Geography
Identify the 3 main rivers in Ancient India
What is the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra?
What are the three main gods of Hinduism and what do they mean?
What is Brahma (The Creator), Vishnu (The Preserver), and Shiva (The Destroyer)?
Chandragupta’s army conquered which parts of India?
What is northern and central India?
List all of the social class of Ancient India in order
Who are the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, and Dalits?
Identify the two major cities and the bodies of water that surround Ancient India?
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, with Ancient India bordered by the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean?
What kind of lifestyle (upbringing) did Buddah have before he became “Buddah”?
What is he was born a prince and he enjoyed all the pleasures of life being sheltered by his parents, he never saw any pain or suffering?
When did the Battle of Kalinga begin and what did it result in?
What is 261 BC and Asoka freed his prisoners and converted to Buddhism?
Who were the Brahmins, and what role did they play in society?
Who were Brahmins were the highest caste. They served as priests, scholars, and teachers, performing religious rituals and studying sacred texts?
Which two major mountain ranges bordered Ancient India, and how did they impact the region?
What are the Himalayas and Hindu Kush; and provided natural protection from invasions?
What are 4 main beliefs that Hindus AND Buddhists believe in ?
What is karma, dharma, reincarnation, and nonviolence (ahimsa)?
What were the two things Chandragupta did for his protection?
What is made his servants taste his food for fear of poisoning and he also slept in a different room every night to keep his enemies off guard?
How was a person’s caste determined in Ancient India?
What is a person’s caste was determined by birth and could not be changed?
Define the following terms: subcontinent, plateau, and peninsula
What are a large landmass that is smaller than a continent (subcontinent), an elevated flat area of land (plateau), and a landmass surrounded by water on three sides (peninsula)?
What did Buddhists reject but Hindus believe in and why?
What is the caste system and because they believe that anyone, at any time, can achieve nirvana?
What were the three things that the Hindus developed during the Gupta Empire as it relates to math?
What is the concept of zero, the decimal system, and the concept of infinity?
What responsibilities were given to the Kshatriyas and what jobs did they have in the caste system?
Who are warriors and rulers responsible for protecting society, enforcing laws, and leading the government or army?
Identify the negative and positive effects of monsoons in Ancient India ( one of each)
What are the positive effects, such as providing water for crops, enriching soil, and aiding trade, and the negative effects, such as causing floods, crop failures, famine, and the spread of disease?
Define karma, dharma, reincarnation, and moksha and explain how they all work together in Hinduism?
What is…“The set of Hindu beliefs in which karma is the law that all the actions in ones life affects their fate in the next life, dharma is a person’s moral and religious duty, reincarnation is the cycle of rebirth, and moksha is the ultimate release from that cycle—each working together so that following one’s dharma creates good karma, which leads the soul closer to moksha”?
After Asoka converted to Buddhism what were some things he did? (tell me at least 2)
Asoka did not allow sacrifices of animals, gave up hunting, built hospitals and wells, practiced religious tolerance?
Who were the “Untouchables” or Dalits, and why were they excluded from the main caste system?
What are Dalits (Untouchables) were people who did jobs considered “impure,” like handling waste or working with dead animals. Because of this, they were treated as outside and below the caste system?