The collected teachings of the Buddha

What is a subcontinent?

Large landmass like a continent but smaller

a system of social classes by job

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Review of vocab for Chapter 7 of Ancient Civilizations by McDougall Littell

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1
A seasonal wind is a(n)
Harappa
Rain
Monsoon
Subcontinent
2
The major religion of India
Catholicism
Hinduism
Buddhism
3
A planned city is built by
chance
aliens
Yoda
design
4
Brahminism was the early religion of the
Buddha
Aryans
Hindus
Mahabarata
5
Ahimsa is
violence
nonviolence
karma
dharma
6
He was the leader who used ahimsa to protest British rule of India.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mohandas Ghandi
The Buddha
Asoka
7
The Harappan civilization is named for
a river
an ocean
a city
a king
8
This means the end of suffering
dharma
karma
ahimsa
nirvana
9
The belief that people have many lives is
karma
Buddhism
reincarnation
re-runs
10
The Buddha was once known as
Mohandas Ghandi
Siddhartha Gautama
Asoka
Chandra Gupta I
11
Many great poems and plays were written by
The Buddha
Kalidasa
Hammurabi
Asoka
12
Darma is
the greatest Maurya King
The collected teachings of the Buddha
the end of suffering
13
What is a subcontinent?
A landmass surrounded by water on 3 sides
Includes and island
A mountain rainge
Large landmass like a continent but smaller
14
The belief that deeds of a person affect what he or she will be in the next life is
Karma
Reincarnation
Brahminism
15
A caste is
getting the part in a play
a system of social classes by job
something you do while fishing
16
The numbers 1-9
Estimation of Pi
Symbol for zero
The decimal system
Hindu-Arabic numerals
17
The Bhagavad Gita is the most important text of this religion:
Jainism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Brahminism
18
The Himalayas and the Hindu Kush are:
seasonal winds
Oceans
Mountain Ranges
Seas
19
He was the greatest Maurya king
Asoka
Chandra Gupta II
Mohandas Ghandi
Buddha
20
These people moved into India around 1500 BC
Aryans
Harrapans
Brahmins
Indians

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