Ancient India

a force that decides the forms that people will be reborn as in their next lives

• nirvana

• Buddha

• karma

• dharma

The Buddha believed that the only way to find truth was to follow

• all desires

• the Eightfold Path

• the Four Noble Truths

• suffering

One of the most powerful varnas was the Sudra.

• True

• False

To which Varna would skilled craftspeople have belonged?

• Brahmins

• Kshatriyas

• Vaisyas

• Sudras

Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, which dynasty reunited much of northern India?

• Ashoka

• Hindu

• Gupta

• Kalidasa

Sanskrit word that means “a person who is awake.”

• nirvana

• Buddha

• karma

• dharma

the personal duty one must follow to be a better being in the next life

• nirvana

• Buddha

• karma

• dharma

Indian astronomers stated that the Earth was round and revolves around the sun.

• True

• False

Buddhism strictly enforced the caste system.

• True

• False

Samudragupta was a ruthless warrior.

• True

• False