India Vocab

What was the Gupta in ancient India?

• A school of Buddhism

• A family of rulers

• A temple in Southeast Asia

• A farming community

What is a “golden age”?

• A time of war

• A nation's strongest and most successful period

• When people mine gold

• The end of a civilization

What is Sanskrit?

• A type of food

• The ancient language of India

• A religion

• A city in India

What does “gross domestic product” (GDP) mean?

• The amount of crops grown in a year

• The total wealth a country or region produces

• A tax collected on goods

• The cost of building temples

What is commerce?

• Farming techniques

• Road construction

• Trade between different countries

• Religious worship

What is Ayurveda?

• A spiritual teacher

• An ancient Indian system of medicine

• A city in India

• A type of yoga

What is reincarnation?

• Worshiping multiple gods

• Being born into a new body after death

• The end of all suffering

• A festival in India

What is karma?

• A prayer used in temples

• A form of medicine

• The idea that your actions affect your next life

• A type of dance

What was the Bhakti movement focused on?

• Building roads

• Expanding Buddhism to the west

• Personal devotion and spiritual equality

• Creating new gods

In Hinduism, what is Brahman?

• A festival for Brahma

• The universal spirit found in all things

• A type of monk

• A city in India