Unit 5 India and Hinduism Study Guide

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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-ArabicNumerals GangesRiver
Monsoon Sanskrit Asia Farming Infinity
1. What majorweatherpatterninfluencesIndia’sclimate_________________________________
2. What was India’seconomybasedon?_______________________________________________
3. Aryanswrote inthe _____________________ language,whichisstill usedinthe Hindureligion.
4. WhichIndianinventionrepresentednothingmathematically?____________________________
5. Indiaispart of whichcontinent?____________________________________________________
6. WhichIndianinventionrepresented“withoutend”mathematically?_____________________
7. What tworiversare associatedwithIndia?___________________________________________
8. Indiaisso large that it iscalleda ____________________________________________________
9. The Indiancivilizationcame upwitha new wayto write outnumberscalled_________________
Harappans and Aryans (notebook p. 49)
10. What isthe artifactabove called?___________________________________________________
11. Whichtwo citiesdidthese people settle in?__________________________________________
12. Can Harappan writingbe readandunderstoodtoday?__________________________________
The Religion of Hinduism (notebook pg.51)
13. What isone of the oldestreligionsinthe world? ______________________________________
14. The Hindureligionis___________________________ meaningthattheyworshipmultiplegods.
15. Whichis consideredtobe the mostimportant/sacredriver?_____________________________
16. All Hindugodsare justdifferentrepresentationsof the universal spirit_____________________
17. The statementis false,rewrite ittomake it true:The HindudeitiesBrahma,Vishnu,andShiva
representthe childrenof Brahman.
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Name ClassPeriod
ParentSignature (5pts) ____________________________________________________
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18. (A) What isthisbuildingcalledandwhatwasitspurpose?
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19. (B) Why isthe IronPillarof Delhi soimportant?
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The Caste System (notebook p. 48)
20. Who wasdeemedsolowthattheydidnot evenappearonthe Caste System?______________
21. Under whichIndiangroupdidthe Caste Systemfirstappear?____________________________
22. Fill inthe differentsocial classesforthe IndianCaste System
23. What can you inferaboutthe importance of religioninthe Caste Systembasedontheirsocial
hierarchypyramid?______________________________________________________________

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Indian Epic Poems (notebook pg. 50)
24. Thisstatementis false;rewrite ittomake it true. Hinduepicstaughtincorrectand unacceptable
behavior. ______________________________________________________________________
25. Write an R beside the detail if itisa fact forthe Ramayana write andMbeside the detailif itisa
fact fromthe Mahabharata
Details Epics
A. Tellsabouta prince namedRama
B. One of the world’slongestliterary
works
C. Detailsacontestbetweentwonoble
families forakingdominIndia
D. Includesdetailedpassagesabout
Hindureligiousbeliefs
E. Introducesthe monkeygodHanuman
F. The characters were seenasmodels
for howgood Indiansshouldbehave
G. The Bhagavad-Gita isincludedinthis
epic
26. What isan epicpoem?___________________________________________________________
27. Thisstatementis false;rewrite ittomake it true. All epicpoemsare historicallyaccurate.
______________________________________________________________________________
The Mauryan Empire Pg. 52
28. Who unifiedIndiatocreate itsfirstempire?__________________________________________
29. Who helpedtospreadthe religionof Buddhism_______________________________________
30. What were the rounded,dome-like,shrinesbuiltforthe Buddhistreligioncalled?____________

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Timelines
31. Place these eventsinchronological orderonthe timeline. Mustwriteoutdate& the event
c. 265 B.C. Mauryan Empire ‘s GoldenAge begins c. 2600 BCE Mohenjo-Darobecame a city
c. 320 A.D. Beginningof the Gupta GoldenAge c. 1000 B.C Aryans control northern India
32. How manyyearspassedbetween Mohenjo-Darobecomingacityandthe Aryanscontrolling
northernIndia?_________________________________________________________________
33. How manyyearspassedbetween the Mauryan Empire’sGoldenAge andthe Gupta’sGolden
Age?__________________________________________________________________________