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FREE WORLD HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT INDIA
VOCABULARY EXAM QUESTIONS
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-Guarantee passing score -27 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation
Question 1: Nirvana
Answer:
perfect spiritual peace
Question 2: Siddhartha Gautama
Answer:
founder of Buddhism, known as "Buddha" or "The Enlightened One"
Question 3: Monsoon
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winds that mark the seasons in India
Question 4: Chandra Gupta II
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ruled from 374-415 A.D., society prospered and progress was made in the arts during his reign
Question 5: Bhagavad Gita
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the last 18 chapters of the Mahabharata it stresses the idea of proper coduct in the varna
Question 6: Sanskrit
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the Indo-Aryan language
Question 7: Caste System
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complex form of social organization that began to take shape after the Indo-Aryan migration
Question 8: Suttee
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a practice of widows committing suicide by throwing themselves on top of their husband's flaming funeral pyres
Question 9: Indo-Aryans
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nomadic people that mig from north of the Black and Caspian Seas
Question 10: Asoka
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Chandragupta's grandson who sent Buddhist missionaries throughout Asia
Question 11: Upanishads
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the written explanation of the Vedic religion
Question 12: Inoculation
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practice of infecting people with a mild form of a disease to protect them from serious illness
Question 13: Vedic Age
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the period of India's history from 1500 to 1000 B.C.
Question 14: maya
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Hinduism belief that the world we see is an illusion
Question 15: Chandragupta Maurya
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established the Mauryan empire
Question 16: Reincarnation
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the belief in the rebirth of the soul
Question 17: Raja
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a prince who ruled an Indo-Aryan state
Question 18: Aryabhata
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mathematician, one of the first people known to have used algebra and solved quadratic equations
Question 19: Vedas
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a great work of Indo-Aryan religious literature
Question 20: Monism
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belief in the unity of god and creation
Question 21: Brahmins
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special priest who were very important to the Indo-Aryan society
Question 22: Epics
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long poems
Question 23: Panchatantra
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fables from the Guupta period
Question 24: polygamy
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cutstom of men having more than one wife
Question 25: Varnas
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distinct social classes within the Indian Caste system
Question 26: Citadel
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a strong central fortress built on a brick platform
Question 27: Nalanda
Answer:
famous Buddhist university
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