed to have moved into the Indus Valley around 1500 BC who conquered the people of northwestern India?
    Aryans
  • What are the basic beliefs of Buddhist teaching called?
    The Four Noble Truths
  • Who was the British archeologist who discovered and helped excavate Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley?
    Sir John Marshall
  • What is the belief in Brahman and reincarnation that serves as a unifying influence in India’s diverse society?
    Hinduism
  • Who was one of the greatest rulers of the Mauryan Empire that promoted Buddhism?
    Asoka
  • What is the Buddhist belief that in a state of complete enlightenment a person has peace and freedom from desire?
    nirvana
  • Who is a scholar who studies languages?
    linguist
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