Geography
Civilizations
Technology
Economy
Religion
100
Indian civilizatio began in this River Valley.
What is the Indus River Valley
100
Two cities that were a part of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
100
Name three inventions of Ancient India that are still in use today.
What are sewer systems, carts, and streets
100
This part of ancient India's economy still exists today.
What is making cotton cloth OR raising chickens for food
100
An Indian prince, Siddhartha Gautama, began this religion.
What is Buddhism
200
Located in between the Eastern and Western Ghats
What is the Deccan Plateau
200
The name of the empire that followed the Aryans.
What is the Mauryan Empire
200
A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
What is an EPIC
200
Groups of artisans and merchants who do the same type of work.
What is a GUILD
200
The belief in a rebirth after death in which the soul enters the body of another living form.
What is Reincarnation
300
India is considered a ______ because it is separated from the rest of Asia.
What is a subcontinent
300
The Empire that brought the Golden Age to India.
What is the Gupta Empire
300
The purpose of the Great Bath
Religious ceremonies
300
A division within the social classes of India. This system is to ancient India as the social pyramid is to ancient Egypt.
What is CASTE
300
In this religion, Vedas are important books that tell people how to live.
What is Hinduism
400
A rich, fine-grained soil left behind on river banks during floods.
What is SILT
400
The empire that followed the Mauryan Empire.
What is the Gupta Empire
400
Chariots, domesticated animals, and effective fighting led this group of people to successfully take over the Indus Valley
Who are the ARYANS
400
This served as proof that people in ancient India traded with other civilizations.
Products were found in other areas OR Written records describe trade.
400
In this religion, the Eightfold Path is a set of rules that tell people how they should live.
What is Buddhism
500
A group of semi-nomadic people from Eastern Europe that settled in the Indus Valley.
Who are the ARYANS
500
The leader of the Mauryan Empire.
Who is Asoka
500
The streets of Mohenjo-Daro were organized in this type of a system, creating rectangular city blocks.
What is a GRID system
500
Name a piece of evidence (artifact) that remains of the trade of the Indus River Valley civilizations.
What are beads, stone seals, and cube shaped weights.
500
In both Hinduism and Buddhism, this is used as a way to achieve peace of mind.
What is meditation
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