Cities, Empires and Rulers
Rivers and Mountains
Present Day Countries
Society
Religion
Flags of Countries
100
Mohenjo Daro was built by these people
Who are the Indus Valley Civilization?
100
This river is foundational to Ancient Indian history
What is the Indus River?
100
This country has been described as a subcontinent and collided with Asia about 40-50 million years ago
what is India?
100
Mohenjo Daro consisted of these two parts of the city
What are the Citadel and the Lower City?
100
Hinduism, Buddhism, and this religion starting with the letter "J" have historical significance in the Indus Valley region
What is Jainism?
100
What is India
200
He founded the Gupta Empire
Who is Chandragupta I?
200
This mountain range has the highest peak in the world
What are the Himalayas?
200
This country has a silent "H" in it's name
What is Bhutan?
200
This language is pivotal to the development of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
What is Sanskrit?
200
This is the supreme divine force in Hinduism. Hindus believe everything is part of this divine force.
What is Brahman?
200
What is Pakistan?
300
This empire devleoped cities that had grid designs and sewage systems
What was The Indus Valley Civilization?
300
This river flows through from Nepal into India
What is the Brahmaputra?
300
The capital of this country is Islamabad
What is Pakistan?
300
Daily Double!!
Smaller kindoms that existed before the Mauryan Conquest
300
He converted to Buddhism after seeing the destruction that the Mauryan expansion caused
Who was Ashoka?
300
What is Sri Lanka?
400
He was the grandfather of Ashoka
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
400
These mountains can be found in both the east and west of India
what are the Ghats?
400
The Hindu Kush mountain range can be found in Pakistan and this Country
What is Afghanistan?
400
This empire took control several hundred years after the Mauryan Empire
What was the Gupta Empire?
400
This is the belief in Hiunduism and other Indian traditions that your spirit will continue on in a new body in an endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, until you reunite with Brahman
What is Reincarnation?
400
What is Nepal?
500
This ancient city is located near present day Punjab, Pakistan
What is Harappa?
500
This river flows from New Delhi all the way to Bangladesh
What is the Ganges?
500
This Country borders both China and India
What is Nepal?
500
This metal proved to be of utmost importance to the Gupta empire for both trade and defense.
What is Iron?
500
Sikhism was founded by him as a blend of multiple world religions of his era.
Who is Guru Nanak?
500
What is Bangladesh?
600
He was the second ruler of the Gupta empire
Who is Samudragupta?
600
This Mountain Range is the northenmost of those we studied in this unit
What is the Hindu Kush?
600
This archipelago makes up one of the smallest countries in South Asia
What are the Maldives?
600
This Macedonian's conquest was undone by the Mauryan conquest of northwest India
Who is Alexander the Great?
600
This religion, alongside Hinduism, had a major influence on Sikhism
What is Islam?
600
What is Bhutan?