Geography
Indus Valley Civilization
Hinduism
Indian Culture
Indian Empires
Buddhism
100
The body of water west of India
What is the Arabian Sea?
100
True or False
The Indus River Valley Civilization fell in 1920 AD
False
100
Samsara is the belief in what?
What is reincarnation?
100
B) WHat is a lunar calendar
100
The name of the man who built the 1st Great Empire of India, and rebelled against the Greeks after Alexander the Great died.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
100
Buddha literally means ____________
What is the "Enlightened One, Awakened One or Teacher?"
200
Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan make up this
What is the subcontinent?
200
Some historians think the Indus Valley civilization disappeared because of _____________
What is climate change, disease, being conquered, flood, earthquake?
200
What is Moksha?
What is Breaking the cycle of death and rebirth, becoming one with brahma?
200
To which caste would an Indian farmer belong?
What is Sudra?
200
What was the relationship between Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka
Ashoka was his grandson
200
The ______ path, also known as this, helps Buddhists reach enlightenment.
What is the 8 fold path or "Middle Way?"
300
Identify this flag
What is Nepal?
300
True or False
The Indus River Valley is located in present day Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and Bangladesh.
False
300
Who is this?
Who is Shiva the Destroyer?
300
The Indian spice trade was between India and what city? __________
What is Rome?
300
The Edicts of Ashoka helped spread a message of non-violence and tolerance and THIS RELIGION to foreign lands.
What is Buddhism?
300
Buddha was born in this present day country.
What is Nepal?
400
Mountain Range in Northern Afghanistan and Pakistan
What is the hindu kush
400
This translates into "Mound of the Dead" in Sanskrit
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
400
What are the five levels of the caste system?
What is the dalits, sudra, vaishya, kshatriya, brahmins?
400
This holiday is known as the festival of colors.
a) Diwali
b) Holi
c) Ganesh Chathurti
d) Krishna
e) New Years Day
What is holi?
400
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The period after The Aryan Migration where Aryan and Indus Valley Culture mixed together 1000 B.C.E
What is the Vedic Period?
400
This is what Buddha encountered when he 1st left his palace (4 things)
What is an old man, a sick man, and a corpse?
500
Name the 6 Countries that Border India (don't look at a map)
What is Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar?
500
Name 4 artifacts that were uncovered at Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
What is toys, clay figurines, great bathe, cities, priest statue, games, seals?
500
Ones responsibilities and duties one is suppose to follow in Hinduism
What is dharma?
500
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What is B Bangladesh?
500
First kingdom/Empire of India ?
What is the Mauryan Empire?
500
Ashoka converted to Buddhism after seeing the horrors of war. What empire was he apart of and helped to expand?
a) Gupta Empire
b) Mauryan Empire
c) Nanda Empire
d) Mughal Empire
What is the Mauryan Empire?
600
Plateau in the Central part of India
What is the Deccan Plateau?
600
What did the Harappan people use this image for?
What is the ceramic seal of the Harappan people used on money and other items made?
600
Written in ancient Sanskrit, Name the two sacred Hindu books that the songs and prayers for Hinduism are are kept in.
What are the Vedas and Upanishads?
600
Diwali honors Vishnu, Kali, and other members of the Hindu pantheon. In the previous sentence, what does "pantheon" mean?
a) collection of Legends
b) set of gods
c) row of lamps
d) gov' leaders
What is a set of gods?
600
Rock Edicts were sent by Ashoka to people that had written ________ on them.
What are laws?
600
This is ONE of the two main schools/branches of Buddhism
What is Mahayana or Theravada?
700
Mountain range on the eastern and western coast of India
What are the eastern and western Ghats?
700
Name the group that moved into the Indus Valley after the Harappa civilization died out.
What is the Aryans?
700
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This picture is of the Indian goddess of wealth
What is Lakshmi?
700
A) Dice
700
These countries made up the Mauryan empire
Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh
700
These are the FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
What is:
1) Life is Suffering
2) The Cause of Suffering is Ones Desires
3) To get rid of Suffering one must rid their Desires
4) To get rid Desires Follow the 8 Fold Path
800
Name the rivers
What is the Brahmaputra, Ganges, and Indus rivers?
800
This modern day country is named after the Aryan people.
a) Pakistan
b) India
c) Afghanistan
d) Iran
What is Iran?
800
Why would someone from a lower caste reject Hinduism and turn to other religions? (Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism)
What is they didn't believe that one should have to be a Brahmin in order to achieve Moksha. Anyone could achieve it? Rejected the idea of the Caste System?
800
This symbol was for this leader of India
Who is Ashoka?
800
From roughly what years was the Mauryan Empire
What is 321 BCE- 185 BCE
800
What is this Buddhist symbol called?
What is a mandala?
900
Please identify these three cities
What is Delhi, Mumbai, Kalkutta?
900
Why do historians believe that cities in the Indus River valley had organized governments?
a) Historians learned this through reading ancient texts.
b) Historians believe this because the cities were built on a river.
c) Historians think this because of the uniform nature of the cities.
d) Historians think this because of the seals they found.
What is "C"
The uniform layout of the cities
900
Along with the arrival of the Vedic people/Aryans, the ___________ was also introduced 4000 years ago. (THE VARNAS/JATI)
What is the Caste System?
900
The summer monsoons bring ___________ of the __________ and the winter monsoons bring ____________ off the _____________
What is MOISTURE off the INDIAN OCEAN and DRY AIR off the HIMALAYAS?
900
After Ashoka converted to Buddhism, he sent missionaries all over Asia. He converted the king and then all its people to this religion. What country did he convert?
What is Tibet?
900
Please name FOUR out of the (Eightfold Path)
1) To know the truth (Right Insight)
2) To intend to resist evil (Right Intention)
3) To not say anything to hurt others (Right Speech)
4) To respect life, property, and morality (Right Action)
5) To work at a job that does not injure others (Right Livelihood)
6) To try to free one's mind from evil (Right Effort)
7) To be in control of one's feelings and thoughts (Right Mindfulness)
8) To practice appropriate forms of concentration (Right Meditation)