Ancient India Review

5. the ancient Indian language.
6. Growing up, Siddhartha was a Hindu ______ whose father sheltered him from the outside world.
12. they held great power and respect for being rulers and warriors.
14. training the mind and gaining enlightenment was done through the practice of ___________.
15. a religion that believed that people's actions were the most important part of life. '
17. these were the people whose jobs required skill or those who were wealthy.
20. The Buddha's teachings were focused on Four _____ Truths that guided how people should work.
21. One reason Hinduism spread is because of its _____.
22. Siddhartha meditated for 49 days and night under the Tree of ___________.
24. One negative of the caste system is that people _________ against others.
25. The Buddha believed that following the Eightfold Path would lead to _______.
26. a collection of sacred writings that dealt with questions of life/death and right/wrong.

1. In karma, your goal is liberation, or _______.
2. a story of a king who rescues his wife from a demon.
3. the largest polytheistic religion in the world.
4. According to Buddhism, people can overcome their desires by following the _________ Path.
7. a fixed social class into which a person is born.
8. they were looked down upon by the other castes because they had to do the "dirty" jobs that no one else wanted.
9. Buddhism was started by a man named Siddhartha Gautama, or the _________.
10. people who practice Hinduism.
11. the religion of the Vedic Age which required Indians to make sacrifices or offerings to the gods.
13. the _______ Age was a period of time when Aryans brought new social structures and new religious beliefs.
14. a story of two families at war.
16. The First of the Four Noble Truths says that all life involves _________.
18. Large marsupial
19. India holds over one _______ people and about 80% practice Hinduism.
23. the effect of a person's actions that determines how a person is reborn.