U5 - Ancient India Review

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What are the two major rivers of Ancient India? Options: Tigris & Euphrates, Nile & Blue Nile, Indus & Ganges, Huang He & Yangtze

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Indus & Ganges

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Why were the Indians dependent on the summer monsoons?

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They brought rain & without them there would be drought.

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What was the name of the written language of the Ancient Indian civilization?

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Sanskrit

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The four classes (varnas) in the caste system are: Pharaoh, priests, artisans, slaves, Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, King, queen, princes, lords, Shogun, samurai, governors, artisans

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Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras

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A social group that one is born into and cannot be changed is called a

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caste

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The universal spirit of the Hindu religion is called...

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Brahman

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Reincarnation is...

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the idea of passing through many lives to be united with Brahman

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Dharma is...

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controls all aspects of life, a moral code

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Karma is...

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the consequences of how a person lives

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The holy books of Hinduism are: Torah & the Bible, Vedas , Book of the Living & Book of the Dead, Old Testament & New Testament

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Vedas