Ancient India

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

• dharma

• karma

• nirvana

• samsara

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

• caste/varna

• nirvana

• reincarnation

• samsara

Which of the following is an ancient language of India?

• hieroglyphics

• Mohenjodaro

• Sanskrit

• Vedas

____ is a name for a spiritual teacher

• caste/varna

• clan

• guru

• pharaoh

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

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

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

• Vedas

• Book of the Dead

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• Sanskrit

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

• karma

• dharma

• ahimsa

• moksha