Ancient India

What is one fact about monsoon winds?

• They sometimes blow only in the spring.

• They happen every year.

• They always bring disaster to farmers.

• They have no effect on daily life in India.

Ashoka was the first ruler to promote . . .

• Jainism

• Hinduism

• ahisma

• Buddhism

The Indian subcontinent is part of the continent of . . .

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• South America

______________ became known as the Buddha.

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Vedas

• Dalai Lama

• Stupas

A guru is ____________________

• a place of worship

• a religious object

• a private teacher and spiritual guide

• a sacred Indian book

Sacred books that recorded Aryan hymns, stories, poems and prayers are called . . .

• Stupas

• Guru

• Buddha

• Vedas

_______________ contained religious objects and served as places of worship

• Ashoka

• Stupas

• Vedas

• Guru

Most Indus Valley people lived __________________________.

• large cities

• small towns

• farming villages

• large ranches

The unseen universal spirit is called ________________________.

• dharma

• Brahman

• raja

• reincarnation

Reincarnation is ____________________________________.

• Hindu prayers

• language of the Vedas

• personal duty

• the rebirth of the soul