This river forms the Indus Valley

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The Indus Valley The Vedic Age The Caste System Hinduism Buddhism Important People/ Gods Key Vocabulary Potpourri
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This river forms the Indus Valley

• Indus River

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The sacred scriptures of the Aryans

• Vedas

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A fixed social class

• caste

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A persons duty to do what is right

• dharma

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Buddhists religious communities

• monasteries

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Founder of Buddhism

• Siddhartha Gautama

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The rebirth of a soul into a new body

• reincarnation

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The reason why scholars don't know much about the
Indus Valley people

• They cant decode their writing

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These noble ones began the Vedic Age.

• Aryans

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This is where people must remain their entire life

• In the caste into which they were born

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The supreme god of Hinduism

• Brahman

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The Eightfold Path leads Buddhist to reach this

• Nirvana

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The founders of Hinduism

• Aryans

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Living life in neither wealth nor poverty.

• The Middle Way

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The discovery of the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjo
Daro prove that Indus Valley people were this

• Excellent planners and builders

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The form the Vedas were written in

• Hymns or songs

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At the bottom of the caste system, Hindus avoid
them

• Dalits or untouchables

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This ends the cycle of reincarnation for Hindus

Daily Double How much would you like to wager?

• Moksha

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Buddha reached this state after meditating for
49 days.

• enlightenment

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Priests at the top of the caste system

• Brahmins

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Lifes report card

• Karma

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This is why the Indus Valley people
disappeared so suddenly

• Changes in the environment and foreign invasion

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The 3 important things the Aryans brought to
India.

• The caste system, Sanskrit, a new polytheistic
  religion

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People are grouped according to this in the caste
system

• Occupation and family membership

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The lowest caste of Hinduism

• Sudras

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These tell us that life is full of suffering

• The Four Noble Truths

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The 3 most important Hindu gods
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Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
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Hindus thinkers and teachers

• gurus

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The major difference between Hinduism and Buddhism

• Buddhists reject the caste system

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These seasonal winds help make agriculture
possible on the Indian subcontinent

• Summer monsoons

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Follow __________ to get good __________
Dharma, Karma
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These make India a subcontinent

• Himalayan and Hindu Kush mountain ranges

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