India Vocab

5 Written Questions

1. A ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced.
2. The main religion in India, it emphasizes reincarnation, based on the results of the previous life, and the desirability of escaping this cycle. Its various forms feature both asceticism and the pleasures of ordinary life, and in encompasses a multitude of gods as different manifestations of one ultimate reality
3. Duty
4. A book in which the rules for social behavior were written down; Manu is the mythical founder of India
5. Sub castes; were groups of people within each caste that worked together for one economic function

5 Matching Questions

1. Avatar
2. Dravidian
3. Monsoon
4. Sudras
5. Bodhi

1. a The second lowest of the five castes in the Indian social system and were not twice born; consisted of peasants and artisans which was most of the Indian population
2. b A language; people who speak it mainly live in Southern India and were probably pushed there by the Aryan invasions
3. c Strong winds that change with the seasons. These symbolize the great god Indra.
4. d An incarnation of a god
5. e Means wisdom; this is achieved when worldly matters are abandoned, and is the source of the term Buddhism. This is a key step on the way to nirvana

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Hinduism, it is seen as the liberation of the soul from the body
   1. Bodhi
   2. Moksha
   3. Krishna
   4. Monsoon
2. A ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism
   1. Karma
   2. Atman
   3. Shiva
   4. Ashoka
3. The idea of self denial, self sacrifice, even self mutilation that was done to communicate with the gods and began to take the place of sacrifice in ancient India
   1. Syncretism
   2. Asceticism
   3. Buddhism
   4. Jainism
4. A river in India that flows into the Bay of Bengal; in Hinduism, it is known as a sacred river
   1. Pariahs
   2. Jati
   3. Ganges
   4. Caste
5. The individual soul
   1. Karma
   2. Aryans
   3. Atman
   4. Dharma

5 True/False Questions

1. Vishnu → In Hinduism, the seventh incarnation of the god Vishnu

   True        False

2. Vaisya → The third highest caste that was made up of merchants and commoners, twice born

   True        False

3. Krishna → In Hinduism, the seventh incarnation of the god Vishnu

   True        False

4. Mohenjo-Daro → Strong winds that change with the seasons. These symbolize the great god Indra.

   True        False

5. Chandragupta Maurya → Founder of Buddhism who achieved enlightenment of the meaning of life while sitting under a tree and later preached his conclusions that came to be known as Buddhism

   True        False