Ancient India

Buddhist who teaches about the way to achieve nirvana

• Upanishads
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Vedas
• Eightfold Path
  

The oldest religion in the world

• Christianity
• Judaism
• Buddhism
• Hinduism

Concept of being reborn after death

• Citadel
• Reincarnation
• Upanishad
• Buddhism

One of four social classes

• Varnas
• Pariahs
• Kshatriyas
• Brahmans

Books of knowledge in the Hindu religion

• Dharma
• Vishnu
• Varnas
• Vedas

This area  also receives rain during the monsoon season. While many people associate this season as a time of intense rain it is actually a time when the winds change. During India’s monsoon season, hot air flows across the Indian Ocean and forms clouds full of water. As these clouds move across the cooler land it drops its rain, often resulting in floods.
What does the word monsoon mean in the text?

• Annual wet weather pattern
• Strong storm
• Heavy rain
• Flooding

Archaeologists recently uncovered giant reservoirs where it is speculated that rain water was kept to use during the dry season.

What does the word reservoirs mean in the text?

• Swimming pool
• Large basin to hold water
• Sewage treatment
• Lake

While no one knows for sure how the Harappan culture worshiped, some speculations have been made.

What does the word speculation mean in the text?

• Unknown information
• Awareness of a situation
• Understanding of a group of people
• Educated guess or assumption

Commoners including farmers, merchants, and artisans

• Pariahs 
  
• Brahmans
  
• Kshatriyas
  
• Vaisyas

Lowest social class, "Untouchables"

• Pariahs
• Brahmans
• Kshatriyas
• Vaisyay