Indus River Valley Vocabulary Quiz

Sanskirt

• A written language developed by the Aryans to record sacred songs, poems, and prayers.

• A social and religious hierarchy that a person is born into and cannot change.

• The highest mountain range in the world.

• A group of people from central Asia who began settling in the region of the Harappan civilization after its collapse.

Arayans

• A written language developed by the Aryans to record sacred songs, poems, and prayers.

• A social and religious hierarchy that a person is born into and cannot change.

• The highest mountain range in the world.

• A group of people from central Asia who began settling in the region of the Harappan civilization after its collapse.

Himalaya Mountains

• A written language developed by the Aryans to record sacred songs, poems, and prayers.

• A social and religious hierarchy that a person is born into and cannot change.

• The highest mountain range in the world.

• A group of people from central Asia who began settling in the region of the Harappan civilization after its collapse.

Caste System

• A written language developed by the Aryans to record sacred songs, poems, and prayers.

• A social and religious hierarchy that a person is born into and cannot change.

• The highest mountain range in the world.

• A group of people from central Asia who began settling in the region of the Harappan civilization after its collapse.

Buddhism

• Book of Knowledge in the Hindu religion.

• Religion still practiced in Asia founded by Siddartha Gautama

• The oldest religion in the world

• The belief that the soul is reborn after death

Hinduism

• Book of Knowledge in the Hindu religion.

• Religion still practiced in Asia founded by Siddartha Gautama

• The oldest religion in the world

• The belief that the soul is reborn after death

Vedas

• Book of Knowledge in the Hindu religion.

• Religion still practiced in Asia founded by Siddartha Gautama

• The oldest religion in the world

• The belief that the soul is reborn after death

Reincarnation

• Book of Knowledge in the Hindu religion.

• Religion still practiced in Asia founded by Siddartha Gautama

• The oldest religion in the world

• The belief that the soul is reborn after death

Brahmans

• Strong wind that blows one direction in the winter and the opposite direction in the summer

• Organized government, culture, religion, and a writing system

• Members of the upper class; priests, teachers, scholars

• Commoners including farmers, merchants, and artisans

Vaisyas

• Strong wind that blows one direction in the winter and the opposite direction in the summer

• Organized government, culture, religion, and a writing system

• Members of the upper class; priests, teachers, scholars

• Commoners including farmers, merchants, and artisans