How are the terms reincarnation and karma connected in Hindu belief?

Karma determines how a person is reincarnated.

What was the Golden Age?

A period of great cultural achievement.

What are the Four Noble Truths?

Guidelines for reaching enlightenment.

What factors came together around 2500 b.c. that allowed a civilization in the Indus Valley to develop?

Fertile soil & irrigation led to food surplus, wealth and growth.

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Chapter 6- Ancient India

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1
How are the terms reincarnation and karma connected in Hindu belief?
Reincarnation is the soul. Karma determines your religion.
Reincarnation determines a person's karma.
Karma determines how a person is reincarnated.
Karma is the soul. Reicarnation determines your religion.
2
Which ruler encouraged the spread of Buddhism?
Chandragupta Maurya
Asoka
Ayerveda
Chandra Gupta I
3
Which is NOT part of the geography of India?
It is a subcontinent.
plateau and desert
the Himalayan Mountains
the Nile River
4
The social class system of the Aryans developed into which of the following?
caste system
Brahmanism
reincarnation
Buddhism
5
What was the Golden Age?
A period of great cultural achievement.
A period of building many monuments adorned with gold.
A period of competing religions.
A period of great wealth obtained from trading.
6
Which word does not belong with the others?
Buddha
Brahman
Siddhartha Gautama
The enlightened one.
7
The first religion to appear in ancient India was...
Jainism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Brahmanism
8
What is the term for Buddha’s teachings, or divine law?
karma
Four Noble Truths
dharma
nirvana
9
The Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana are......
epic poems
all of the above
taught moral lessons
sacred texts
10
What are the Four Noble Truths?
Guidelines for reaching enlightenment.
The teachings of Hinduism.
Hinduism, Brahmanism, Buddhism, and Jainism
The social hierarchy of ancient India.
11
Which is NOT one of the three most important gods of Hinduism?
Shiva
Vishnu
Buddha
Brahma
12
The winter winds on the South Asia subcontinent are called what?
tsunamis
typhoons
wet monsoons
dry monsoons
13
Which Indian Civilization had one of the world's first planned citites?
Aryan
Harappan
Guptan
Mauryan
14
What factors came together around 2500 b.c. that allowed a civilization in the Indus Valley to develop?
Fertile soil & irrigation led to food surplus, wealth and growth.
The Aryan takeover of the Harappans led to advances in society.
New weapons and war strategies allowed the Indus Valley to expand.
New inventions and a new religion united the people of the Indus Valley.
15
Helped India gain its independence in 1947 and preached nonviolence.
Chandragupta Maurya
Mohandas Gandhi
Chandra Gupta II
Asoka
16
What are the two major rivers of northern India?
the Tigris and the Euphrates
the Harappan and the Hindu Kush
the Indus and the Ganges
the Mohenjo-Daro and the Harappa
17
The Mauryan Empire
Controlled most of India
Failed within a single decade
Was a loose collection of minor dynasties
Was started by the Aryans that came down from the north.
18
What was the name of the ancient Indian language?
Hieroglyphs
Cuneiform
Hindi
Sanskrit
19
Which Indian civilization emerged first?
Hindu
Brahman
Ayran
Harappan

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