Ancient India Vocab

What is a religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama, which teaches that the most important thing in life is to reach peace by ending suffering?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Dharma

• Eightfold Path

What is the social system in Hindu society in which a person’s place is determined by the rank of the family into which he or she is born?

• Brahman

• Caste System

• Nomads

• Karma

What is a walled fort that protects a city?

• Monsoon

• Sanskrit

• Citadel

• Seal

In Hinduism, what are the laws and duties that guide the behavior of each member?

• Dharma

• Hinduism

• Vedas

• Nirvana

In Buddhism, what are the basic rules of behavior and belief leading to the end of suffering?

• Nirvana

• Eightfold Path

• Vedas

• Buddhism

In Buddhism, what are the principles that rule life and promise an end to suffering?

• Hinduism

• Vedas

• Four Noble Truths

• Dharma

What is the world’s highest mountain range, forming the northern border of the Indian subcontinent?

• Indus River

• Indus Plain

• Middle Way

• Himalayas

What is the religion of India that grew out of the beliefs of the ancient Aryan people; it stresses that one main force connects all of life?

• Hinduism

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Monotheism

What is a vast, dry region south of the Himalayas that is made fertile by deposits of silt from the Indus River, birthplace of the ancient Harappan civilization?

• Indus River

• Indus Plain

• Himalayas

• Citadel

What is a river that flows from Tibet, through the Himalayas and Hindu Kush into the Arabian Sea?

• Nile River

• Tigris River

• Indus River

• Euphrates River