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

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