Ancient India Vocabulary

The Indian _____ is part of the continent of Asia.

• subcontinent

• plateau

• monsoons

• raja

a broad flat area of high land

• emerged

• plateau

• guru

• manual

Seasonal winds called ______ have a large influence on India's climate.

• plateaus

• monsoons

• vedas

• language family

a group of similar languages

• language family

• Sanskrit

• manual

• monsoons

an Indian prince

• plateau

• vedas

• raja

• guru

the first written language of India

• Sanskrit

• Egyptian

• raja

• English

ancient sacred writings of India

• Vedas

• Sanskrit

• raja

• monsoons

In India's leading families, a boy had a ________, or teacher, until he attended school in the city.

• guru

• raja

• manual

• monsoons

______ is one of the world's oldest religions. It is also the third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam.

• Hinduism

• Judaism

• Brahman

• raja

Hinduism includes many beliefs and practices. A core belief of Hinduism is that there is one universal spirit called ____.

• Brahman

• god

• taco

• Shrek