Ancient India Vocabulary
  • 1. Prince Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism, title means "Enlightened One" or "Awakened One"
A) Dharma
B) Buddha
C) Karma
D) Tilak
  • 2. World philosophy which values love, wisdom, goodness, calm and self-control.
A) Confucianism
B) Buddhism
C) Judaism
D) Hinduism
  • 3. Social structure created by the Aryans which states you must stay in the level of life you were born into
A) Hierarchy
B) Caste System
C) Four Noble Truths
D) Eightfold path
  • 4. Buddhists follow this way of life using the this as a guide
A) Eightfold Path
B) Feudalism
C) Caste System
D) Hierarchy
  • 5. an empire in northern India that existed at about the same time as the Roman Empire
A) Gupta
B) Greece
C) Mesopotamia
D) Russia
  • 6. teacher of Hinduism
A) Buddha
B) Tilak
C) Karma
D) Guru
  • 7. Mountains of Northern India which provided natural resources and served as a natural barrier
A) Himalayas
B) Appalachians
C) Urals
D) Caucasus
  • 8. World religion with no central figure. It combines the religious ideas of many eras in history. Polytheistic
A) Judaism
B) Hinduism
C) Buddhism
D) Confucianism
  • 9. an ancient festival dating back to Aryan times that features a bonfire and colored powder
A) Aryan
B) Halloween
C) Tilak
D) Holi
  • 10. the sum of all your actions, good and bad, which add up to determine your next life
A) Karma
B) reincarnation
C) Dharma
D) Holi
  • 11. the belief that life is a repeating cycle of birth to death
A) reincarnation
B) karma
C) dharma
D) caste system
  • 12. a mark worn by a Hindu on the forehead to indicate caste, status, marriage
A) holi
B) tilak
C) Gupta
D) caste
  • 13. sacred duty
A) dharma
B) holi
C) karma
D) rilak
  • 14. Hinduism's one supreme god
A) Yahweh
B) Brahman
C) Shiva
D) Vishnu
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