- 1. - a group of people who began settling in the religion
A) Subcontinent
B) Aryans-
C) Monsoon
D) Brahmans
E) Sanskrit
- 2. - priests; the only people who could perform religious ceremonies
A) Sanskrit
B) Aryans-
C) Subcontinent
D) Monsoon
E) Brahmans
- 3. - a large, distinguishable part of a continent
A) Monsoon
B) Brahmans
C) Aryans-
D) Sanskrit
E) Subcontinent
- 4. Monsoon- a strong wind that blows one direction in winter and the opposite direction in the summer
A) Monsoon
B) Brahmans
C) Subcontinent
D) Aryans-
E) Sanskrit
- 5. - a written language developed in India by the Nomads
A) Monsoon
B) Aryans-
C) Brahmans
D) Sanskrit
E) Subcontinent
A) Caste
B) Siddhartha Gautama
C) Dalai Lama
D) Raja
E) Guru
- 7. - a social group that someone is born into and can’t change
A) Siddhartha Gautama
B) Dalai Lama
C) Raja
D) Guru
E) Caste
- 8. - a teacher who taught boys of high up families in India until they went to the city for more education
A) Siddhartha Gautama
B) Guru
C) Dalai Lama
D) Raja
E) Caste
- 9. - the founder of Buddhism
A) Guru
B) Raja
C) Dalai Lama
D) Siddhartha Gautama
E) Caste
- 10. - the lama who headed the government and was considered a reincarnations of the Buddha
A) Guru
B) Siddhartha Gautama
C) Dalai Lama
D) Caste
E) Raja
- 11. - one of the oldest and third largest religions in the world
A) Reincarnation
B) Brahman
C) Dharma
D) Karma
E) Hinduism
- 12. - the universal spirit that the Hindus believe in
A) Brahman
B) Reincarnation
C) Karma
D) Hinduism
E) Dharma
- 13. - the idea of passing through many lives to reach the Brahman
A) Hinduism
B) Karma
C) Brahman
D) Reincarnation
E) Dharma
- 14. - the divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their jati(ancestors/families)
A) Brahman
B) Karma
C) Reincarnation
D) Dharma
E) Hinduism
- 15. - the consequences of how a person lives
A) Dharma
B) Brahman
C) Karma
D) Hinduism
E) Reincarnation
- 16. - a religion that was founded by Siddhartha Gautama around 600 B.C.
A) Asoka
B) Nirvana
C) Chandragupta
D) Buddhism
E) Theocracy
- 17. - a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth; a state of wisdom
A) Theocracy
B) Buddhism
C) Chandragupta
D) Nirvana
E) Asoka
- 18. - when religious leaders head the government
A) Chandragupta
B) Nirvana
C) Theocracy
D) Asoka
E) Buddhism
- 19. - the founder of India’s first empire; an Indian prince who conquered a large area in the Ganges River valley soon after Alexander invaded western India
A) Buddhism
B) Chandragupta Maurya
C) Asoka
D) Nirvana
E) Theocracy
- 20. - the king that many historians believe to be the empire of India’s greatest king
A) Nirvana
B) Chandragupta
C) Asoka
D) Buddhism
E) Theocracy
- 21. - one of India’s best known authors who wrote plays, poems, love stories, and comedies
A) Dynasty
B) Chandragupta
C) Pilgrim
D) Kalidasa
E) Stupa
- 22. - a series of rulers from the same family
A) Stupa
B) Dynasty
C) Kalidasa
D) Chandragupta
E) Pilgrim
- 23. - a Buddhist shrine that has the shape of a dome or mound
A) Chandragupta
B) Pilgrim
C) Kalidasa
D) Stupa
E) Dynasty
- 24. - people who often used trade routes to travel to a religious shrine or site
A) Kalidasa
B) Chandragupta
C) Stupa
D) Pilgrim
E) Dynasty
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