Study Guide Chapter 5 Ancient India

Study Guide Chapter 5 “Ancient India”

Sections 1-2-3-4-5 pgs. 124-151 Name______

Directions: You will need to know the material below to complete the multiple choice part of your test.

1. Identify the mountains of northern India. ______

2. Identify one way the Aryan system of government differed from the Harappan system of government ______

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3. Recognize what was of highest importance in regard to the caste system in Aryan society.

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4. Describe the relationship between the Vedic texts and the Vedas. ______

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5. Identify what determines the form one is reborn into according to Hinduism. ______

6. Place the following in the order in which they happened: _____ Siddhartha Gautama wandered through

forests for years. _____ Siddhartha Gautama became disenchanted with life. _____ Siddhartha

Gautama gained insight into human suffering. _____ Siddhartha Gautama meditated underneath a tree.

7. Summarize what Buddha taught and believed. ______

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8. Explain the difference between Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. ______

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9. Identify what happened after the Guptas took control of India. ______

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10. Describe how Hindu temples changed over time. ______

______11. Know which Indian piece of literature contains the passages called the Bhagavad Gita. ______

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Directions: You will need to know the material below to complete the completion part of your Ch. 5 test.

12. The ______invaded the Indus valley from the west.

13. Jainism was a ______Hinduism.

14. A person’s caste was ______in Buddhism.

15. Gupta society ______after the rule of Candra Gupta II.

16. Advancements in mathematics from ancient India are ______today.

Directions: You will need to know the definition of each term below to complete the matching part of your Ch. 5 test.

17. subcontinent ______

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18. Indus ______

19. caste system ______

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20. reincarnation ______

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21. karma ______

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22. fasting ______

23. missionaries ______

24. Candragupta Maurya ______

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25. metallurgy ______

26. inoculation ______

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