Ancient India Vocab

India is a(n) ______ with barrier mountains to the north

• continent
• island
• subcontinent
• peninsula

Aryan people were organized into tribes led by a ______.

• raja
• guru
• Brahmin
• pilgrim

At the top of Aryan society was the class of ______.

• Brahmins
• Untouchables
• Kshatriyas
• Vaisyas

_____ is a religion that follows an 8 fold path, which urges followers to stop desiring things.

• Hinduism 
• Buddhism
• Brahman
• Nirvana

A strong wind that blows in one direction in winter and the opposite direction in summer.  It brings rain and flooding to India.

• raja
• monsoon
• caste
• stupa

A social group that a person is born into and cannot change.  

• karma
• theocracy
• caste
• reincarnation

A government headed by a religious leader.

• monarchy
• dictatorship
• democracy
• theocracy

Many _____ used trade routes to travel to a religious shrine or site.  

• stumas
• monsoons
• pilgrims
• karmas

The idea of passing through many lives to reach the Brahman.

• reincarnation
• dharma
• karma
• nirvana

The Aryans developed a written language called what?

• Brahman
• Sanskrit
• Hinduism
• Buddhism