The Indus Valley
Harappa and Mohenjo Dara
The Aryans and Religions
The Maurya and Gupta Empires
Vocabulary
100

The location of the ancient cities of the Indus Valley on this large area separated from the rest of Asia. 

What is the on rivers or near the coast of the Indian subcontinent? 
100
This was the region these two settlements formed.
What is the Indus River valley on the Indian subcontinent?
100

This was the most important characteristic of the caste system.

You had to live, work and marry in the same caste you were born into. You could not change your class through hard work.

100
This was the person who founded the Maurya Empire.
Who was Chandragupta Maurya?
100

This is what a granary was used for.

What is storing grain?

200
This was the reason Indus River farming villages were built on mounds of mud.
What is flooding?
200
These were the items that the people of Harappa traded. (you need 2 out of 4)
What are cotton, lumber, livestock and grain?
200
This religion is practiced by most people of India today.
What is Hinduism?
200
The ruler Ashoka did this after seeing the horrors of war.
What is convert to Buddhism and spread message of nonviolence?
200

This is the belief that you live many lives and will be reborn.

What is reincarnation?

300
The flooding of the Indus river provided this.
What is fertile soil?
300
These were what artisans used to make items.

 (Need 3)

What are bone, shells, ivory, bronze, copper, silver, clay, limestone?
300
This is what following the Eightfold Path would lead to according to Buddha.
What is nirvana, or peace and happiness?
300
This was the empire known as the classical age of India.
What was the Gupta Empire?
300

This is the name for designing a city.

What is urban planning?

400
These are the two reasons Indus River settlements were surrounded by walls.
What is for defense and to control trade?
400
These were modern advancements found in homes in Mohenjo-Daro.
What are indoor plumbing and drainage, and trash or garbage collection?
400
This religion, founded by Mahavira, was centered on the belief that every living thing has a soul and should not be killed or eaten. 
What is Jainism?
400
This was the empire in which the people had lots of freedoms, well-kept roads, and hospitals.
What is the Gupta Empire?
400

This is the name for a severe wind and rain storm.

What is a monsoon?

500
This was one of the main crops of the Indus Valley.
What is barley?
500
This is one of the theories of how the civilization of Mohenjo-Daro came to an end.
What is the civilization slowly broke up into smaller cultures, or what is a natural disaster such as an earthquake, monsoon, or flood?
500
This was the reason Buddha began his search for truth.
Why is there suffering and how can we end it?
500
These are some of the achievements of the classical age of India.  (Name 2)
What are:

frescoes painted,great literature,base ten system, decimals, algebra, healthcare such as set broken bones, safer births, skin grafts, sterilizing surgical tools, inoculations, growth of Hinduism


500

This was the social structure introduced by the Aryans.

What was the caste system?

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