India Week 3

What is a state of inner peace called?

• Nirvana

• Enlightenment

• Meditation

• Economy

What term refers to a state of perfect peace where individual desires and suffering go away, and one no longer has to be reincarnated?

• Nirvana

• Enlightenment

• Meditation

• Achievements

What is the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas known as?

• Nirvana

• Meditation

• Caste System

• Eightfold Path

What was the first empire to bring together most of the Indian subcontinent, founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 B.C.E.?

• Mauryan Empire

• Gupta Empire

• Harappa Civilization

• Caste System

Who was an Indian king who used Buddhist values to unify India (260-232 BCE), conquered the city-state of Kalinga, and gave lavishly to the Buddhist community?

• King Ashoka/Ashoka the Great

• Chandragupta Maurya

• King Harsha

• King Bimbisara

What is a Hindu social structure in which classes are determined by birth, prohibiting marriage or work outside of one's caste?

• Economy

• Caste System

• Achievements

• Buddhism

What term describes how a civilization makes money?

• Economy

• Achievements

• Nirvana

• Enlightenment

What term refers to a lasting contribution to society, usually in the form of inventions or new ways of thinking?

• Caste System

• Achievements

• Economy

• Meditation

What is the oldest religion in the world and the main religion of India, which includes the worship of many gods and the belief in reincarnation?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Enlightenment

• Eightfold Path

What is the religion based on the teaching that life is filled with suffering caused by desire, which stops when desire stops?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Nirvana

• Reincarnation