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Ashoka the Great
Achievements
100
Number 1 divides India with Pakistan
What is the Indus River
100
living many lives in different forms.
What is Reincarnation.
100
A person who travels to places of religious importance.
What is a Pilgrim.
100
Special type of building meant to honor the Buddha.
What is a Stupa.
100
The Prince who searched for Enlightenment and founded Buddhism.
Who is Sidartha Gautama
100
Before the Battle of Kalinga, what was Ashoka known for?
Being a ruthless, frightening warrior and a fearless general.
100
this civilization built houses with baths, toilets, running water, drains, and a center courtyard
The Harappan Civilization
200
What is 8?
What is the Bay of Bengal
200
Hindu religious duties and the way to act.
What is Dharma
200
He is the Creator and the beginning of the life cycle.
Who is Brahma.
200
How Siddhartha Gautama was born.
Painlessly from his mother's side.
200
Aryan religion and other ideas from India combined together to make the oldest religion in the world
What is Hinduism.
200
King Ashoka led the Battle of Kalinga which was one of the bloodiest battles ever fought. How many enemies did Ashoka's army slay?
Over 100,000.
200
What is one of the Achievements of Harappan Culture in Medicine?
First Plastic Surgeries.
300
What is 6?
What is the Eastern Ghats
300
result of how a person lived, the good and the bad.
What is Kharma
300
These are the Hindu holy books.
What are the Vedas.
300
What happened to Siddartha's mother before he was born.
she had a dream where an elephant touched her belly with a flower.
300
Tribal leaders or chiefs.
What is a Raja.
300
After seeing the destruction of the battle of Kalinga, what did Ashoka hope for?
love, peace and nonviolence.
300
Gupta Empire is called the “Golden Age” because?
advancements in mathematics, art, literature, medicine and astronomy.
400
What is 2?
What is the Thar Desert
400
this name means "Enlightened or Awakened One"
What is Buddha
400
The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, influenced by one's karma.
What is Reincarnation.
400
the act of living a life of selflessness, respect, and good conduct
What is Dharma
400
Rigid Hindu social classes.
What is the Caste system.
400
What did Ashoka have carved onto rock pillars?
Laws called Edicts.
400
What is something very impressive about houses in Harappan Culture?
Houses had baths, toilets, running water.
500
What civilization lived along the green area of #9
What is the Indus River Valley
500
These people migrated through a pass in the northern Hindu Kush mountains in approximately 2000 BCE.
Who are the Aryan's?
500
What are the Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads.
What are Hindu holy books that help explain the Vedas.
500
special type of building meant to honor the Buddha.
What is a Stupa.
500
The four social classes.
What are the Varnas.
500
Ashoka urged his people to be kind, respectful, and moral. What did he hope they would do?
Convert to Buddhism
500
How did individuals in the Gupta Empire learn the skills such as making cures from bark and roots and stitch up wounds?
by studying medicine at a university
600
What is at #2?
What is the Thar Desert
600
A state of Wisdom after giving up all desires.
What is Nirvana
600
One of the most popular gods, people usually have a picture or statue of them.
Who is Ganesh?
600
Why was Buddhism Popular among the lower Caste and the Untouchables?
Buddha disagreed with the Caste system.
600
Lowest social class, “Untouchables.”
What are Pariahs.
600
What is one way that Ashoka did not follow Buddhism?
He allowed Slavery, death penalties, and had a large army.
600
The images of Gupta kings on coins show that the empire had people who were skilled in?
working with metal.
700
Which achievement of the Gupta Empire most encouraged long-distance trade?
well-built roads
700
Ashoka ruled for 45 years, what happened after he died?
empire separated and became different kingdoms.
700
What change took place in Hinduism during the Gupta Empire?
Many of its legends were written down.
700
The famous ancient paintings in a Buddhist monastery at Ajanta were painted on the
walls of caves.
700
Why were wells constructed along trade routes?
so travelers could cook and drink
700
Which of the following groups of people made it possible to construct complex buildings
Mathematicians
700
Which feature of modern arithmetic came from ancient India by way of the Arabs?
Zero