Ancient India

strong seasonal winds that influence India's climate

• monsoons

• jati

• raja

• Himalaya

The written language developed in Aryan Villages

• monsoons

• jati

• Sanskrit

• raja

What natural disasters possibly caused the people of the Indus Valley to begin to abandon their cities?

• disease and famine

• earthquakes and floods

• hurricanes and wildfires

• volcanoes and monsoons

In India's varna system, the Kshatriyas class contained which people?

• common people

• priests

• Untouchables

• warriors and rulers

obedience to the moral law of the universe

• ahimsa

• dharma

• reincarnation

• nirvana

the practice of nonviolence and respect for all living things

• dharma

• nirvana

• ahimsa

• karma

In Hinduism, the one universal spirit, or creator is called

• Brahman

• Indra

• Krishna

• Siva

Who founded Buddhism during the 500s BCE?

• the Dalai Lama

• Lakshmi

• Sarawati

• Siddhartha Gautama

The Mauryan empire reached its height under his rule

• Gita

• Ashoka

• Chandragupta Maurya

• pilgrim

500 years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, which dynasty reunited much of northern India?

• Ashoka

• Gupta

• Hindu

• Kalidsa