Geography
Why did early Indians decide to settle near rivers?
What is fertile soil and sources of water?
What is the name of the prince that became Buddha?
Who is Prince Siddhartha?
What was the first Indian empire called?
What is the Mauryan Empire?
True or False: In the caste system, were people allowed to move up and down the caste system?
What is false?
Name any achievement that the Indians made.
What is anything from the packet? (Metalwork, roads, literature, sculpting, math, education, art.)
What is the name of the geographical places in India that form a V shape?
What is the concept of being reincarnated into a new life in Hinduism called?
What is Samsara?
Which empire was considered the “Golden Age”?
What is the Gupta Empire?
What is the group that someone is born into based on their parent’s job?
(Hint: They cannot move up or down)
What is a Jati?
Name one material they used to make statues.
What is stone, wood, clay, or terracotta?
What is the name of the pass that allowed people to go through the Hindu Kush mountains? (Hint: It was very dangerous)
What is the Khyber Pass?
Who founded Hinduism?
Who is nobody/no single person?
Where did Ashoka send his children?
(Hint: It’s an island)
What is Ceylon or Sri Lanka?
Who were the Kshatriyas?
Who were the royalty and warriors?
What did the Indians add to mathematics?
What is decimals, the concept of zero, and ratios?
What are the names of the major rivers that supported India? (Hint: There are three of them)
What are the Ganges River, Brahmaputra River, and the Indus River?
What are the donations that are given to ascetics called?
What are alms?
Describe how Chandragupta Maurya ruled his empire.
What were harsh punishments and torturing people to keep them in line?
What jobs did the Untouchables have in ancient India?
What is handling human waste, and disposing of dead animals.
What is the name of the person that founded decimals and zero?
Who is Aryabhata
What was the largest desert in Ancient India?
What is the Thar desert?
Name the three major Deities in Hinduism.
Optional:(Double points if you can name what they are the gods of)
What is (Brahma, creation and knowledge), (Vishnu preservation and protection) and (Shiva, destruction and transformation.)
Name the four edicts that Ashoka promoted.
What is buddhist values, justice, general welfare, and security?
Name all the ranks in the caste system in their Indian names.
(Hint: There are five of them)
What are Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, and Dalits.
Which city in India had the largest school/university?
(Hint: It had medicine, mathematics, and Buddhist teachings)
What is Nalanda?