Transcript Ancient India Jeopardyx

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Final Jeopardy
• Positive or negative force created by your actions in
life.
• Karma
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This prince became known as Buddha, the
“Enlightened One”
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Siddartha Gautama
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The belief that God and humans are one.
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monism
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The belief that spirits live in everything.
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Animism
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The physical and mental discipline harmonizing
body and soul.
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yoga
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Mauyan leader who converted to Buddhism
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Asoka
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The Mauryan who united India from the central
plateau up to the Hindu Kush
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Chandragupta Maurya
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This was the name given to Prince Siddartha
after his enlightenment.
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Buddha
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The two famous nobles from the “Ramayana”.
He saved her from a demon.
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Rama and Sita
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This is the term for an Indian prince.
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raja
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Long poems describing heros and great events.
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epics
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Complex philosophical explanations of the Vedas
and Vedic religion.
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Upanishads
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The great literature of Indo-Aryan religion is
contained in these works.
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Vedas
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A hemispherical dome shaped shrine. These
were dedicated to the Buddha and originally
held his relics.
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stupa
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This is the written language of ancient India.
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sanskrit
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The early Indus Valley civilization is named after
this city.
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Harappa
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This is the sacred river of north eastern India.
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Ganges
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This is the name of the physical feature that
dominates the central part of India.
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Deccan Plateau
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This geographic physical feature allowed the
Indo-Aryans an entry into India.
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Khyber Pass
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One of three large mountain ranges in the north
of India. Its name in Sanskrit means “a place of
snow”
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Himalayas
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This animal is considered the “sacred gift” of the
gods to India.
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Cow (cattle)
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The word for the overall supreme spirit in the
Hindu religion.
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Brahma
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This civilization’s word for war meant “a desire
for cows”.
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Indo- Aryans (Aryans)
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The upper caste custom established in the era
of the Indo Aryans and Gupta period in which a
man has more than one wife.
Polygamy
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Knowledge of the Gupta Dynasty has been
improved through the study of art at this
historical site.
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Ajanta Caves
•Category: Ancient Indian Customs
•This custom common among the upper castes of
the Gupta Dynasty, required widows to commit
suicide by casting themselves on their husband’s
funeral pyre.
Suttee