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Hinduism and Buddhism

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Indian scholars wrote down their knowledge in   textbooks  
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Chandragupta Maurya   founded the Mauryan empire and gave up the throne to become a janist monk  
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Ahimsa   nonviolence  
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Ghandi   made the term "untouchables" illegal  
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How did the Hindu temples change overtime?   They became more complex with huge towers  
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A long passage about Hindu beliefs   mahabharata  
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the study of the stars and planets which influenced Hindu religion, beliefs, and daily lives   astronomy  
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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  
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Indians invented the concept of ______ which was important in mathematics because it is a placeholder when using numerals   zero  
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how are alloys connected to metallurgy   creating alloys is a skill within metallurgy  
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What were some of the operations that Indian surgeons could preform   fixing broken bones, removing tonsils, constucting broken noses, and reattaching torn ear lobes  
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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  
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Krishna   the god giving advice to arjuna is the basis for the story  
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The cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth is called   samsara  
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dharma   a role or duty in one's life  
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The highest mountains in the world   Himalayas  
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In which language did the Aryans write their poems and hymns?   sanskrit  
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Hindus believe that all of their gods are part of the universal spirit called   Brahman  
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according to Hinduism, people are reborn into their new physical bodies and they are born into is based on ones accumulated   karma  
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why did Siddhartha leave home at age 30?   to find the meaning of life and how to end suffering  
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finding the meaning of life   enlightenment  
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In buddhism, the end of samsara is called   nirvana  
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the guiding principles in buddhism   the four noble truths  
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who was the first Gupta emperor   Chandra Gupta I  
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The northern central part of India, known for its rich soil and farmable plains   Indo-Gangetic Plain  
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The Deccan Plateau is mostly   tropical and is in the south of India and is most of india  
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the source of the Ganges River is   Himalayas  
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The five countries that border India are   Pakistan, CHina, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh  
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The Deccan Plateau is between the   western and eastern Ghats  
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Hindu temples in the Gupta period had carvings of the _____ on the outside   gods  
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the art from the Mauryan and Gupta periods were most Influenced by   religion  
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the eightfold path can be classified into three groups   wisdom, behavior, mind  
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when siddhartha was born he had symbols on his hands   wheels  
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hinduism had over ____ million followers   900  
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being in control and aware of your thoughts annd how you are thinking about teaching others   self-awareness  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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Buddhism spreads quickly for many reasons. Among them   Buddhism is simple to understand and is accessible to all people  
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Siddhartha Gautama was born around   563 BC  
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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  
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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  
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The Buddha did not accept   caste system  
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Hinduism is a religion that is based on   personal connection with a higher being  
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gods   Brahma- the creator Vishnu- the preserver Shiva- the destroyer  
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matra chanted in puja   a prayer  
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puja   worship  
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namaste   sign of gratitude and respect among spiritual  
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diwali   light overcoming darkness; five days  
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henna   temporary ink  
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