Unit IV Study Guide: India and Hinduism: Test & Study Guide due 12-15-16

Fill in the blank: Each word will be used once

Zero Subcontinent Indus River Hindu-Arabic Numerals Ganges RiverMonsoon Sanskrit Asia Farming Infinity

1. What major weather pattern influences India’s climate _________________________________2. What was India’s economy based on? _______________________________________________3. Aryans wrote in the _____________________ language, which is still used in the Hindu religion. 4. Which Indian invention represented nothing mathematically? ____________________________5. India is part of which continent? ____________________________________________________ 6. Which Indian invention represented “without end” mathematically? _____________________7. What two rivers are associated with India? ___________________________________________8. India is so large that it is called a ____________________________________________________9. The Indian civilization came up with a new way to write out numbers called _________________

Harappans and Aryans (notebook p. 49)

10. What is the artifact above called? ___________________________________________________ 11. Which two cities did these people settle in? __________________________________________12. Can Harappan writing be read and understood today? __________________________________

The Religion of Hinduism (notebook pg.51)13. What is one of the oldest religions in the world? ______________________________________14. The Hindu religion is ___________________________ meaning that they worship multiple gods.15. Which is considered to be the most important/sacred river? _____________________________16. All Hindu gods are just different representations of the universal spirit _____________________17. The statement is false, rewrite it to make it true: The Hindu deities Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva

represent the children of Brahman. ______________________________________________________________________________

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18. (A) What is this building called and what was its purpose? ______________________________________________________________________________

19. (B) Why is the Iron Pillar of Delhi so important? ______________________________________________________________________________

The Caste System (notebook p. 48)20. Who was deemed so low that they did not even appear on the Caste System? ______________ 21. Under which Indian group did the Caste System first appear? ____________________________22. Fill in the different social classes for the Indian Caste System

23. What can you infer about the importance of religion in the Caste System based on their social hierarchy pyramid? ______________________________________________________________

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Indian Epic Poems (notebook pg. 50)

24. This statement is false; rewrite it to make it true. Hindu epics taught incorrect and unacceptable behavior. ______________________________________________________________________

25. Write an R beside the detail if it is a fact for the Ramayana write and M beside the detail if it is a fact from the Mahabharata

Details EpicsA. Tells about a prince named Rama

B. One of the world’s longest literary works

C. Details a contest between two noble families for a kingdom in India

D. Includes detailed passages about Hindu religious beliefs

E. Introduces the monkey god Hanuman

F. The characters were seen as models for how good Indians should behave

G. The Bhagavad-Gita is included in this epic

26. What is an epic poem? ___________________________________________________________27. This statement is false; rewrite it to make it true. All epic poems are historically accurate.

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The Mauryan Empire Pg. 52

28. Who unified India to create its first empire? __________________________________________29. Who helped to spread the religion of Buddhism _______________________________________30. What were the rounded, dome-like, shrines built for the Buddhist religion called? ____________

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Timelines

31. Place these events in chronological order on the timeline. Must write out date & the event

c. 265 B.C. Mauryan Empire ‘s Golden Age begins c. 2600 BCE Mohenjo-Daro became a city

c. 320 A.D. Beginning of the Gupta Golden Age c. 1000 B.C Aryans control northern India

32. How many years passed between Mohenjo-Daro becoming a city and the Aryans controlling northern India? _________________________________________________________________

33. How many years passed between the Mauryan Empire’s Golden Age and the Gupta’s Golden Age? __________________________________________________________________________

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