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Chapter 5
Ancient India
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History
7th Grade
02/03/2009

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1. Fasting
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1. going without food for a period of time
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2. Astronomy
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2. the study of stars and planets
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3. Caste System
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3. the division of Indian society into groups based on rank, wealth, or occupation
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4. Monsoon
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4. A seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons.
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5. Subcontinent
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5. A large landmass that is smaller than a continent, such as India.
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6. Nirvana
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6. In Buddhism, a state of perfect peace.
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7. Buddhism
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7. A religion based on the teaching of the Buddha that developed in India in the 500s BC.
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8. Hindu-Arabic Numerals
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8. the number system we use today; it was created by Indian scholars during the Gupta Dynasty.
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9. Hinduism
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9. The main religion of India; it teachings of Mahavira that teaches all life is sacred.
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10. Nonviolence
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10. The aviodance of violent actions
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10. Meditation
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10. deep, continued though that focuses the mind on spiritual ideas.
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12. Alloy
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12. a mixture of two or more metals
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13. Karma
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13. in Buddhism and Hinduism, the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul.
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14. Jainism
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14. An Indian religion based on the teachings of Mahavira that teaches all life is sacred.
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15. Sanskrit
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15. The most important lanuage of Ancient India.
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16. Metallurgy
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16. The science of working with metals
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17. Reincarnation
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17. a Hindu and Buddhist belief that souls are born and reborn many times, each time into a new body.
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18. Inoculation
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18. injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses to a disease.
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19. Missionary
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19. someone who works to spread religious beliefs.
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20. Why did many people in low class support Buddha teaching.
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20. The Buddha opposed caste system.
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21. Why leave the 30 home wide.
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21. To find the answers to his questions about human life.
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22. Which statment with Buddha disagree with.
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22. Happiness comes from gaining what one wants.
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23. How were the Harappan and Aryan civilizations different?
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23. They Aryan civilization was based o family connections.
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24. Buddha would not agree with this statement.
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24. Contentment springs from gaining what pne wants.
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25. Which took place last?
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25. India was divided into smaller states.
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26. What were the Vedic texts?
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26. Vedic texts were a collection of thoughts about the vedas.
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27. Soome Aryan writings describe the Aryan invasion of India.
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27. This supports the statement that Aryans belived that the most important thing in life was warfare.
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28. Why did Siddartha Gautama leave home at age 30?
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28. To find answers to his questions about human life.
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29. What vaused many people from lower social classes to support the Buddha's teachings?
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29. The Buddha opposed the caste system.
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30. The mountain of northern India are called
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30. Himalayas
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31. What do we know about people of Harappa and Mohenjo
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31. They would intelligent and tallented.
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32. the monsoons are seasonal? What do this tell us about monsoon.
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32. The monsoons are in a regular pattern.
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33. What is the difference between the Aryan Government and Harappa?
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33. The Aryan government based on family connection.
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34. What would happen Indian farmers has not a learn to irrigate?
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34. Villages would not have created along rivers.
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35. Aryan believed Warfare was most import thing in life.
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35. Aryan would fight each other almost and much as other enemy.
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36. Why Aryan abound nomadic life style?
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36. The Aryan start to farm so they can stayed place.
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37. What most important thing in respect to caste system.
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37. following the strict rules of the caste system.
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38. What the different of the Sudras and the Kshatriyas?
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38. Sudras were servant and Kshatriyas were warrior
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39. What is relation between the Vedic texts and the Vedas.
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39. The Vedic text are thought about the Vedas.
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40. What led to the development of Hinduism?
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40. people from central asia brought then ideas to India.
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41. Hinduism believed that all their god are part of a Universal spirit called?
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41. Brahman
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42. What actions would a Hindu take to move towards the goal of reuniting with the universal spirit.
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42. practice seeing through the illusion of the world.
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43. Which following would Jains think was the most important goal in life.
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43. To never hurt or killed another living thing.
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44. Which thing happen last?
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44. Siddhartha Gauthama gained insight into human suffering.
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45. What was the most important thing to Siddhartha Gautama?
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45. Find way to eliminate human suffering.
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46. The guiding principle at the center of Buddhism.
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46. Four Noble Truth.
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47. What is difference between theraveda Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism.
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47. Followers of Theravada Buddhism follow the Buddha's teachings exactly.
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48. Which military leaders founded the mauryan Empire
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48. Candragupta Maurya
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49. How were Asoka Maurya and Siddhartha Gautama the same?
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49. Both were against violence.
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50. What came you infer about indian people at this time?
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50. They began to like Buddhism.
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51. Who was the first Gupta emperor?
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51. Candra Gupta I
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52. What happened after the Guptas took control of India?
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52. Hinduism became more popular.
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53. Which of the following supports the idea that the Cuptas supported religious beliefs othher than their own.
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53. The Guptas built many Buddhist temples.
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54. Which of the following responses to this statement is most logical?
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54. The Guptas' highest priority was preserving their power.
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55. Which of the following best describes how Gupta priorites changed during this time period?
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55. The Guptas had to focus on defending themsleves rather than creating art.
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56. Which of the following best describes how Hindu temples cganged over time?
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56. The temples became more complex and ornate.
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57. What can you infer about the people of ancient india from this statement?
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57. Religion was very important to them.
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58. Which Indian piece of lterature contains the passages called the Bhagvad Gita?
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58. the Mahabharata
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