Geography
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent and is set apart by water or land
What is a subcontinent?
The major religion of India.
What is Hinduism?
This material was used to make bricks for early Indian buildings and temples.
What is mud?
What is the Mauryan Empire?
The river along the northern part of India that is considered sacred to Hindu people.
What is the Ganges River?
The largest mountain range that forms the northern border of India.
What are the Himalaya mountains?
The rebirth of a soul into a new body.
What is reincarnation?
The language that developed in ancient India.
What is sanskrit?
Chandragupta's grandson who spread Buddhist beliefs throughout India.
Who is Asoka?
The main principles of Buddhism.
What are the four noble truths?
The seasonal winds that can bring rain, flooding, and refreshed land.
What are monsoons?
The good and bad consequences of a person's actions.
What is karma?
The caste made up of rulers and warriors.
What is Kashatriya?
The empire in which a golden age occured in India. Art, literature, education, and architecture flourished.
What is the Gupta empire?
A person's moral responsibilities, or the teachings of the Buddha.
What is dharma?
The area near a river where the first Indian civilizations developed.
What is the Indus River Valley?
This prince gave up his possessions and family to seek the truth.
Who is Siddhartha Guatama?
This group of people were considered to be unclean and did not belong to a caste.
Who are Untouchables?
Better roads, more security, and coins helped Indian trade grow during this empire.
What is the Maurya Empire?
The name of the kingdom conquered by Asoka's armies.
What is Kalinga?
The mountain range, other than the Himalayas, that forms a border in the northwest for India.
What are the Hindu Kush Mountains?
The name of the tree under which Buddha found enlightenment.
What is the Bodhi tree?
This is the name for different levels of the caste system.
What are varnas?
India's most valuable ones included silk, cotton, and linen.
What are exports?
These were carved on pillars and rocks around the Indian subcontinent and spread the history, laws, feelings of Asoka.
What are edicts?