Vocab Quiz ~ Ancient India

A large landmass smaller than a continent

• subcontinent

• Buddhism

• monsoons

seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons

• subcontinent

• monsoons

• nirvana

A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• caste system

rebirth of a soul

• reincarnation

• nirvana

• Buddhism

injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to build up defenses

• inoculation

• subcontinent

• nonviolence

the numbers we use today

• Asoka

• Hindu-Arabic numerals

• metallurgy

the science of working with metals

• metallurgy

• Buddhism

most honored emperor for his commitment to spreading peace and prosperity to all; empire declined after his death.

• Asoka

• Chandraupta Maurya

• Jainism

Founder of the Mauryan empire

• Chaudrupta Mauryan

• Mr. Woods

• Asoka

state of perfect peace

• nirvana

• reincarnation

• subcontinent