Grade 6 Chapter 5

Hindu-Arabid numerals were brought to the West by

What is the Bhagavad Gita?

What is Brahmanism?

The Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path are beliefs found in

What central Asian people moved into India around 1500 B.C.?

The Indian film industry is called

Which are ancient Sanskrit sacred texts?

How is a person's social class determined in a caste system?

Which is the Hindu belief that each person has many lives?

Mohenjo-Daro may have used for religious purposes a

The name Buddha means

India's climate is shaped by seasonal winds called

The man who became known as the Buddha was a Hindu prince called

Which deity is sometimes called the destroyer?

The numerals 1–9 are known as

Harappan civilization takes its name from a

Gandhi used nonviolent protests to fight for the rights of people in

What meaning does karma have for Hindus?

Chandra Gupta I was a leader of

The stone seals of Harappan civilization are covered by

According to Buddhism, the end of suffering in life is called

India's northern border is formed by mountains that include the

One of India's greatest writers was

An environmental challenge faced by the Indus Valley cities was

Harappan civilization had

The collected teachings of the Buddha are called the

The decimal system requires a symbol for

The greatest Maurya king was

Martin Luther King, Jr. was inspired by

A large landmass like a continent but smaller is a(n)

In the Indian social structure, who were the bankers and merchants?

Buddhism is less widely followed today than it once was in

Indian artists developed visual symbols to show the holiness of

The streets in Harappa were laid out in a

In A.D. 400, a famous iron pillar was built in

To practice ahimsa is to practice

Although Buddhism began there, it declined as a religion in

The Saraswati River probably dried up because of

What is the major religion of India today?

The Indian leader who practiced ahimsa to fight British rule was