Name: ____________________________Unit Two, Part Two: Egypt! (a mini-unit)

Reincarnation!

Well-Planned cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo Daro!

Karma! What goes around, comes around!

Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths!

India: Indus and Ganges River; Himalayan and Hindu Kush Mountains!

Contents:1. Warmup Questions 15 points2. India Notes and Questions Part 1 5 points3. India Notes/Questions Part 2 &3 10 points4. India Notes and Questions Part 4 5 points5. India Document Based Questions 15 points6. India Vocabulary Review 15 points (Separate score)7. India Bonus Puzzles 5 points each

Scores: Packet score:_________/50 Vocab Review: _______/15 Bonuses: _______Warmup Questions:Day One:

Day Two:

Day Three:

Day Four:

Day Five:

Part One: Geography and Early India – Notes!

Questions: 1. What are the mountain ranges within the Indus Valley civilization?

2. What are the major rivers in the Indus Valley?

3. What is the ‘caste system’?

Part Two: Origins of Hinduism!

Questions to answer:1. How do the two pictures above relate to Hinduism?

2. What are two of the holy books of Hinduism?

Part Three: Origins of Buddhism!

Questions to answer:1. Who is Siddhartha Gautama?

2. What is the first idea within the four noble truths?

3. What is meant by ‘enlightenment’?

Part Four: Indian Empires!

Questions to answer: 1. What do you believe was the greatest contribution of either the Mauryan or the Gupta empire and why?

2. Why is the Gupta dynasty considered the ‘golden age’ of India?

India: Document Based Questions!

Document 1: Map of India Subcontinent

1. What bodies of water surround the Indian subcontinent (present-day country)?

2. List two ways the Indus River provided a rich valley for farmers.

Document 2: Asoka and Buddhism

1. What did the Mauryan ruler, Asoka, say about how people from different religions should treat each other? (Mauryan = one of the large empires of ancient India)

2. Based on the map, what are four other countries/territories that Buddhism spread to outside of India?

Document 3: Empires of Ancient India

1. What contributions were made in math and science during the Gupta Empire?

2. How was the rule of the Mauryan Empire different than the rule during the Gupta Empire?

3. What did the two empires have in common?

Document 4: Religion from Ancient India

1. Examine the pie chart of modern-day religions. Which religion is the 3rd largest (most popular) in the world today? What percent of the people practice that religion?

2. According to the chart, what percent of the people today practice Buddhism?

3. According to the chart, what are the two most common religions today? What percent are each of these?

Document 5: Hinduism and Buddhism

1. According to this diagram, how do the enlightenment stages of these two differ (moksha vs. nirvana)?

2. What do these two religions have in common?

3. What is a caste system, and which one has this?

4. What are the ‘four noble truths’?

India Vocabulary Review

Word Bank: Buddha; Vedas/Upanishads; Harrapa/Mohenjo Daro; Asoka; Hinduism

1. What religion was based upon the belief in many forms of one God (deity), reincarnation, and karma?

2. Who was the founder of Buddhism?

3. What are the sacred writings of Hinduism?

4. The twin cities of the ancient Indus Valley civilizations were _____

5. Which Mauryan leader sent missionaries to spread Buddhism throughout India and the rest of Asia?

Matching

_______Gupta

_______Hindu Kush

_______Indus River Valley

_______Nepal

_______Karma

_______Indus and Ganges

a.Aryans invaded the people of India through which mountain range in the Indian subcontinent?

b. What were two important rivers of the Indian subcontinent?

c. Concept of zero, medical advances, astronomy, and textiles were contributions of which Empire?

d. What was the name of the early civilization in India?

e. Knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences.

f. A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China. Where Buddhism developed

5 Multiple choice questions

________What was the system of occupations that members of Indian society were born into?a. Nirvana b. Reincarnation c. Caste system d. Aryans

________What religion was based on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path to Enlightenment?a. Hinduism b. Buddhism c. Polytheism d. Reincarnation

________An ideal state of happiness and peace; the idea is to reach this in Hinduism and Buddhisma. Aryans b. Nirvana c. Caste System d. Gupta

________The nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India through the Hindu Kush mountains and finally settled; Vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste systema. Asokans b. Aryans c. Nirvana d. Guptans

________In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process of a soul being reborn until it is in a perfect statea. Hindu Kush b. Indus and Ganges c. Gupta d. Reincarnation

India!Across

2. An important river of the Indian subcontinent?5. What religion was based upon the belief in many forms of one God (deity), reincarnation, and karma?6. An ideal state of happiness and peace; the idea is to reach this in Hinduism and Buddhism7. Last name of the founder of Buddhism?9. Mohenjo Daro and ___________ are two cities of the ancient Indus Valley civilizations12. Knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences (what goes around comes around)Down1. What was spread by Asoka throughout India to the rest of Asia? (this word is used twice)3. In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process of a soul being reborn until it is in a perfect state4. Who sent missionaries to spread Buddhism throughout India and the rest of Asia?5. Aryans invaded the people of India through which mountain range in the Indian subcontinent?7. The concept of zero, medical advances, astronomy, and textiles were contributions of which Empire?8. What was the system of occupations that members of Indian society were born into?10. Nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India through the Hindu Kush mountains and finally settled11. A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China. Where Buddhism developed

Scrambled Phrases

After Larry broke his arm, he became a very unproductive student and could not seem to break the cycle. The reason? He was: