Geography
India is not a continent, but instead is a..... (NOT COUNTRY)
The Indians first used this number.
0
BONUS: This is Ms.Thornton's home state
Alabama
True or false: It was very easy to change castes in India.
False
True of false: Hinduism is polytheistic
True
This is the ocean underneath India
Indian Ocean
BONUS: This is Ms.Thornton's favorite soda
Diet Coke
This was the main river that the Harappans used
Indus River
This caste does jobs that NO ONE else in the caste system wanted to do
Dalits/Untouchables
This is the Hindu idea that good or bad deeds can send good or bad energy back to you.
Karma
These are the mountains that stopped invaders for coming into India
Himalayan Mountains
Indians wrote their famous literary works in...
Sanskrit
Harappans were some of the first societies to have this
city blocks OR plumbing
Brahmins, who were at the very top of the social structure, had this job
Priests
This is the list of eight rules that the Buddha says you should follow to avoid suffering
Eightfold Path
These were the northeast and southwest winds that blew into India
Monsoons
BONUS:This is Ms.Thornton's favorite video game
ANYTHING Pokemon
BONUS: This was Ms.Thornton's favorite anime in middle school
Ouran High School Host Club
Warriors/kings
The Buddha believed the cause of suffering is ______
Desire
These are two of the major rivers of India
Indus and Ganges
Indian doctors were some of the first to create inoculations, which is a fancy word for
Vaccines
Why do we know so little about the Harappans?
We can't read their writing system.
This is the Hindu word for a caste's "duty in life". If you did it you could be reincarnated into a better caste.
dharma
This is the sacred text of Hinduism
The Vedas