Time Period
Caste System
Beliefs
Geography
Etc.
100
What time period did Ancient India exist?
What is BC or BCE
100
What order are the caste in? Give their names.
What is Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Sudras and Dalits.
100
Did Siddhartha Gautama discover Hinduism and Buddhism? Explain your answer.
What is No because he was the founder of only Buddhism
100
What two rivers are in India?
What is Indus River and Ganges river
100
What were their two beliefs?
What is Hinduism and Buddhism
200
Who were the first known group of people who found out about astronomy?
What is Classical Indians
200
Who was the largest social class in the caste system?
What is Sudras
200
Which faith wanted to spread more?
What is Buddhism
200
What were the two mountain ranges called?
What is Himalayas and Hindu-Kush mountains
200
How did their houses look like?
What is flat on top, squared and all were close together.
300
Who got credit for the discovery of astronomy?
What is Europeans
300
If you’re a Sudra and you lived a life full of lies and bad stuff what would you be reincarnated as back again?
What is Dalit
300
Is Moksha and Nirvana the same thing?
What is Yes because both of them are a state of happiness for both faiths
300
What natural defenses did India have?
What is mountains
300
What did Buddhist believe suffering was caused by?
What is worldly desires
400
Who was in charge of creating mathematics?
What is Classical Indians
400
How did the people’s caste level affect their life?
What is Marriage, food eaten, occupation
400
What are the holy texts of Hinduism and Buddhism?
What is Buddhism: Tripitaka/ Hinduism: Vedas and Upanishads
400
Through where could foreigners enter into India?
What is Khyber - Pass
400
Who believed in the four noble truths?
What is Buddhists
500
True or False: Did the ancient Indians invent medical instruments and surgical operations?
What is False: Classical Indians
500
Why are Brahmins (priests) so high up in the caste system?
What is they are greatly honored and they try to unite people with Brahman to reach pure happiness.
500
Where was Hinduism and Buddhism founded and where did they eventually spread?
What is they were both found in India but Buddhism spread to Southeast Asia and Hinduism didn’t spread yet
500
For what reason were the top of their houses flat?
What is they used it for work space.
500
What advancements did classical Indians make in astronomy?
What is they discovered that the earth is round instead of flat, the earth and moons relationship with the sun and things with the different stars.
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