Ancient India

Why did people settle in the Indus River Valley?

• to escape the Aryans

• farming, transportation, trade

• to see beautiful mountains

• the Brahman told them to

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?

• Tigris & Euphrates
• Nile & Blue Nile
• Indus & Ganges
• Huang He & Yangtze

What are the seasonal winds that blow cold, dry air in the winter and warm, wet air and pouring rains in the summer?

• Monsoons

• Tornadoes

• Typhoons

• Earthquakes

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

• cuneiform
• Sanskrit
• hieroglyphics
• Hindi

Nirvana is...

• a state of perfect happiness and peace

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

• the consequences of how a person lives

• divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste

Karma is...

• a state of perfect happiness and peace

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

• the consequences of how a person lives

• divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste

Dharma is...

• a state of perfect happiness and peace

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

• the consequences of how a person lives

• divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste

Buddhists follow the guidance of which two sets of rules?

• Torah & the Bible

• The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path

• Book of the Living & Book of the Dead

• Mahabharata and the Ramayana

Who founded Buddhism?

• Buddha or Enlightened One

• The Brahman

• Ramayana

• Mahabharata the Wise One

Buddhists believe that you must give up what to get rid of suffering?

• your job
• all your money
• all your worldly desires
• your family