Nation-States
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Religion
Environment
Earliest times
100
This was the first empire to unify the Indian sub-continent.
What is the Mauryan Empire (324 - 184 B.C.E.)
100
He was the founder of the Mauryan Empire.
Who is Chandragupta
100
The ultimate spiritual reward in Buddhism is this.
What is nirvana?
100
These mountains block cold, arctic air from reaching India, and define its northern border.
What are the Himalayas?
100
What does the term "Veda" literally mean?
What is Knowledge
200
This was the second empire to unify the Indian sub-continent.
What is the Gupta Empire. (320-550 C.E.)
200
He was the 3rd ruler of the Mauryan Empire, grandson of Chandragupta, who converted to Buddhism. He spread his edicts and precepts in this way.
Who is Ashoka? Inscriptions on stones and pillars.
200
The Brahmins were important in the early years of the vedic age/early Hinduism because they...
knew how to perform essential sacrifices
200
These powerful storms bring tremendous amounts of water from the Indian Ocean to the interior regions of India, helping to make it possible to have up 3 harvests a year.
What are monsoons
200
This collection of Indian poetic hymns dedicated to the various deities and describing sacred practices is considered the oldest book in existence.
What is the Rig Veda.
300
Early complex society in Southeast Asia centered in the rich rice-growing region of southern Vietnam. Controlled passage of trade across the Malaysian isthmus.
What is Funan
300
Founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama or Shakyamuni
300
Jainism emphasizes the principles of (provide 2/3)
nonviolence, nudity, and asceticism.
300
India landscape and climate, as a whole, is; A) All very hot and humid B) Half desert scrub-land, half mountainous C) Very diverse D) Sheltered from extreme weather events
What is C) Very diverse
300
During the first centuries C.E., the two great epics of India take their final form; they are... (Name at least 1 of the 2)
What is the Ramayana and the Mahabharata
400
Our understanding of this first civilization of South Asia, comes from the Vedas, and from terra-cota pottery.
What is the Indus River Valley Civilization or Harappan Civilization
400
The name 2 of the 3 central gods of Hinduism. 2x Bonus List all 3, and tell their role in the heavens.
Who are; Brahma (the Creator) Vishnu (the Preserver or Protector) Shiva (the Judge or Destroyer)
400
The habit of Hindu pilgrimage is most important to India because it...
Created a sense of unity in an otherwise disperate (seperated) landscape.
400
This crop is grown in the moist, flat Ganges Delta, which receives large amounts of monsoon rains.
What is rice
400
What aspect of Harappan/Indus River civilization set it apart from other societies of its time? and What technology was needed to make this way of living possible? (Must answer both!!)
What is urban/city living which requires plumbing/sewage systems. Why?? To avoid diseases (cholera, TB, etc.)
500
Political power in this region was modeled on Indian traditions, and was largely based on control of strategic trading corridors.
What is SE Asia
500
Among the early converts to Buddhism were...
Women trying to gain more freedom or Lower classes trying to escape poverty/social stigma.
500
The Indus River Valley receives much less rainfall, thus requiring the widespread use of this technology.
What is irrigation
500
One of the most important contributions made by Gupta intellectuals was this axiomatic (foundational) mathematical concept.
What is Zero / 0?
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