Geography and the Early Settlement of India
Unlocking the Secrets of Mohenjodaro
Hinduism/Buddhism
The First Unification of India
The Achievements of the Gupta Empire
100
a strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer
What is a monsoon?
100
This is what archeologists found to prove that Mohenjodaro existed
What are artifacts?
100
An ancient Indian language.
What is Sanskrit?
100
These were carved on pillars, stone, and walls
What are edicts?
100
This is what the period of time during the Gupta Empire was called
What is the Golden Age?
200
a flat area of land that is elevated, or raised, above the land around it
What is a plateau?
200
An early civilization, known for its advanced culture, that developed in the Indus River valley in India
What is the Indus River Valley?
200
This is what the prince saw when he left the palace for the first time
What is suffering?
200
The main achievement of the Mauryan family
What is unifying India
200
This feature from modern arithmetic came from Ancient India by the way of the Arabs.
What is the number zero?
300
This begins in the Himalayas. It leaves sediment on the Northern plains leaving the land very fertile.
What is the Ganges River?
300
This is what archeologist found that may be an indicator of what people in Mohenjodaro wore/looked like
What are statues?
300
This was the name of the Buddha before he became the Buddha
What is Prince Siddhartha?
300
One of Ashoka's edicts announced that people would only be jailed for good reason. Which of his goals did this promote?
What is justice?
300
There are seven achievements of the Gupta Empire, name four
What are literature, universities, paintings, sculpture, metalwork, mathematics, and roads?
400
This is what is primarily grown in the iron-rich black soil of the Deccan Plateau.
What is cotton?
400
a fortress built to protect a city
What is a citadel?
400
These are a collection of ancient texts that are the foundation of Hinduism.
What are the Vedas?
400
The four main goals of Ashoka's edicts
What are Buddhist Values, security, justice, and general welfare?
400
This is a way in which the first Gupta ruler formed alliances with other rulers
What are arranged marriages?
500
This river runs through the steep Himalayas, the mountains along the northern border of India, and continues to wind through snowcapped mountains and narrow canyons. The water is cold as it rushes over the sharp rocks.
What is the Brahmaputra River?
500
This may have been used for religious rituals or for bathing
What is The Great Bath?
500
The name of the social classes in Hinduism
What are varnas?
500
Where Ashoka sent his son to spread Buddhist values
What is Ceylon?
500
a territory that is part of a country or an empire
What is a province?