Why was the need of new religion in ancient India?

What is the word used to identify the 4 main social classes described in the Vedas?

Along which two physical features did the earliest civilizations in India develop?

Which city was one of the earliest in the Indus River Valley?

What is Sanskrit?

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

There is a founder of Hinduism

The Hindu belief that one has a duty to live an honorable life is

How many gods did the Sikhism believe in?

Where in India did Sikhism begin?

What is a Guru?

Who founded Sikhism?

Sikh’s believe in five vices, what is one of them?

What are Sikhs main beliefs based on?

What is the sacred scripture called?

worn to defend religious rights of all faiths

Is Sikhism a Polytheistic or Monotheistic religion?

In what country did Sikhism originate?

Who was the founder of Sikhism?

All of the following are part of the "Indian Religions" EXCEPT

What is the oldest religion in the world that is still practiced today?

What are people who follow Sikhism called?

What is the Hindu holy text/book?

The belief in one god.

1. A system of social classes arose in India with the arrival of the________________________, whose sacred texts described four main classes in society.

2. The religion practiced by the Aryans was called ________________________.

3. The oldest of the four collections of hymns and poems sacred to the Aryans is the ________________________.

4. The ________________________ further divided Indian society into groups based on a person’s rank, wealth, or occupation.

7. The reunification of the soul, or ________________________, with Brahman, the universal spirit, is the ultimate goal toward which Hindus strive.

8. ________________________ is the effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul.

9. ________________________ was based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira.

Ancient writings known as the __ include poems, hymns, myths, and rituals.

The leader of each village was given the title of __.

Sanskrit was the language of the __ civilization.

Aryan society was divided into four social classes called __.

The caste system came to divide Indian society into groups based on ___.

In the Vedic period, some rajas became the rulers of powerful kingdoms. Rajas were often __.

What was the purpose of the Vedic texts?

Which was NOT one of the Aryan social classes?

What river is considered India's holiest (most spiritual) river?

What do you think "namaste" mean?