Ancient India
Hinduism
Buddhism
Ancient China/Confucias
Random/Maps
100

Capital Cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro structured their cities using a _______ plan

what is a grid plan

100

What are the sacred texts from which Hinduism is based?

What are the Vedas (including the Upanishads)

100

First person to hit the buzzer gets 100 free points

LETS GO

100

What is the name of the thing that China traded silk for other goods?

What is silk road

100

Confucius and Lao Tzu both wanted

What is to have a society filled with peace and harmony

200

Why are the monsoons so important to people in India?

What is they needed it for farming

200

 Define reincarnation.

What is reincarnation is the belief that at death a person's soul is reborn into another being

200

Who is the founder of Buddhism? Full name 

Who is Siddhartha Gautama

200

What did new dynasties in China do to persuade the people that they had the "mandate of heaven"?

What is brought peace, rebuilt the infrastructure, gave land to peasants, and protected the people

200

The northern Blue River is, and What dynasty lived there?

What is the Huang/Yellow River 

and

Who are the Shang Dynasty or Who are the Zhou Dynasty 

300

The Yellow is 

What is the Deccan Plateau

300

Why has the caste system been able to last for so long in India?

Whar are the Hindu beliefs of dharma, karma, and reincarnation support the caste system

300

What is purpose of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path?

What is to end suffering

300

Confucianism is concerned with

What is respecting authority, following rules, and becoming one's best self (through education)

300

What natrual barrier is between China and India? AND What is the name of the area that is green near the coast?

What are the Himalayas and What are the Coastal Plains

400

What is the name of the civilazation that is in the Green area and south of Nepal 

Who are the the Vedic/Aryan Civilization

400

What is the ultimate goal of all Hindus?

What is to achieve Moksha by uniting with Brahman

400

What was the key difference between Buddhists and Hindus in ancient India?

Buddhists rejected the caste system (it caused suffering)

400

By what philosophy did Shi Huangdi rule China?

What is Legalism- using harsh punishments to control the people

400

What is the name of hte middel river

What is the Yangtze River

500

What is one thing we use today that we took from the Indus Civilization and What is one thing we use today that we took from the Vedic/Aryan Civilization

What is Indus Civilization system for weights and measures, system of writing, Grid Plan for Cities

What is Vedic/Aryan Civilization Acculturation, Vices include food, drink, music, chariot races, dice games

500

In India's caste system what does each person's caste determine?

What is It determines a person's occupation, friends, family, who they can marry, etc...

500

List the four noble truths

What are 

  1. All life is full of suffering pain and sorrow

  2. The cause of suffering is rooted in evils such as greed desire and hatred

  3. The only cure for suffering is to overcome desire and other evils

  4. The way to overcome desire and other evils is to follow the eightfold path

500

List Confucius's "five relationships"?

What are ruler to subject, father to son, older to younger, husband to wife, friend to friend

500

What is are the four natural barriers to china?


What are 

West -Desert

Southwest- Himalayas

Southeast Rainforests

North- Gobi Desert

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