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Social Studies
Hinduism and Buddhism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Indian scholars wrote down their knowledge in | textbooks |
| Chandragupta Maurya | founded the Mauryan empire and gave up the throne to become a janist monk |
| Ahimsa | nonviolence |
| Ghandi | made the term "untouchables" illegal |
| How did the Hindu temples change overtime? | They became more complex with huge towers |
| A long passage about Hindu beliefs | mahabharata |
| the study of the stars and planets which influenced Hindu religion, beliefs, and daily lives | astronomy |
| The Indians were advanced in their medical practices ___________ injecting a person with a small does of a virus to help build up defense against a disease | inoculation |
| Indians invented the concept of ______ which was important in mathematics because it is a placeholder when using numerals | zero |
| how are alloys connected to metallurgy | creating alloys is a skill within metallurgy |
| What were some of the operations that Indian surgeons could preform | fixing broken bones, removing tonsils, constucting broken noses, and reattaching torn ear lobes |
| What is the Bhagvad Gita? | A long and sacred passage about Hindu beliefs. The most famous of all the Hindu sacred texts and themost widely read. 700 verses divided into 18 chapters, the story of Krishna |
| Krishna | the god giving advice to arjuna is the basis for the story |
| The cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth is called | samsara |
| dharma | a role or duty in one's life |
| The highest mountains in the world | Himalayas |
| In which language did the Aryans write their poems and hymns? | sanskrit |
| Hindus believe that all of their gods are part of the universal spirit called | Brahman |
| according to Hinduism, people are reborn into their new physical bodies and they are born into is based on ones accumulated | karma |
| why did Siddhartha leave home at age 30? | to find the meaning of life and how to end suffering |
| finding the meaning of life | enlightenment |
| In buddhism, the end of samsara is called | nirvana |
| the guiding principles in buddhism | the four noble truths |
| who was the first Gupta emperor | Chandra Gupta I |
| The northern central part of India, known for its rich soil and farmable plains | Indo-Gangetic Plain |
| The Deccan Plateau is mostly | tropical and is in the south of India and is most of india |
| the source of the Ganges River is | Himalayas |
| The five countries that border India are | Pakistan, CHina, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh |
| The Deccan Plateau is between the | western and eastern Ghats |
| Hindu temples in the Gupta period had carvings of the _____ on the outside | gods |
| the art from the Mauryan and Gupta periods were most Influenced by | religion |
| the eightfold path can be classified into three groups | wisdom, behavior, mind |
| when siddhartha was born he had symbols on his hands | wheels |
| hinduism had over ____ million followers | 900 |
| being in control and aware of your thoughts annd how you are thinking about teaching others | self-awareness |
| What caused many people from lower social classes to support Buddha's teachings? | Buddha did not support the caste system and believed all people were able to find enlightenment |
| Theravada Buddhism | older division, follow Buddha's teachings EXACTLY as he had stated the. One must become a monk in order to reach elightenment, Sri Lanka and southeast Asia |
| Mahayana Buddhism | other people's teachings could be blended with Buddha's teachings for Buddhist living. People that reach enlightenment should stay in the world to teach others. Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, Japanese Buddhism |
| Buddhism spreads quickly for many reasons. Among them | Buddhism is simple to understand and is accessible to all people |
| Siddhartha Gautama was born around | 563 BC |
| Order of events Buddhism | Asoka Mauryan emperor, empire reaches its greatest size, he had wells dug and roads built throughout the empire, Asoka becomes a Buddhist, Asoka sends missionaries to other parts of Asia |
| The famous march that urged Indians to make their own salt and ended with the marchers being badly beaten by the British milatary | salt march |
| The Buddha did not accept | caste system |
| Hinduism is a religion that is based on | personal connection with a higher being |
| gods | Brahma- the creator Vishnu- the preserver Shiva- the destroyer |
| matra chanted in puja | a prayer |
| puja | worship |
| namaste | sign of gratitude and respect among spiritual |
| diwali | light overcoming darkness; five days |
| henna | temporary ink |
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