India Ch. 5

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

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

What is focusing the mind on spiritual ideas?

Which sect of Buddhism has more members today?

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

Aryan religion was based on teachings known as what?

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

How many main social classes are represented in the varnas?

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

Who are the Brahmins?

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

Which Hindu god is the Preserver?

Who are the three main gods of Hinduism?

Under which ruler did Gupta society reach its height?

Who are the Sudras?

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

What is the universal spirit of Hinduism called?

What is a state of perfect peace for Buddhists?

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

What is going without food for spiritual purposes?

Who was the first Gupta emperor?

Hindus believe in reincarnation.

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

Which Hindu god is the creator?

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?

Hinduism is a monotheistic religion?

The Gupta dynasty was tolerant of other religions.

What religion did the Gupta Dynasty favor?

Which Hindu god is the destroyer?

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

What is located in between the Western and Eastern Ghats?

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

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

Who united founded the Mauryan Empire?

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

Who are the Kshatriyas?

What is the oldest Veda?

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

Which group defeated the Gupta Dynasty?

What are the final group of Vedic Texts called?

What is the Hindu number system called?

Who are the Vaisyas?

Hindus call the uniting of an atman to Brahman what?

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

Which continent is India located on?

Which ancient civilization invaded the Harappan Civilization?

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

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

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

Who is Siddhartha Guatema?

What are the Buddha's four guiding principals called?

What is ahimsa?

What is the science of working with metals?

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

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

What is the study of stars and planets?

What is the highest point in the Himalayas?

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

What is the largest religion in India today?

Early Hinduism temples were very large and elaborate.

What is the Hindu set of spiritual duties called?

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

Which region did the Aryans come from?

India is referred to as what?