Chapter 6 lessons 1 & 3

Warriors and herders from eastern Europe and western Asia who came to India beginning about 3,000 years ago.

• Sanskrit

• Aryans

• Vedas

An Asian religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.

• Aryan

• Sanskrit

• Buddhism

_____ a language of India, first spoken by the ancient Aryans.

• Sanskrit

• Vedas

• English

In India, people below all castes are called ___.

• peasants

• untouchables

• servants

Ancient books of sacred Hindu writings are called __.

• Vedas

• Bibles

• Books

A group within a social class is a __.

• subgroup

• mini group

• Caste

A religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation is __.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Catholicism

__ is the belief that the soul lives on after death and returns to life in a new body.

• Reincarnation

• Rebirth

• Reliving

Aryans were warriors and ___ who came from eastern Europe and western Asia.

• shepherds

• herders

• business people

The arrival of the Aryans marked the beginning of the _____ in India.

• Golden Age

• New Age

• Classical Age