India Ch. 5

Which religion that broke off of Hinduism was led by Mahavira and practiced ahimsa?

Hinduism is a monotheistic religion?

Who are the Sudras?

What is the Hindu number system called?

What is the name of the religion that follows the teachings of the Buddha?

The seasons in India are denoted by the change in what?

What is the Hindu set of spiritual duties called?

Which ancient civilization invaded the Harappan Civilization?

Which group defeated the Gupta Dynasty?

Which desert is located between the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas?

Early in, the caste system determined your place for the rest of your life, but later, people could change classes.

Which important Indian River is located between the Thar Desert and the Hindu Kush?

Who was the strongest of all the Mauryan emperors who converted to Buddhism and sent missionaries throughout Asia?

Which mountain range is located on the northwest side of the subcontinent?

What is injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help them build up defenses to fight the disease?

Who is Siddhartha Guatema?

What religion did the Gupta Dynasty favor?

Early Hinduism temples were very large and elaborate.

The Gupta dynasty was tolerant of other religions.

What is a state of perfect peace for Buddhists?

Who was the first Gupta emperor?

Kalidasa was a famous writer of the time who wrote the Panchatatra.

Hindus call the uniting of an atman to Brahman what?

What is the largest religion in India today?

What is the oldest Veda?

What is located in between the Western and Eastern Ghats?

What is going without food for spiritual purposes?

India is referred to as what?

Which Hindu god is the creator?

Which continent is India located on?

What are people who work to spread their religious beliefs by travelling?

How many main social classes are represented in the varnas?

What are the final group of Vedic Texts called?

What is the universal spirit of Hinduism called?

The people who were considered the lowest of the low in the caste system were called what?

What is ahimsa?

Early in the caste system, men and women shared some of the same rights.

Which mountain range separates India from China?

Which religion that broke off of Hinduism combined the teachings of Islam and was led by Guru Nanak?

Which of the following does the Buddha not attribute to human suffering?

What is the science of working with metals?

Stupas had domed roofs and were built to house sacred items from the life of the Buddha.

According to the sutras, people of different castes could not even eat together.

Aryan religion was based on teachings known as what?

A soul is to a Christian as ___________ is to Hindus?

Which Hindu god is the Preserver?

What is focusing the mind on spiritual ideas?

What is the highest point in the Himalayas?

Which region did the Aryans come from?

The Ramayana is one of the longest literary works in the world

Which Hindu god is the destroyer?

What do we call the civilization that formed in the Indus River Valley?

Hindus believe in reincarnation.

Which sect of Buddhism is more strict and could be called orthodox?

What is the study of stars and planets?

What are the Buddha's four guiding principals called?

Who are the three main gods of Hinduism?

Who are the Kshatriyas?

Who united founded the Mauryan Empire?

Who are the Vaisyas?

Which sect of Buddhism has more members today?

Under which ruler did Gupta society reach its height?

Who are the Brahmins?

The ancient Aryans had a very strict caste system, what is it called?

Over time the Aryans developed this, or guidelines which explained things like the caste system.