Unit 6 India

Question 1

a large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent.

Answer 1

Subcontinent

Question 2

Seasonal winds

Answer 2

Monsoons

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

Sanskirt

Question 5

sacred Hindu text continuing hymns, stories, poems and prayers

Answer 5

Vedas

Question 6

Social class

Answer 6

Caste

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Hinduism

Question 8

a responsibility to fulfill one’s duty within your caste.

Answer 8

Dharma

Question 9

the universal understanding that what goes around comes around.

Answer 9

Karma

Question 10

the first Buddha

Answer 10

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 11

the idea that a person’s actions have consequences, which can return to them in this life or in the next

Answer 11

Reincarnation

Question 12

Buddhism goal, to reach peace by ending all suffering.

Answer 12

Nirvana

Question 13

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 13

Buddhism

Question 14

the first Indian Emperor who unified India.

Answer 14

Chandra Gupta Maurya

Question 15

first emperor to become Buddhist.

Answer 15

Ashoka

Question 16

a period of time when great tasks were accomplished.

Answer 16

Golden Age