Unit 6

Question 1

Seasonal winds

Answer 1

Monsoons

Question 2

A larger landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent.

Answer 2

Subcontinent

Question 3

Massive wall or fort for protection and acted as a granary. A place they stored grain.

Answer 3

Citadel.

Question 4

India’s writing.

Answer 4

Sanskrit.

Question 5

Sacred Hindu text continuing hymns, stories, poems and prayers.

Answer 5

Vedas

Question 6

Social class

Answer 6

Caste

Question 7

responsibility to fulfill ones duty within your caste

Answer 7

Dharma

Question 8

The universal understanding that what goes around comes around.

Answer 8

Karma

Question 9

A polytheistic religion but also believes there is one universal spirit known as the Brahma

Answer 9

Hinduism

Question 10

A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha, who discovered a way to stop suffering in life by following the Eightfold Path and reaching Nirvana.

Answer 10

Buddhism

Question 11

Gupta Maurya the first emperor who unified India.

Answer 11

Chandra

Question 12

First emperor to become Buddhist.

Answer 12

Ashoka