Chapter 5: Ancient India Summary AAP
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Date Given: 10/6 Date Due: 10/13
Student Name:
Test: 10/10
Key Terms and People: Describe the following key terms and people. Then draw an illustration with each.
(25 points)
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 5
*subcontinent
*caste system
fasting
metallurgy
monsoons
Hinduism
meditation
alloys
Mohenjo-Daro
reincarnation
*the Buddha
*Hindu-Arabic numerals
*Harappa
*karma
*Buddhism
inoculation
*Aryans
*Brahman (132)
nirvana
astronomy
migrate
Vedas
*missionaries
cultural diffusion
*Sanskrit
Notes/Graphic Organizer for Section 1: Pages 124-129 (15 pts.)
Directions: Read pages 124-129, then answer the questions. They are in order.
Geography of India
1. What separates India from the rest of Asia?
2. *What are the mountains northeast of India?
3. How do these mountains protect India?
4. What valley was the location of India’s first civilization?
5. *What created ideal farmland for settlers?
6. What influences India’s climate?
7. *How do monsoons affect the summers?
Harappan Civilization
8. *What helped the Harappa civilization grow?
9. When did the civilizations exist?
10. What is the greatest source of information that we have about the civilization?
11. Give 3 examples of the advancements of the civilization.
12. *Why do we know so little about the civilization?
13. What may have happened to the civilization?
14. Based upon the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, how do we know they formed a civilization? Give
proof of the following:
Government
Writing System
Trade
Architecture
15. Read “Aryan Invasions” pages 128-129 then complete the following information:
Origins ____________________________________________________________________
Government ________________________________________________________________
Society ____________________________________________________________________
Writing _____________________________________________________________________
Religion ____________________________________________________________________
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Notes/Graphic Organizer for Section 2: Origins of Hinduism (10 pts.)
Directions: Read pages 130-134, then answer the following questions.
1. How were the groups of society organized?
2. What did the strict rules govern?
3. What were the 4 social divisions?
4. In the space, draw a picture of how you think a
Hindu god may look: Where the *head
of the god is write the word “Priest”.
On the arms of the god, write the words
“ruler” and “warrior”. On the stomach
of the god, write the words: “craftspeople,
farmers and traders”. Then on the feet of
the god, write the words: “servants and workers”.
The Caste System
5. *What determined a person’s place in society?
6. What jobs could untouchables have?
7. *How did a person become an untouchable?
8. What are the Vedas?
9. What are the four major Hindu beliefs?
10. *According the Hinduism, how are people born into a higher class in their next life?
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II.
Notes/Graphic Organizers for Section 3: Origins of Buddhism
Siddhartha's Search for Wisdom: ( 5 pts. )Read pages 136-138, then, create a timeline on the
back of this summary with events for the founding of Buddhism. Include the following dates:
563 B.C
535 BC
529 BC
528 BC
Read pages 138-140 to answer the following questions. (10 pts.)
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In what religion was the Buddha raised?
What belief is at the heart of the Buddha’s teaching?
What path was a “middle way” for Buddhism?
How did Buddha’s ideas challenge Hindu ideas?
*Which Hindu teaching did the Buddha NOT reject?
Why did Buddha oppose the caste system?
*How did Buddha gain more followers?( 2 ways)
8. Why did Buddhist ideas spread quickly?
9. How far east had Buddhism spread?
Indicator 6-1.4 Explain the origins, fundamental beliefs, and spread of Eastern religions, including Hinduism
(India), Judaism (Mesopotamia), Buddhism (India), and Confucianism and Taoism (China).
Teachings of Buddhism: Complete the chart to compare/contrast the two. Pages 136-139 (10 pts.)
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Characteristics
Hinduism
Both Hinduism and
Buddhism
Founder
Place of Origin
*
Beliefs
*
Buddhism
Diffusion
Notes for Section 4: Indian Empires p. 142-145 (5 pts.)
The Mauryan Empire began in ________ , lasted for about 150 years, and unified most of the
states in Northern India.
_______________ became king in 270 BC. He made the northern
region stronger, richer, and spread Buddhism. The empire began to fall apart soon after his
death, and was divided into smaller states again for another 500 years.
The Gupta Dynasty began around AD 320; the empire again became unified and
flourished, leading to ancient India’s _____________ Age. Gupta rulers believed the strict
rule of the ________________ caste system would strengthen its rule. The Gupta Dynasty
ended in the late AD 400s.
Notes/ Graphic Organizer for Section 5: Indian Achievements
Directions: Read pages 147-151 to complete the chart. (10 pts. )
Type of Achievement
Details about the Achievement
Religious Art
Temples:
Paintings and Sculpture
Sanskrit Literature
Two Epics:
Plays:
Stories:
Scientific Advances
(metallurgy, math,
medicine, astronomy)
Metallurgy
*Math
*Medicine
Astronomy
Indicator 6-1.3 Compare the river valley civilizations of the Tigris and Euphrates (Mesopotamia), the Nile
(Egypt), the Indus (India), and the Huang He (China), including the evolution of written language,
government, trade systems, architecture, and forms of social order.
Complete the chart below: (10 pts. )
River Valley
Written Language
Government
Trade Systems
Architecture
Forms of Social
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Civilization
Tigris and Euphrates
(Mesopotamia)
Order
Upper
Middle
Lower
Upper
Middle
Lower
Nile River (Egypt)
Indus River (India)
III.
Siddhartha's Search for Wisdom: Read pages 136-138, then create a timeline with the events
for the founding of Buddhism. Include the following dates: (10 pts.)
563 B.C
535 BC
529 BC
528 BC
Google Question: Think of a simple question that’s occurred to you and hasn’t been answered in class or in our
text. Write the question below. Look in at least three sources for the answer, and record your answer in less than
a paragraph. Document your source (not a search engine, like Google). If you can’t find the answer in three
sources, document the sources where you looked. Wikipedia is acceptable as a source, as are print sources.
Students without computer access can use classroom computers at available times. (10 pts. )
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