Chapter 5: Ancient India

What made Mohandas Gandhi so important?

Siddhartha Gautama was a prince who gave up everything to understand the meaning of life.

Brahmanism was the early religion for the Aryans.

The 4 Noble Truths came after Buddha starved himself for 6 years and went to meditate.

What economic activities allowed Harappan civilization to begin along the Indus?

Buddhism was founded by the teachings of Gandhi.

How did Buddha influence Asoka as a ruler?

The Indian mathematicians invented the decimal system

What evidence suggested that Harappan civilization was prosperous?

Yoga originated from ancient religious traditions of India.

"South Asia" is the nickname for the subcontinent that India is a part of.

Siddhartha Gautama's nickname was Buddha, meaning "enlightened one".

Spies are secret agents that helped expand the Maurya Empire.

Give an example of important achievements in Indian Literature.

What was the social structure of the Aryan caste system?

Hinduism is the modern name for the major religion of India, which developed from Brahmanism.

Hindu Kush is the highest mountains in the world?

What is the seasonal wind system that produces a wet or dry season in a region, sometimes with heavy rainfall?

Which ancient Indian arts influenced Southeast Asian culture?

The Eightfold Path consists of: Right opinions, desires, speech, actions, job, effort, concertation, and meditation.

Karma is the consequences of a person's actions in this life, which determines his or her fate in the next for Buddhism

The Eightfold Path is the same thing as the 4 Noble Truths

How did the Aryan culture differ from Harappan culture?

Karma effects a person's afterlife

What evidence showed archeologists that an ancient civilization existed in the Indus Valley?

Ahimsa means nonviolent