ANCIENT INDIA QUIZ (Topic 4, Lessons 1-3) STUDY SHEET

________ wrote 4 books known as the Vedas- each with 1000s of sacred hymns.

________- due to mosquitoes drawn to standing flood water.

________- fortified area- center of government, religion or maybe both.

________- worlds longest poem- conflict between loyalty to family and duty.

________- writings of these teachers- connection between heavenly forces and.

________- birth groups by occupation, each with their own rules & restrictions.

________- considered by some as Hinduisms most imp.text.

The Vedas were written in ________- a language of sacred literature that was ancestor to English and other modern languages in India.

________- cattle overgrazed and crops couldnt grow.

________ (seasonal winds) bring rain in the summer, agriculture depended on it.

Castes in ________- law prohibiting discrimination based on caste.

________- rebirth of a soul in new body.

________- story of heroes told in verse /explain religious ideals & how to live.

________- religious teachers- thought and discussed religious ideas.

________- climate change dried up the rivers.

________- importance of dharma (righteous action)

Society organized by castes- fixed ________ based on birth with specific rules of behavior.

________- liberation from reincarnation, joining Brahman, the purpose of life.

________- effect of a persons actions in this and in previous life.

________- one supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or God.

________- mind can be disciplined with spiritual practices like yoga.

________ will bring suffering in a next life, good will lead to a clearer path.

________- No evidence of temples or religious activities.

________ based on word ________- name given to people of India by Persian traders.

________ (Brahmanism)- based on rituals to Brahman given by the priests.

________- worshiping /offerings to the Hindu Gods or Goddesses.

NW India / location of Indias 1st civilization

No evidence of temples or religious activities

grid pattern with straight streets

kings unlikely

trade by sea to Mesopotamia (stone/clay seals as evidence)

due to mosquitoes drawn to standing flood water

cattle overgrazed and crops couldnt grow

changed course of river

climate change dried up the rivers

no mention of migrating in the Vedas

migrated into India with their livestock, mixed with local people and local beliefs to create the Indo-Aryans

formed towns and cities

each with 1000s of sacred hymns

a language of sacred literature that was ancestor to English and other modern languages in India

fixed social classes based on birth with specific rules of behavior

Brahmins (priests and teachers) represent a higher caste than even the rulers, those that work with their hands (Sudras) represent the bottom

birth groups by occupation, each with their own rules & restrictions

limit individual freedoms, pattern of lives fixed at birth

help India develop by stability, diff

law prohibiting discrimination based on caste

name given to people of India by Persian traders

based on rituals to Brahman given by the priests

questions of life and death / right and wrong

story of heroes told in verse / explain religious ideals & how to live

importance of dharma (righteous action)

considered by some as Hinduisms most imp.text

one supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or God

also a form of Brahman

rebirth of a soul in new body

effect of a persons actions in this and in previous life

earning a livelihood with dignity

like eating good food, taking a hot bath

liberation from reincarnation, joining Brahman, the purpose of life

true understanding of ones soul and oneness with Brahman

religious rituals and duties to improve karma

worshiping / offerings to the Hindu Gods or Goddesses

mind can be disciplined with spiritual practices like yoga

all gods as forms of a single, supreme God

even shrines @home