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Vocabulary Hinduism Buddhism Empires HodgePodge

A seasonal wind which brings seasonal

rain to certain geographic areas.

Monsoons

A fortified area, usually made of stone and

located on a high point.

Citadel

A fixed social class into which a person

is born.

Caste

A system of offices that carries out

government rules and regulations.

Bureaucracy

Science of extracting metal from ore to

create useful objects.

Metallurgy

These are a collection of sacred Hindu writings,

written in Sanskrit

Vedas

The belief that a person’s soul is reborn into a new body after

death.

Reincarnation

This group of Hindu people were

responsible for interpreting the

vedas, and teaching everyone else those

interpretations.

Brahmins

Hindus believed that the universe was in a constant, repeating cycle, consisting of these three stages:

Creating, destroying, re-creating

This Hindu word means the liberation from cycle of birth and

rebirth, and is the goal of all Hindus

moksha

A basic teaching of Buddhism is that this

“way” is the best approach to living life;

a balance between total sacrifice and that

of excessiveness.

The Middle Path

He was the founder of the Buddhist Religion

Siddhartha Guatama

What do each one of the spokes below represent?

The Eightfold Path

All Buddhists strived for THIS, which means

the extinction and freedom from cycle of suffering, death and

rebirth

Nirvana

Of the following, choose the one which

is NOT part of the Eightfold Path:Right SpeechRight SacrificeRight Conduct

Right Sacrifice.

The Mauryan Empire began to rise after the

departure of this important conqueror

from India.

Alexander the Great

This second, smaller empire, had many

scientific advances and was a center for

important economic trade.

Gupta Empire

Founder of the Mauryan Empire, he was afraid of being assassinated, so he often slept in different bedrooms and hired royal taste testers to ensure that

he wasn’t poisoned.

Chandragupta Maurya

This grandson took the Mauryana Empire to

its highest point, conquering most of modern day India.

Ashoka

Provide four advances offered by the Gupta

Empire

Literature: KalidasaAstronomy: Earth rotates on axis

Solar eclipsesMedicine: C-Section, inoculation, plastic surgery, printed medical guides, 1000 diseases classified, 500 healing plants identified.Math: Decimal System, Zero, and Pi

The lowest level of the Caste System is called…

Dalits (Harijan or Untouchables als acceptable)

They are the warrior class, who are commanded to protect the

people,  give gifts to the Brahmins, offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors, study the Vedas, and dispense justice

Kshatriya

This misunderstood disease was the reason many people

were believed to be “untouchable”

Leprosy

This ethnic group came into India and began to

organize the many loose kingdoms into an

organized Empire

Aryans

The Hindu God is made up of three, separate

entities, each with their own roles; what

are they?

Brahma: Creator of UniverseVishnu: Protector of

UniverseShiva: Destroyer of Universe

Final Jeopardy

Category: Religion

What is the biggest reason Buddhism, which started in

India, was never really accepted by Indians, who instead favored Hinduism?

Buddhists believed that all humans were equal, and it very much rejected the

Caste System; most Indians relied on the

Caste System, so they rejected Buddhism.