This religion is the oldest of the world's major religions. It originated with the Aryans 4000 years ago. This religion believes in many deities, which take many forms.
What is Hinduism?
100
This Muslim mosque was built by the Mughal Empire, as a memorial for the ruler's wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
100
This lawyer helped India achieve independence through his activism.
Who is Gandhi?
100
These two cities were the most important in the Indus River Valley Civilization.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
100
This country is the largest in South Asia.
What is India?
200
The majority of people in Pakistan and Bangladesh practice this monotheistic religion. It was the religion of the rulers of the Mughal Empire.
What is Islam?
200
Mathematicians during the reign of the Guptas developed this important mathematical concept.
What is the decimal?
200
Gandhi believed that this type of civil disobedience was the most effective way for India to gain independence, because it would make people realize they were wrong.
What is non-violence?
200
This language arrived in South Asia with the migration of the Aryan people into India. Most modern languages in South Asia are descended from this language.
What is Sanskrit?
200
This nation of islands is located at the convergence of the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.
What are the Maldives?
300
This religion began 2500 years ago in India, but today is only practiced by 2% of the population. The founder of this religion, now popular in East Asia, was a man named Siddhartha.
What is Buddhism?
300
This empire began in 321 AD. It produced many contributions in literature, metalworking, and mathematics.
What is the Gupta Empire?
300
This event describes the increased use of irrigation systems and chemical pesticides and fertilizers to increase food production, as a way to end the food shortages in South Asia.
What is the Green Revolution?
300
These innovations provide proof that the Harappan Civilization was quite advanced. (Name at least four.)
What are a written language, a sewage system, planned cities, communal wells, a standardized system of weights, and indoor plumbing?
300
This river which runs from west to east across India, ending in Bangladesh, is sacred to Hinduism.
What is the Ganges River?
400
Followers of this religion have some of the most strict dietary rules. This stems from a belief in non-violence towards all living things.
What is Jainism?
400
The Mauryan Empire came to its height under the ruler of this leader.
Who is Asoka?
400
These measures were made by the British government to promote British wealth, but they severely limited the economic growth of South Asia.
What are trade restrictions? (Including required importing of British goods, restrictions on manufacturing goods also produced by Britain, and the exporting of raw materials to Britain to be used in British manufacturing)
400
The Aryan Civilization brought this social system to South Asia. This intricate system determined a person's importance and rights in society, without the opportunity for social mobility. It is justified in part by the Hindu belief in karma and reincarnation; your position in the system was determined by your actions in past lives.
What is the caste system?
400
This small mountainous country north of Bangladesh has a Buddhist majority.
What is Bhutan?
500
This religion was developed in the 15th century as a middle ground, combining Islam and Hinduism. Followers believe in one god and the equality of all humankind.
What is Sikhism?
500
This Muslim emperor allowed religious freedom throughout his 49 year rule of the Mughal Empire.
Who is Akbar the Great?
500
This region is still disputed territory between Pakistan and India. In part, the dispute is over control of the head of the Indus River. The dispute also is a result of the imperfect Partition of the Indian colony along religious lines.
What is Kashmir?
500
These sacred texts were written by the Aryans but are still considered sacred to Hindus today.
What are the Vedas?
500
This river in Pakistan was the life source of South Asia's earliest known civilization.