Ancient India Vocabulary

India is a subcontinent of ​ (a)  

• Asia
• Europe
• North America

Monsoons are winds that are ​ (a)   in the winter and ​ (b)   in the summer.

• dry
• wet
• strong

The first written language of Ancient India

• cuneiform

• heiroglyphics

• sanskrit

Sacred text used by both Hindus and Buddhists

• Holy Bible

• Vedas

• Quran

• Torah

An Indian Prince

• raja

• guru

a teacher

• raja

• guru

Match the following

• reincarnation

• a person's personal duty, based on their place in society

• karma

• rebirth of the soul into many different lives

• dharma

• a good or bad force created by a person's actions

Match the following

• main belief:

  respect and nonviolence toward all living things

• Buddhism

• main belief:

  all souls are part of one universal spirit

• Janism

• main belief:

  inner peace comes from ending worldly desires

• Hinduism

Buddhist shrines shaped like a dome or burial mound

• synagogue

• stupa

• mosque

• church