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Chapter 19

Sec.1

Question: Along what river where two cities found?
Answer: Along the Indus river

Question: What was the first indian civilisation called?
Answer: It was called the Harapans

Question: Where did the Harappan civilisation develop?
Answer: It developed in mesopotamia.

Question: When did they have more contact with other civilisations?
Answer: For trade

Question: What is their language called?
Answer: Sanskirt

Sec.2

Question: What are the vedas?
Answer: Sacred hymns and poems.

Question: Who were the aryans?
Answer: The civilisation that came after the Harappan civilisation.

Question: What is the caste system?
Answer: Systems that divide society into groups based on their birth , wealth, or occupation.

Question: What is reincarnation?
Answer: The process of rebirth.

Question: Who are the Jains?
Answer: The jains are a group whose practice non- violence.

Sec.3

Question: Who was the buddha?
Answer: The buddha was man seeking asnwers for life.

Question: What is the buddhas real name?
Answer: Siddhartha Gautama.

Question: What is nirvana?
Answer: Nirvana is a state of perfect peace.

Question: List the eight folded path in order.
Answer: 1. Right thought 7. Right mindfulness

2. Right intenet 8. Right concentration

3. Right speech

4.Right action

5. Right livelihood

6. Right effort

Question: When did the buddha find his answers and what were they?
Answer: After six years of meditation. Wanting what we like but don't have,

wanting to keep what we like and already have, not wanting what we dislike but already have.

Sec.4

Question: When did the Maurayan empire rise to power?
Answer: In the 320s BC.

Question: Who is Asoka?
Answer: Candraguptas grandson.

Question: When did Asoka Become a buddhist?
Answer: In the middle of his rule.

Question: What was the new dynasty that came after the maurayans called?
Answer: The Gupta society

Question: What are mercenaries?
Answer: Hired soildiers

Sec.5

Question: What is metallurgy?
Answer: The science of working metal

Question: What did the indian doctors use to help a persons body get immune to a disease?
Answer: They used inoculation.

Question: What are the number we use today called?
Answer: Hindu-Arabic numerals.

Question: If surgery or other medical treatments failed what did they use?
Answer: They casted magic spells.

Question: What are alloys?
Answer: Mixtures of two or more metals