Vocab 5.2

Question 1

Harappa

Answer 1

The site of one of the earliest civilizations in South Asia.

Question 2

Monhenjo-daro

Answer 2

Ancient city in the Indus River Valley in Pakistan.

Question 3

CyrusII

Answer 3

Persian king who established the Persian Empire.

Question 4

DariusI

Answer 4

Persian king who expanded the Persian empire.

Question 5

Chandragupta Maurya

Answer 5

Soldier who started the Mauryan Empire. The first Indian empire and later became a monk.

Question 6

Ashoka

Answer 6

Grandson of Maurya. Who used columns to mark the territory of his empire and and make announcements

Question 7

Brahmin

Answer 7

belived by Hindus to be the universal truth being. (the source to ANYTHING)

Question 8

Sudra

Answer 8

A serf in Hindu society

Question 9

Sansrkit

Answer 9

The main language of Aryans

Question 10

Vedas

Answer 10

Books of knowledge that contain much of the stories and songs of Aryans.

Question 11

Zoroastrianism

Answer 11

A religon founded by the Persian zoroaster based on the belief of 1 god (Monotheism) as a supreme and enemy of evil.