Indian Caste System

The social heirarchy of India created by the Aryan that divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation.

• Social Hierarchy

• Social Pyramid

• Social System

• Caste System

the divisions or social classes in India. Although not as strong as it once was, there are still restrictions on communication and interactions between groups.

• untouchable

• caste

• karma

• dharma

Another word for the social classes in the Caste system that ranked people from high to low

• varnas

• untouchables

• Sudras

• Brahmins

lowest class of people in the caste system of Hinduism, do all the dirty work of society

• Brahmins

• varnas

• Kshatriyas

• Untouchables

The priest varna of the caste system

• Brahmins

• Kkhatriyas

• Vaisyas

• Sudras

Sudras

• priestly caste

• warriors, kings, royal/ruling families

• merchants or farmers

• peasants or worked in manual labor

The Indian _________ system is an example of social stratification.

• cast

• caste

How is the Hindu belief of karma related to the caste system?

• people are in a particular caste because of how they lived before

• People are in a particular caste because of how much money they have

• People are born into a low caste and can move up to a higher caste

Identify the correct spelling of the term used to describe the social hierarchy in India.

• Caste System

• Cast System

• Caste Systm

• Cast Systm

Which word best describes the division of society into hereditary classes in India?

• Hierarchy

• Caste

• Class

• Order