Ancient India --GRAPES Review

​Ancient India: Study Guide

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The G in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Government

• Geography

• Global

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Which would be a topic of Geography?

• Rivers

• Hunters

• Kings

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India is on the continent of:

• Africa
• Europe
• Australia
• Asia

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Circle India on the world map.

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Which mountains separate India from China?

• Himilayas

• Heralayas

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Isolated means

• Mixed or combined.
• Connected or together.
• Grouped or clustered.
• Separated or alone.

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Which two rivers helped farming villages happen in India?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus and Ganges

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a seasonal wind that carries heavy rains

• storm

• monsoon

• cold front

• warm front

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The R in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Region

• Retail Industry

• Rulers

• Religion

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Which topic would be about religion?

• mountains

• belief in many gods

• inventions

​Hinduism

• ​Hinduism is believed to be the world’s oldest religion (4,000 years old!)

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• ​Followers are called Hindus

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• Polytheistic​

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Who was the founder of Hinduism?

• Abraham
• Jesus
• Siddhartha 
• No real founder

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One of the world's oldest and largest religions that was founded in India...

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Judaism

Hindus believe in one supreme God -- Brahma, "the Creator"

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Supreme means the highest​

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He has four arms and four faces, looking in the four directions.

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Brahma is the Hindu god who

• destroys

• created the world

• protects the world

• makes fire

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How many faces did Brahma have?

• 3

• 7

• 600

• 4

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Hindus are polytheistic.

• True

• False

Vedas -- Books of songs, prayers, rituals that tell Hindus how to live

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The books of Hinduism

• The Torah

• The Vedas

• The Koran

• The Bible

Buddhism is one of the five largest religions in the world.

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Buddhists thank Buddha for his teachings.

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Buddha started Buddhism​

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​Buddhism

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Who was the founder of Buddhism? 

• Confucius
• Ashoka
• Buddha

• Attilla

​Who was Buddha?

The Buddha was born around 500 BCE in Lumbini, which was part of northern India, but is now part of Nepal.

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The Buddha was a man of great wisdom and compassion. He taught people how to overcome suffering.

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​A real prince

There was once a wealthy prince in India called Siddhartha Gautama. One day, Siddhartha Gautama left his palace and saw people who were old and sick. He saw people who were very poor.

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He realized that all people suffered.

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Buddha was born as a ________.

• pauper
• prince
• king
• rich brat

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Buddha was a real person in history.

• True

• False

​Becoming Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama meditated under the Bodhi tree. He thought about how people could learn to stop suffering.

When he had reached an answer, he became the Buddha.

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​Buddha means enlightened one,

a knower.

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-The Buddha told people not to worship him -- he was NOT a god

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-He told people to take responsibility for their own lives and actions.

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The Buddha was a god.

• true

• false

​Eightfold Path -- Set of behaviors Buddists should follow to find enlightenment

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Buddha taught others to follow the:

• Four Noble Truths
• Eightfold Path
• Five Precepts
• Ten Commandments

If a person has lived an exceptionally good life, it is believed that they escape the cycle and spend eternity in the heavenly realms. This is called nirvana.

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​Nirvana

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Nirvana is like:

• school

• heaven

• Earth

• outter space

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What TWO religions originated in India

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Catholicism

• Judaism

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The A in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Achievements

• Architecture

• Asia

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What would be an achievement?

• invention of the wheel

• Desert

• Horses

Writing

Sanskrit is one of the world's oldest written languages. Sacred Hindu texts called the Vedas were written in Sanskrit after being taught orally for hundreds of years. Writing in Ancient India included poetry, fables, folktales, plays and Hindu law and religion

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The writing invented in Ancient India is

• Latin
• Devanagari
• Cyrillic
• Sanskrit

The ancient sacred texts of Hinduism are called the Veda, which means “knowledge.” Hindus composed these texts over hundreds of years. For a long time they passed down the texts of the Veda by reciting them. Eventually they wrote the texts down. Hindus today still study the Veda.

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The books of Hinduism are the

• Bible

• Vedas

• Quran

• Torah

​Advanced tools

Ancient Indians invented "metallurgy"

Metallurgy is the science of melting and combining different metals to make stronger tools.

