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Indus River Valley, Buddhism, Hinduism, Cast System
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Where is India?
1
2
5
6
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Who is Vishnu?
The god who preserves/protects the universe.
The god who destroys the universe.
The god who created the Universe.
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Who is Buddha?
The "enlightened one" or "awakened"
The ruler of India during the Gupta Empire.
The "fearful one"
The "savior" of Buddhism.
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Who is Brahma?
the god of preservation.
The god who created the universe.
The god of destruction.
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What is Karma?
Principle: says all life is governed by action and reaction.
The idea that your soul is reborn in a different body.
Idea: you are born into a cast and cannot be moved up/down
Destiny is already written, cannot be changed.
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What is an Empire?
A large group of people united by common descent.
A nation that came together based on common beliefs.
A group of countries that are controlled by one ruler.
A system of government were they can elect representative.
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What is an example of a Vaisya in the cast system?
Merchant
Laboers
Merchant
Priests
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What is the cast name of #14?
Buddhism
Vedas
Shudra
Untouchables/outcast
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What four noble truths in Buddhism?
Truth of suffering, causes of it, ending it, continuing it.
Truth of suffering, causes of it, ending it, path to end it.
Truth of suffering, happiness, reincarnation, death.
Truth of suffering, enlightenment, death, reincarnation.
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What religion talks about suffering caused by desire, and teaches enlightenment?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Reincarnation
Christianity
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Who was Ashoka?
A servant that went up the ladder in the cast system.
An emperor of the Mauryan Empire who had a reign of peace.
A servant that become emperor after the Gupta empire
An emperor in the Gupta Empire.
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What does a summer monsoon bring?
Clean water to drink.
Lots of food from different regions.
Rain and mudslides.
Dry weather and no crops.
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What are natural boarders?
Boarders that can move from place to place.
Boarder made by animals.
Boarders made by man.
Boarders made of land or water.
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Where are the Himalayas?
A
D
C
B
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What do artifacts provide(give) us with?
Provide us with the necessary materials to live.
They provide us with food.
Provide clues to help know past civilizations way of life.
Provide us with clues to help us know our future.
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What is Veda?
People who don't belong to a cast.
Holy men.
Sudra.
Ancient scriptures.
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four principles in Hinduism?
Brahman
Artha
Dharra
Karma
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What is an example of a Kshatriyas?
Priests
Laborers
Warrior
Merchant
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what cast goes is located on #10?
Outcast
Sudra
Kshatriyas
Brahmin
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What is the rebirth of a soul in a new body?
Reincarnation
Buddhism
Nirvana
Vishnu
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What is the religion that was developed from Vedas.
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Reincarnation
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The cast system in India is define as:
A system that divided India into four groups.
A group of people that were called Holy men.
A system were people went to see what jobs they had to do.
A group of people who beliefs were based on their group.
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What is an artifact?
An object made from organic things?
A man made object.
A machine used by archeologist find clues from the past.
A telescope.
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Which of the following is NOT something that the Indus River people did in their daily lives?
They played with monkeys, birds, or lizards.
They kept clean by tipping clean water over from a jar.
They played with clay toys.
They worked on making the River bigger and wider.
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Where is the Indus River Valley?
A
B
D
C
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Who were the untouchables?
Historians who studied the cast system.
People who loved to study the cast system.
People who did not belong to any of the four cast.
Peep,e in the Brahmin cast.
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Wha is a monsoon?
Dry clay that is used in India to build homes.
A mountain in India that kept intruders away.
A tsunami that flooded the Indus River Valley.
Seasonal wind patterns that caused wet and dry seasons.
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Who brought the cast system to India?
Chinese
Japanese
Mongols
Aryans
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Why are natural barriers good to have in a civilization?
They help find food for the people.
They make good homes to live in.
They help keep diseases and intruders out.
They make the village look neat and homie.
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How many cast are there in the cast system?
2
3
4
1
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What is an example of a Brahmin in the cast system?
priest
laborers
warrior
merchant
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Who is Shiva?
God of preservation.
God of destruction.
God of creation.
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What are some examples of Karma?
Fate
No free will.
Destiny
Cause and effect.
