Ancient India

Siddhartha meditated until he reached a state of ____ (true happiness and peace).

• dharma

• karma

• nirvana

• samsara

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death is...

• caste/varna

• nirvana

• reincarnation

• samsara

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which of the following is an ancient language of India?

• hieroglyphics

• Mohenjodaro

• Sanskrit

• Vedas

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

____ is a name for a spiritual teacher

• caste/varna

• clan

• guru

• pharaoh

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

contained religious objects and served as places of worship

• Ashoka

• Stupas

• Vedas

• Guru

A major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Christianity

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A religion centered around the teachings of the Buddha

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Meditation

A prince who discovered enlightenment and became known as the Buddha or the “Enlightened One.”

• Asoka

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Atman

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

These are a collection religious poems, myths, and hymns that influenced Hinduism

• Vedas

• Book of the Dead

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• Sanskrit

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A person's spiritual duties, or what is right for him or her

• karma

• dharma

• ahimsa

• moksha