Unit 1

Question 1

What was the first civilization in India?

Answer 1

The Indus Valley civilization

Question 2

Indus Valley civilization seals were made of…

Answer 2

Steatite

Question 3

Yogin

Answer 3

Holy man

Question 4

Art from the Indus Valley civilization suggests…

Answer 4

That the deities had different heads, multiple arms

Question 5

Describe the Aryan migrations and Vedic period

Answer 5

No remaining art, only vedas

Question 6

Veda

Answer 6

Philosophical texts that were the basis for major connects in Hinduism and Buddhism

Question 7

Om

Answer 7

Used in Hinduism and Buddhism… They say it is the first sound in the universe

Question 8

Brahman

Answer 8

The universal soul, which all things are created by and all returns to

Question 9

Samsara

Answer 9

System of reincarnation where atman returns again and again in human or animal bodies

Question 10

Atman

Answer 10

Interior self or soul

Question 11

Dharma

Answer 11

What one ought to do according to one’s station in life

Question 12

Kharma

Answer 12

A person’s actions and the effect they have on their atman’s progress

Question 13

Nirvana

Answer 13

Once enlightenment is achieved and there’s escape from samsara

Question 14

Noble Eightfold Path

Answer 14

1) right understanding
2) right thought
3) right speech
4) right action
5) right livelihood
6) right effort
7) right mindfulness
8) right concentration

Question 15

Enemies of Buddhism

Answer 15

Fear
Suffering
Desire

Question 16

6 planes a person may be born into

Answer 16

Demigod
God
Human (most desirable because chance at nirvana)
Animals
Ghosts 
Hell

Question 17

What are some key parts of Buddhist art in the Maurya Period

Answer 17

Dharmachakra
Chakravartin

Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka Shakyamuni (lion of Shakya clan)

Question 18

Describe Buddhist art in the Shunga and Early Andhra periods

Answer 18

Sanchi stupas
Mandala
Goddesses and gods
Buddha’s past lives