Name:
World History
Date:
Chapter 9 Study Guide
Period:
Ancient India
Part One: Vocabulary Terms
Directions: Match the vocabulary terms word with the correct definition.
Subcontinent
Pataliputra
Brahman
Raja
Shiva
Guru
Caste system
Bodhisattva
Karma
Indo-European
Untouchables
Ashoka
Dharma
Reincarnation
Pilgrim
Himalaya
1. A prince that led an Aryan tribe_________________________
2. The first great Buddhist king________________________
3. A type of family language, or group of similar languages_____________________________
4. This group of people did the work that varna Indians would not do ________________________
5. India and several other nations make up this landmass that is attached to
Asia__________________________
6. The universal spirit worshipped by Hindus__________________
7. Hindu deity, known as “the Destroyer”_________________
8. Chain that includes the highest mountain in the world____________________
9. A person who travels to holy sites______________________
10. A capital city in both the Mauryan and Gupta empires________________________
11. Personal duty, depending on one’s place in society_____________________
12. The belief that people pass through many lives is_____________________________
13. Among India’s leading families, boys often had this person teach them until they attended
school in the city._____________________________
14. The consequences of how a person lives his or her life is known as_______________________
15. It determined a person’s job, social group and marriage in early India and it helped the Aryans
rule peoples who outnumbered them________________________
16. In Mahayana Buddhism, an enlightened person who does not enter heaven, but remains on
earth to do good works is___________________________________
Part Two: Chapter Review
Directions: Use your book, Chapter 9 outline notes, and vocabulary definitions to answer the following questions or
statements below:
1. It is a religion that grew out of a mixture of Aryan beliefs and those of the Harappans:
2. The ancient Hindus played musical instruments such as the:
3. The dry highlands found in central India are known as the:
4. What were some important contributions of mathematicians during the Gupta Empire?
5. Developed by the Aryans, ancient Indians used what form of written language?
6. In the Indus Valley, some of the items traded among the people were:
7. Buddhism began in what region of India?
8. Indian astronomers proposed the theory that the Earth did what?
9. In early India, what was the social status of men compared to women?
10. “Life is full of suffering” is one of the:
11. India had a golden age of learning and culture during what empire?
12. Buddha believed that the only way to find truth about the world was to do what?
13. Describe how many marriages in India would match young men and women:
14. What is the name of the ancient text that describes the search for Brahman?
15. In ancient India, why did the people depend on the monsoons?
16. What are some of the beliefs of Mahayana Buddhism?
17. Where in early India were women usually educated?
18. How did the monsoons negatively impact the people?
19. Ahimsa is a key value of what religion?
20. What Indian empire made achievements in the areas of a central government and a postal system?
21. What Indian leader conquered weak kingdoms left by Alexander the Great?