india vocab

Question 1

social divisions in Aryan society

Answer 1

varnas

Question 2

brahmins

Answer 2

priests

Question 3

the religion of the brahmins

Answer 3

brahminism

Question 4

3 major gods of hinduism

Answer 4

brahma-creator, siva-destroyer, vishnu,preserver

Question 5

the process of rebirth

Answer 5

reincarnation

Question 6

the effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul

Answer 6

karma

Question 7

salvation- freedom from life’s worries

Answer 7

moksha

Question 8

a state of perfect peace

Answer 8

nirvana

Question 9

going without food

Answer 9

fasting

Question 10

the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas

Answer 10

meditation

Question 11

divisions of Indian society made of groups based on a person’s birth, wealth, or occupation

Answer 11

caste system

Question 12

differences between hinduism and buddhism

Answer 12

buddhism doesn’t believe in animal sacrifice, caste system, the brahmins or their rituals, it was the responsibility of individuals to work for their salvation, didn’t think vedas were important

Question 13

moral of great joy of the ox

Answer 13

kindness will be repaid

Question 14

the duty of accepting your place in society

Answer 14

dharma

Question 15

possible reasons of Harappans dying out

Answer 15

rivers drying up, weather/climate changes, Aryan migration from North

Question 16

Harappans were called _____ by the Aryans

Answer 16

Dasa

Question 17

the varnas

Answer 17

Brahmins- religious leaders- highest class
Khshatriyas- warriors, gov’t officials- 2nd highest class
Vaisyas- merchants, farmers- 3rd highest class
Sudras- laborers, servants, peasants- lowest class
Dasa- Harappans, later renamed sudras
untouchables- treated worse than sudras

Question 18

ancient Hindu belief

Answer 18

the world is an illusion-brahman is the only reality-can take several lifetimes to see through the illusion and see the meaning of life

Question 19

ancient texts that Hindu faiths are based upon

Answer 19

vedas

Question 20

buddhist beliefs

Answer 20

4 noble truths, eightfold path, believed to be a middle way between human desires and denying oneself of pleasure

Question 21

buddhism was spread in large part by ______

Answer 21

missionaries