Geography and Climate
Seasonal winds that brought rain and influenced farming cycles in India.
What are monsoons?
These two major cities are known for their advanced urban planning.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
The Aryans brought this language to India.
What is Sanskrit?
He founded the Maurya Empire.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
The two major religions that developed in ancient India.
What are Hinduism and Buddhism?
This river supported the agriculture and trade of the Indus Valley Civilization.
What is the Indus River?
The _______ system and drainage in the Indus Valley cities demonstrate their knowledge of this.
What is grid?
This social structure divided people into groups like priests, warriors, farmers, and laborers.
What is the caste system?
This Mauryan emperor spread Buddhism after his conversion.
Who is Ashoka?
This type of Buddhist structure was built during the Gupta Empire.
What is a stupa?
The geography of this region included fertile plains and a river valley ideal for farming.
What is the Indus Valley?
Indus Valley people used standardized __________ for trade and measurement.
What are weights and measures?
These sacred texts were central to Aryan religion.
What are the Vedas?
Known as the "Golden Age" of India, this empire advanced in mathematics and science.
What is the Gupta Empire?
These were places of worship for Hindus built during the Gupta Empire.
What are Hindu temples?
The Indus Valley Civilization traded with this ancient region.
What is Mesopotamia?
Theories for the decline of this civilization include...
What is natural disasters and invasions.
The oldest and most important of the Vedas
What is the Rigveda?
The concept of zero was developed during this Indian empire.
What is the Gupta Empire?
The sacred texts of Aryan religion.
What are the Vedas?