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India2018
Indus River Valley Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A large landmass that is connected to a continent. | subcontinent |
| A walled fort that protects a city. | citadel |
| Hinduism's ancient book of sacred songs on which much of its religious beliefs are based. | Vedas |
| The religion of India; it stresses that one main force connects all of life. | Hinduism |
| The social system in Hindu society in which a person's place is determined by the rank of the family into which he or she is born. | Caste System |
| A Hindu belief that people move in a constant cycle of life, death, and rebirth. | reincarnation |
| Hinduism's laws and duties that guide the behavior of each caste member. | Dharma |
| A man who devotes his life to a religious group, often giving up all he owns. | monk |
| In Hinduism and Buddhism, the end result of all of a person's good and bad acts, in which determines his or her rebirth. | Karma |
| Buddhist principles that rule life and promise an end to suffering. | Four Noble Truths |
| Buddhist basic rules of behavior and belief leading to an end to suffering. | Eight Fold Path |
| Buddhist way of life, neither too strict nor too easy that results from following the Eight Fold Path. | Middle Way |
| Ancient Indian religious leader known as Buddha, who founded Buddhism. He left the life of a prince and became a monk because he wanted to find peace and an end to suffering. | Siddartha Gautama |
| They were from central Asia who migrated West into Europe and south into India. The Aryans brought the Sanskrit language to the Indus Valley and the rest of the subcontinent. | Aryans |
| A river that flows from Tibet, through the Himalaya and across present-day Pakistan into the Arabian Sea. | Indus River |
| A religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama which teaches that the most important thing in life is to reach peace by ending suffering. | Buddhism |
| The world's highest mountain range; forming the northern border of the Indian subcontinent. | Himalaya Mountains |
| An emotional or spiritual state, feeling of perfect peace and happiness. | Nirvana |
| The four traditional levels in the social system. | varna |
| written language of the Aryans | Sanskrit |
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