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Lessons 1 - 4
100
This type of landmass is somewhat smaller than a continent and larger than a country.
What is a subcontinent?
100
A person's place in India's caste system was determined by this.
What is his/her job?
100
One who practices a policy of nonviolence is said to practice this.
What is ahimsa?
100
This was the modern Indian leader who practiced ahimsa to fight against British rule.
Who was Mohandas Gandhi?
100
This king was instrumental in spreading Buddhism.
Who was Asoka?
200
This is what covers the stone seals of the Harappan civilization.
What is a mysterious form of writing?
200
Brahmanism is an early religion of what people?
Who are the Aryans?
200
Chandra Gupta was a leader of this empire.
What is the Gupta Empire?
200
The digits 1 through 9 are officially known as this type of numeral system.
What is the Hindu-Arabic system?
200
This is the literal translation of the title BUDDHA.
What is Enlightened One?
300
The Harappan civilization takes its name NOT from a person, but from this.
What is a city?
300
The Hindu belief that each person may have many lives is known as this.
What is reincarnation?
300
According to the Buddhist religion, the end of suffering in life is known as this.
What is nirvana?
300
Without this symbol, the decimal system would NOT work.
What is zero?
300
This is the common cloth that was first made in India.
What is cotton?
400
The climate of India is determined by seasonal winds known as this.
What is a monsoon?
400
These Central Asian people moved into India around 1500 B.C.
Who were the Aryans?
400
The collected teachings of the Buddha are known as this.
What is the Dharma?
400
Martin Luther King, Jr. was inspired by the teachings of this Indian ruler.
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
400
This is the holy river of India.
What is the Ganges?
500
The Saraswati River probably dried up because of these.
What are earthquakes?
500
This is the major religion of India today.
What is Hinduism?
500
Siddhartha Gautama is better known as this.
What is the Buddha?
500
About 80% of Indians practice this religion today.
What is Hinduism?
500
This is the valley of the earliest Indian civilization.
What is the Indus Valley?
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