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Indian vocab
Indian vocab flascards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is buddism and how did it start? | Buddism is a religion and it started by a person named Siddhartha Gautama. |
| What are the main social hierarchy in the Indian pyramid? | Delits, sudras, vasayas, ksatryas and brenhman. |
| indian is a ___continet | sub |
| what is south of india | Indian ocean |
| What is Hinduism? | Hinduism is a religion |
| What is one key fact that was in chapter 6.4? | Meditate |
| when was Siddhartha Gautama born? | around 400 B.C. |
| What continent is India in? | Asia |
| wheres the Indus valley | india |
| Buddhists is the __ largest religion in the world. | 4th |
| A _____ prince | Hindu |
| The king was held from the palace to see the _____ people. | Poor,sick,sad |
| when the king was about __ years old... | 30 |
| He tried to find the ____ about the life. | truth |
| Buddha means the ________________ | enlightend one |
| what does enlightenment mean? | a state of perfect wisdom |
| Buddha accepted the Hindu idea of _____ | karma |
| To gain enlightenment the Buddha advised people to follow the ______way, a way of accepting the four truths. | middle |
| The four noble truths | dukkha, samudaya, nidora and magga |
| The eightfold path | belief, purpose, speech, conduct, livehood, effort, mindfulness and meditation |
| nirvana is a state of perfect _____ | peace |
| 5 precepts | do not harm any living things, do not steal, avoid overstimulation, do not say inking things, do not take drugs. |
| another name for Buddhist is? | monasteries |
| how did Buddhism spread? | word from missionaries |
| Aryans are? | wise men and women |
| Chandra guptas grandson is? | ashoka |
| Chandra Gupta was the first ___________ | Gupta ruler |
| what are the four VIPs of india | C.G., Ayrans, buddha, Ashoka |
| Hinduism symbol | 0m |
| Hinduism is one of the worlds ______ religions | oldest |
| how many nearly people follow the Hindu religion | 900 million |
| Hinduism Is the ____ largest religion in the world | 3rd |
| vedas | sacred songs that became the foundation of hinduism |
| (true or false) Hindus believe in a few gods | false |
| subcontinet | a large landmass that is smaller than a continent |
| sanskrit | The most important language in Ancient India |
| hinduism | Oldest and largest religion in India. |
| caste system | Social structure determined by a person’s birth, wealth, or occupation. |
| vedas | Any of the oldest Hindu sacred texts, composed in Sanskrit and gathered into four collections. |
| reincarnation | process of rebirth |
| karma | The effects that good or bad actions have on a persons soul |
| ahisma | The practice of non-violence. |
| buddhism | A religion based on the teachings of Buddha. |
| four noble truths | Four principles that are the heart of Buddha's teachings. |
| nirvana | A state of perfect peace. |
| maurayan empire | a dynasty that ruled from 321 to 185 BCE from NE India to most of N and Central India. |
| Gupta dynasty | an ancient Indian empire from 320 to 550 CE and covered much of north India. |
| what civilization started in 3000 B.C. | Harappan |
| who died in 480 B.C. | gautama |
| when does the harapaan civilization decline? | 2000 B.C. |
| when was the caste system utiilized? | 1500 B.C. |
| in 1500 B.C. the aryans did what? | invade the indus valley |
| when was siddhartha gautama born? | 560 B.C. |
| when does buddistsm develop? | 500 B.C. |
| buddhsm is a _______ religion | popular |
| budhist is a what | a religion |
| S.G. stands for | siddartha guatma |
| it originated ____ years ago in India | 2,500 |
| Buddhists believe that the human life is one of ________, and that meditation... | suffering |
| narvana means | a state of perfect peace |