M______= Seasonal Winds in India That Bring ______In the Summer

ANCIENT INDIA

Geography

•M______= seasonal winds in India that bring ______in the summer

The Aryans and the Vedic Period

•The social structure was based on the ______system

–Caste system = a set rigid categories in ancient India that determined a person’s ______and ______in society

•Society was divided into four social classes called ______

•Women had less ______and were not ______

–Job was to have ______and ______and respect their husbands at all times

Hinduism

•One of the world’s ______religions

–Practiced in ancient India by the ______

•Religious beliefs of the Hindus are found in the ______, a collection of hymns and religious ceremonies

•Beliefs:

–______, belief in the ______system

–B______– single force, external being that created and preserves the world, a form of ultimate ______

–D______= various manifestations of Brahman, are ______in the world

–Continual pattern of birth, death, and ______

•At death the atman is ______from the body and later reborn in another

–Called ______= belief that the individual soul is reborn into a new ______after death

–The nature of the person’s new life will be shaped by their ______

•Karma = force generated by a person’s ______that determines how the person will be ______in the next life

• Good karma = reborn into a ______caste

• Bad karma = reborn into a ______caste

•Gave religious basis for the rigid caste system and ______to the lower castes

–The ultimate goal of human existence is achieve ______, or union with ______

–The way to achieve moksha is to fulfill one’s ______

•Dharma = (divine law) a person’s spiritual ______and obligations which they must follow to achieve ______

–Make a ______to a holy location

•Pilgrimage = ______journey

•For Hindus one of the most holy places they want to visit in their lifetime is the ______river, believe that the water is ______

•Believe that bathing in the Ganges will ______and remove some bad karma

Buddhism

•Founded in the 6th century BC by ______

–Later took the name of ______, which means “Enlightened One”

•His goal was to seek the cure for human ______

–Resolved to find a way to overcome age and sickness to keep people from having to ______

•Decided one must deny the reality of the ______world

–Pain, poverty, and sorrow are caused by ______to things of this world

•Achieving wisdom is a key step to achieving ______

–Nirvana = end of self and ______with the Great World Soul

–A state of perfect ______in which the ______will be free from suffering

•Eightfold Path = a series of steps that leads to ______

•Other beliefs

–Believe in ______

–Do not believe in the ______system

–Do not worship any ______, Buddha forbade followers to worship his ______