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Ch 6 Sec 2 India's Vedic Age (Topic 4 Lesson 2)
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Ancient India Vedic Age My World History Ch 6 Sec 2 India's Vedic Age (Topic 4 Lesson 2)
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1
What are the sacred scriptures of India called that teach us about Aryan religion and customs?
Vedas
caste
2
_____ were collections of hundreds of scared hymns calling upon people to make offerings to their gods.
Aryans
Vedas
3
The term for occupation-based caste is _____, meaning "birth group".
Varna
jati
4
What system in India emerged dividing Indians into groups based on birth and occupation?
A Dalit System
A caste system
5
Migrate means ____.
to move from one region to another in order to live there
to stay in one place
6
The best known of the Vedas is the_________. It has more than 1,000 hymns.
Torah
Rig Veda
7
Over time, a group below the Sudras developed. They do dirty jobs and face discrimination ____.
Kshatriyas
Dalits
8
A caste system emerged in India dividing Indians into groups_______ between 1500BC and 500BC.
based on birth and occupation
based on who was most likely to know a pharaoh
9
By 1500 BC, a group called _______, meaning "the noble ones" were living in the Indus Valley.
Mesopotamians
Aryans
10
The people who did the farm work or other manual work below the Vaishyas were the _____.
Sudras or Shudras
Brahmins
11
Priests known as ____ were at the top of the caste system.
Dalits
Brahmins
12
A ____ is an ideal or proposed explanation or description.
theory
Dalit
13
Below the Kshatriyas were were the landowners, bankers, and merchants who were known as ______.
Brahmins
Vaishyas
14
Just below the Brahmins (priests) were the rulers and warriors known as ________.
Sudras
Kshatriyas
15
A river the Aryans crossed was the _______.
Passaic River
Indus River
16
What is the main source of information about Aryan life?
the Vedas
the Epic of Gilgamesh
17
Your book says historians think ____nomads entered the Indian subcontinent & mixed with locals.
Indo- Aryan
Native American
18
According to your book, the Aryans were _________.
always peaceful; they disliked gambling and music.
skilled warriors with horse drawn, two wheeled chariots
