Unit 5: Ancient India Vocab

Match.

• a landmass set apart from a continent

• Subcontinent

• Seasonal winds

• Monsoons

• a main river & all its sources of water

• River System

Farmers used​ (a)   to get water from the rivers to their fields. They also used​ (b)   to store their harvested crops.

• irrigation
• granaries

A collection of hundreds or thousands of sacred hymns is a....

Match.

• A thinker or teacher

• Brahman

• Caste based on occupation

• Jati

• the one supreme god, in Hinduism

• Varna

• a fixed social class one is born into

• Caste

• Caste based on skill

• Guru

The rebirth of a soul in a new body is....

• reincarnation

• Ahimsa

• Moksha

• Meditate

​ (a)   is the effect of one's actions in this and past lives.​ (b)   is a person's duty or what is right.​ (c)   is the rule to not harm others, to tell the truth and to practice self-control.​ (d)   is liberation from reincarnation.

• Karma
• Dharma
• Ahimsa
• Moksha

To calm or clear the mind, usually by focusing on one item

• meditate

• monastery

• karma

• moksha

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Peaceful states of being

,

(b) Branches of Buddhism

,

(c) Math & Science

• Nirvana

• Enlightenment

• Decimal System

• Numeral

• Metallurgy

• Mahayana
• Theravada
• Meditating

Match.

• people under the rule of a monarch

• Strategy

• a region with its own government

• Province

• a long-term plan for achieving a goal

• Tolerance

• willingness to respect different beliefs

• Citizenship

• A status with political rights

• Subjects

A Buddhist commemorative burial mound is a