What was the life of an untouchable like?

Did menial and degrading tasks (collecting trash and handling dead bodies)

Started as ruthless but became enlightened when he found Buddhism

How did India's mountains and surrounding water influence its development?

Made it very easy to trade with other civilizations

What is the Indian caste system?

A system of social classes that couldn’t be changed.

Long, narrative poem that teaches lessons

How does karma relate to reincarnation?

Determines what type of life a person gets reincarnated to.

How did Asoka view other religions?

He favored Buddhism but tolerated other religions.

What is a subcontinent?

a large landmass smaller than a continent

What is reincarnation?

belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form

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1
What are the major beliefs of Buddhism
Reincarnation
achieve enlightenment is by following the Eight-Fold Path
Four noble truths
All the above
2
What was the life of an untouchable like?
Farmers, Merchants
Priest and Scholars
None of the above
Did menial and degrading tasks (collecting trash and handling dead bodies)
3
A system of social classes that couldn’t be changed
Caste System
Mohenjo-Daro
Vedas
Buddhism
4
What religion did Asoka adopt?
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Brahmanism
5
The language of the Aryan people.
Moksha
Dharma
Monsoons
Sanskrit
6
Describe Asoka.
None of the above
Started as ruthless but became enlightened when he found Buddhism
A ruthless conquerer
An enlightened leader
7
How did India's mountains and surrounding water influence its development?
Encouraged invasions by other countries to the east & west
Made it very easy to trade with other civilizations
Limited contact between the subcontinent and the rest of the world
Provided easy contact with Asian lands
8
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhārtha Gautama
Buddha
Chandragupta
Asoka
9
A religion based on the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama .
Christianity
None of the above
Hinduism
Buddhism
10
What is the Indian caste system?
A system of social classes that could be moved up by marriage
A system of social classes
A system of social classes that couldn’t be changed.
A system to be put on a television show
11
Hindu word for end of cycle of reincarnation
Moksha
Monsoons
Dharma
Caste System
12
Epic poems
A system of social classes that couldn’t be changed
Sanskrit
Hindu
Long, narrative poem that teaches lessons
13
What are the major beliefs of Hinduism?
All the above
Reincarnation
Karma
14
Divine law
Epic poems
Dharma
Divine law
Monsoons
15
What concepts did the ancient Indian civilization contribute to modern mathematics?
Addition
concept of zero
numerals
use of positive & negative integers
16
How does karma relate to reincarnation?
Someon's Karma influences who they can marry.
Has no connection.
Determines what type of life a person gets reincarnated to.
Someone's karma influences how long their life is.
17
How did Asoka view other religions?
He favored Hinduism and banned all other religions.
He rejected both Hinduism and Buddhism.
Wanted everyone to convert to Buddhism.
He favored Buddhism but tolerated other religions.
18
The religion that supports the caste system.
Buddhism
None of the above
Christianity
Hinduism
19
According to Hindu teachings, ____________ is the practice of breathing exercise as a path to spiritual insight.
Subcontinent
Planned Cities
Vedas
Yoga
20
Sacred texts in Hinduism
Vedas
Our textbook
Bible
Quran
21
In Ancient Indian society, what caste were the priests in?
the Brahmins
the Kshatriyas
the Vaisyas.
the Sudras
22
What two important rivers begin in the Himalaya Mountains and influenced India’s development?
Nile & Indus
Tigris & Euphrates
Mississippi & Ohio
Indus & Ganges
23
What is a subcontinent?
A small island
a large landmass smaller than a continent
Region
a state
24
Cities built with the same layout and same features.
Reincarnation
Karma
Planned Cities
Mohenjo-Daro
25
What is the Golden Age in India and which Indian empire created it?
Bhagavad Vita
Maurya
Gupta Empire
Buddhist
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What is reincarnation?
belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form
method of training that is supposed to lead to oneness with Brahman
belief that a woman is superior
idea that people must worship the leader as a god

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