Ancient India

What is the Indian subcontinent?

• The type of written language

• Land that is not disconnected from a main continent

• A large landmass set apart from the rest of the continent

• A ship that transports goods

Sanskrit is a type of ________ used by Indo-Aryans

• food

• writing

• clothing

• music

The Vedas are

• A large collection of religious hymns

• A type of food at offerings

• A casino in Las Vegas

• A type of clothing

Migrating means to

• Stand still like a statue

• Fly like an eagle

• Stay in one place forever

• Move from one location to another

What is a Caste system?

• A trolley car that carries people

• Fixed social classes that someone is born into

• Something you wear on a broken bone

• Something you bury your treasures in

Granaries were used to

• Store crops and grains

• Store animals

• Take a bath in

• Provide water for crops

What is a monsoon

• an animal that lived in ancient India

• the area under the home

• a type of boat

• seasonal winds that either bring rainfall or dry out land

What is a guru?

• the clothing that priests would wear

• A thinker and teacher who helped begin modern Hinduism

• a type of chewing gum

• a type of plant used to make medicine

The Upanishads were what?

• The river that runs through the Indian subcontinent

• The shoes that ancient India peoples wore

• Sacred scripture of Hinduism

• written ideas and teachings of gurus

The Brahman is .....

• The temple where priests lived

• One spiritual force or god that Hinduism believes in

• The writing that Hindus used to share ideas

• A type of sandwich bread