2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Vocabulary HinduismBuddhismEmpires Hodge Podge

A seasonal wind which brings seasonal rain to certain geographic areas.

Monsoons

A fortified area, usually made of stone and located on a high point.

Citadel

A fixed social class into which a person is born.

Caste

A system of offices that carries out government rules and regulations.

Bureaucracy

Science of extracting metal from ore to create useful objects.

Metallurgy

These are a collection of sacred Hindu writings, written in Sanskrit

Vedas

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

Reincarnation

This group of Hindu people were responsible for interpreting the vedas, and teaching everyone else those interpretations.

Brahmins

Hindus believed that the universe was in a constant, repeating cycle, consisting of these three stages:

Creating, destroying, re-creating

This Hindu word means the liberation from cycle of birth and rebirth, and is the goal of all Hindus

moksha

A basic teaching of Buddhism is that this “way” is the best approach to living life; a balance between total sacrifice and that of excessiveness.

The Middle Path

He was the founder of the Buddhist Religion

Siddhartha Guatama

What do each one of the spokes below represent?

The Eightfold Path

All Buddhists strived for THIS, which means the extinction and freedom from cycle of suffering, death and rebirth

Nirvana

Of the following, choose the one which is NOT part of the Eightfold Path: Right Speech Right Sacrifice Right Conduct

Right Sacrifice.

The Mauryan Empire began to rise after the departure of this important conqueror from India.

Alexander the Great

This second, smaller empire, had many scientific advances and was a center for important economic trade.

Gupta Empire

Founder of the Mauryan Empire, he was afraid of being assassinated, so he often slept in different bedrooms and hired royal taste testers to ensure that he wasn’t poisoned.

Chandragupta Maurya

This grandson took the Mauryana Empire to its highest point, conquering most of modern day India.

Ashoka

Provide four advances offered by the Gupta Empire

Literature: Kalidasa Astronomy: Earth rotates on axis Solar eclipses Medicine: C-Section, inoculation, plastic surgery, printed medical guides, 1000 diseases classified, 500 healing plants identified. Math: Decimal System, Zero, and Pi

The lowest level of the Caste System is called…

Dalits (Harijan or Untouchables als acceptable)

They are the warrior class, who are commanded to protect the people, give gifts to the Brahmins, offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors, study the Vedas, and dispense justice

Kshatriya

This misunderstood disease was the reason many people were believed to be “untouchable”

Leprosy

This ethnic group came into India and began to organize the many loose kingdoms into an organized Empire

Aryans

The Hindu God is made up of three, separate entities, each with their own roles; what are they?

Brahma: Creator of Universe Vishnu: Protector of Universe Shiva: Destroyer of Universe

Final Jeopardy Category: Religion

What is the biggest reason Buddhism, which started in India, was never really accepted by Indians, who instead favored Hinduism?

Buddhists believed that all humans were equal, and it very much rejected the Caste System; most Indians relied on the Caste System, so they rejected Buddhism.