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Chapter 5 :Ancient India
buddhism
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6th Grade
10/13/2010

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Fasting
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Lasting a long time with out food
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Why did Siddhartha Gautama leave home at age 30?
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To find answers about human life
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How did he find enlightenment?
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He meditated for a long period of time
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What are the guiding principles of the heart of Buddhism called?
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Four noble Truths
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What caused people from a lower social class to support the Buddha's teachings?
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The Buddha opposed the caste system
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What did the Buddha teach about material goods?
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Suffering comes from desires for pleasure and material goods and that people should overcome that desire
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How did Asoka's life change after becoming Buddhist?
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He became a peace-loving ruler dedicated to improving the lives of his people.
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How were asoka and Buddha similar?
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Both were against violence.
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What is a stupa?
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A Buddhist temple with a dome roof built to house sacred from life of the Buddha.
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What happened to religion after the Guptas took control?
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Hinduism became more popular
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What were some of the major accomplishments of the Gupta period?
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Architecture became more complex,great paintings,sculptures were created,and new ideas in math and medicine were developed.
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Which indian piece of literature contains the passages called the Bhagavad Gita?
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Mahabharta
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How did the Gupta scholars affect math today?
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Vedic literature is replete with concepts of zero, the techniques of algebra and algorithm, square root and cube root. Arguably, the origins of Calculus lie in India 300 years before Leibnitz and Newton.
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Who was Candragupta Maurya?
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Founder of the Maurya dynasty and the first emperor
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