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Metallurgy is

• using medicines

• the art of painting
• forming rocks

• mixing metals

Ancient Indian Cities

The cities in Ancient India were very organized.
Cities were built on high land to protect from flooding from monsoons.
Every house had a bathroom with a bath and a toilet.
There were wells built in the ground for fresh drinking water

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Ancient India was the first civilization to have:

• indoor plumbing

• television

• wheels

• fire

• farming

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The P in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Place

• People

• Politics

• Population

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What topic would be in politics?

• Mountains

• farming

• Kings and Rulers

​Politics is how people with POWER in groups make decisions.

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What type of government has a king or queen in charge of it?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialism

• Dictatorship

​King Ashoka

​Sometimes people fought for power. Wars could break out as they did when King Ashoka seized the throne from his brother during the Mauryan Empire (322-187 BCE)

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​Spreading Power

They created a central government with councils that were made up of religious advisors and members of the royal family to help the king make decisions.

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Emperors put governors in charge of different cities​ to keep everyone safe.

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Later in his life, King Ashoka turned away from brutal conquest to spread Buddhism and the values of love, respect, and nonviolence

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​Spreading Religion

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​Still Remembered

The centre of the Indian flag, contains the Ashok chakra, which has 24 spokes and is blue in color. It is a representation of constant movement and progress.​

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Some of the twenty four principles that the spokes represent are — love, courage, patience, self sacrifice, truthfulness, righteousness, spiritual knowledge, and faith, among others.

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What is in the center of the Indian Flag?

• Ashoka chakra

• Eagle with a snake

• Maple Leaf

• 50 stars

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The E in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Environment

• Earth

• Economics

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Which would be a topic in Economics?

• Invention of fire

• Taxes and money

• lakes

​Agriculture

Ancient India's economy was mainly based on farming. Agriculture developed as early as 3000 BCE with crops like wheat, barley, rice, and cotton in the Indus River Valley.

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The rivers and oceans were full of fish and birds as well as pearls and salt.

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Agriculture has to do with:

• farming

• trade

• animals for food

• building

• travel

Match

Match how did the people in Ancient India meet their needs.

• Air

• Water

• Shelter

• Food

Air

Ganges and Indus Rivers

Mud brick homes

Farming, animals, and rivers

• Air

• Ganges and Indus Rivers

• Mud brick homes

• Farming, animals, and rivers

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The S in GRAPES stands for:

• Society

• Success

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• Safety

​Caste System

The system of dividing society into classes.​

Your are born into the same caste as your parents.

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The caste that someone belongs to is based on their wealth, occupation, and family background.

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How do you get into a caste?

• you can pick what you want

• you are born into it

• you choose who you marry

• you can go to school

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Can you change your caste?

• No, you cannot change your caste.
• by moving to a different country.

• You can change your caste through marriage.
• Yes, you can change your caste.

Dharma

Your duty in life is your dharma. Your dharma is determined by which class you are born into.

Everyone has dharma. It is what your purpose on Earth is.

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Dharma means

• freedom

• wealth

• knowledge

• duty

Dharma

Your dharma can change as you grow older and take on new responsibilities. But some parts of dharma are for everyone, no matter their age or role. These include being honest, kind, and respectful, not harming others, and being a good citizen.

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The rebirth of a soul in a new body. 

• dharma
• reincarnation
• ahisma
• shrine

Reincarnation

Reincarnation means that after you die, your soul is born again as a new person or sometimes as an animal. It’s like your soul takes a new turn, starting a new life.

People believed that if you did good things and followed the rules of your group, your next life would be better. If you didn’t, you might come back in a group that had harder jobs.

So, living a good life was very important to get a happier next life!

Reincarnation created a lot of hope for people in the caste system

• Your actions in one life was either a reward or punishment for the actions in your previous life

• One of the biggest draws to Hinduism by people in the caste system was the idea of reincarnation

• It gave hope for a better life, but you had to work for it

​According to the traditional Hindu view of reincarnation, a person who has died is reborn in a new physical form. The type of form depends upon his or her karma, the effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul. Evil actions will build bad karma. People with bad karma will face the consequences of their actions in a future birth.

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good karma =

• moksha

• rebirth to higher life

• rebirth to a less life

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bad karma =

• moksha

• rebirth to higher life

• rebirth to a less life