Ancient India: Key Terms and Concepts Quiz

What is a monsoon?

• occupation-based caste

• seasonal wind that brings rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year

• fixed social class into which a person is born

• collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India

What is a Veda?

• occupation-based caste

• seasonal wind that brings rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year

• fixed social class into which a person is born

• collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India

What is a caste?

• occupation-based caste

• seasonal wind that brings rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year

• fixed social class into which a person is born

• collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India

What is a jati?

• occupation-based caste

• seasonal wind that brings rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year

• fixed social class into which a person is born

Who is Brahman in Hinduism?

• rebirth of a soul in a new body

• in Hinduism, the supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or God

• in Hinduism, the effect of a person’s actions in this and in previous lives

• thinker or teacher

What is reincarnation?

• rebirth of a soul in a new body

• in Hinduism, the supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or God

• in Hinduism, the effect of a person’s actions in this and in previous lives

• thinker or teacher

What is karma?

• rebirth of a soul in a new body

• in Hinduism, the supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or God

• in Hinduism, the effect of a person’s actions in this and in previous lives

• thinker or teacher

What is ahimsa?

• a person’s duty or what is right for him or her

• liberation from reincarnation

• calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single object

• avoiding doing harm to any living thing

What is moksha?

• a person’s duty or what is right for him or her

• liberation from reincarnation

• calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single object

• avoiding doing harm to any living thing

What does it mean to meditate?

• a person’s duty or what is right for him or her

• liberation from reincarnation

• calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single object

• avoiding doing harm to any living thing