Geography
Early India
Aryan Invasion
Hinduism
Buddhism
100
Large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
What is a subcontinent
100
The first civilization was developed along...
What is the Indus River?
100
Some historians believe that the Aryan's came from here.
What is Central Asia?
100
Hinduism developed out of this religion and other cultures.
What is Brahmanism?
100
Going without food
What is fasting?
200
This separates India from the rest of Asia
What are the Himalayas?
200
The two main cities of the Harappan civilization.
What is Harappa and Mohenjo Daro?
200
Skills that the Aryans had that helped them conquer the Indus Valley.
What are warriors, chariots, and advanced weapons?
200
Aryan society was split into social divisions also known as...
What are varnas?
200
Focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas.
What is meditation?
300
Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons.
What is monsoons?
300
1700s BC
When did the Harappan civilization come to an end?
300
They governed Aryan villages. They were leaders who ruled a village and the land around it.
Who are rajas.
300
The effects that good or bad actions
What is karma
300
Also known as the "Enlightened One"
Who is the Buddha?
400
The large plates that occupies the heart of India.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
400
Harappans developed India's first....
What is India's first writing system?
400
The most important language of ancient India.
What is Sanskrit?
400
This divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation.
What is the caste system?
400
State of perfect peace
What is nirvana?
500
India's geography includes these.
What are high mountains, great rivers, and heavy seasonal rain?
500
The Harappan civilization thrived during this time.
When is 2300 and 1700 BC
500
Religious writing that allows us to know the information we have about Aryan societies.
What are the Vedas?
500
Name one of the deities that Hindus believed in.
What is Brahma the Creator? What is Siva the Destroyer? What is Vishnu the Preserver?
500
Right Thought Right Livelihood Right Concentration
What is the Eightfold Path?
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