Ancient India Fill in the Blank Vocab

Strong wind patterns called ___________, influence the climate and leads to wet and dry seasons in India.

• Karma
• Dharma
• Monsoons
• Nirvana

Much of what is known about _____________, one of the largest Harappan cities, comes from artifacts left at the site.

• Mohenjo-Daro
• Jainism
• Kalibangan
• Ahimsa

________ was India’s first civilization, and it was located along the Indus River.

• Ashoka
• Harappa
• Nirvana
• Veda

__________ is a religion developed by Siddhartha Gautama, which promotes the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path as methods to understand and relieve human suffering.

• Hinduism
• Jainism
• Sikhism
• Buddhism

The ______ were a group of people from Central Asia who established Vedic society after they moved to India.

• Vedas
• Aryans
• Brahmins
• Harappans

_____  is a collection of religious poems, myths, and hymns that influenced Hinduism

• Vedas
• Hinduism
• Meditation
• Sanskrit

__________ originally was a merciless conqueror and created a mighty empire, but he later converted to Buddhism out of a desire to make peace.

• Ashoka
• Chandra Gupta II
• Chandragupta Maurya
• Siddhartha Gautama

Over one billion people practice the religion of ____________ today, which first developed from the Vedas back in Ancient India.

• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Jainism
• Sikhism

India is apart of the ___________ of South Asia.

• reincarnation
• Harappa
• monsoon
• subcontinent

Hindus believe that a person's actions effect their souls through _______.

• Vedas
• reincarnation
• nirvana
• karma