Mr.

Burton
Study Guide Ch. 5
India

1. What are Indias two main religions?

2. India is the most populated country in the world.
3. What is the definition of a subcontinent?
4. The worlds tallest mountains are:
5. What did these rivers create? (region) What made this region so popular?
6. What is a monsoon?
7. Identify three achievements of the Harappan society
8. What is Indias oldest language?
9. What two cities did we learn about the Harappan society?
10.What is the Caste system? Ho w many levels are there? What are the names
of each level? Who were in these levels?
11.What are the Varnas? How many levels are there?
12.How did the Caste system divide groups/people up?
13.What are some distinct characteristics of Hinduism?
14.What are some distinct characteristics of Buddhism?
15.What is Karma?
16.What is Dharma?
17.What is Jainism?
18.What are the basic four of Hinduism?
19.Who is Siddhartha?
20.What are the two main sects of Buddhism?
21.What did Asoka do?
22.What was the importance of the Gupta empire?
23.Buddhist temples were large and impressive, some carved out of
mountainsides.
24.The Panchatantra, a book of stories intended to teach moral lessons and
quick thinking, was translated into many languages.
25.Mahabharata One of the worlds longest literary works