What is a subcontinent?

Large landmass like a continent but smaller

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Ancient India Vocabulary review

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

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

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