Hip Hughes: The Indus River Valley
Vocabulary: A fortress atop a hill is called what?
A Citadel
Fact: What is the famed mountain range that contains the tallest mountain in the world?
The Himalayan Mountains
Name: Who was the father of Ganesha?
Shiva
Name: What is an important practice of self-discipline that Hindus do?
Yoga
Fact: Who was Gandhi?
Gandhi was a man who worked to remove the Caste System.
Fact: What is the Great Bath?
A place believed to be where Hindus practiced ritual bathing.
Name: What landform has rocks over 60 million years old and is in Southern India?
The Deccan Plateau
Fact: What does the cobra around Ganesha's neck represent?
His father, Shiva
Fact: Who is deity Shiva?
He is the destroyer god who represents reincarnation.
Name: What class is highest?
The Brahmins
Fact: Who were the Harrapans friends with?
The Mesopotamians
Name: What mountain range holds the Khyber Pass?
The Hindu Kush Mountains
Fact: What does Ganesha have control over?
Name: What is the name of the Hindu group who worship the god Krishna?
Name: What do you call a Ancient Indian social class?
The Varnas
Vocabulary: What is a monsoon?
A hurricane like storm that come in the summer and then the winter.
Fact: Why is the Ganges River considered to have possibly the most fertile soil in the world?
Because of the silt it carries down from the Himalayas.
Name: What kind of animal head does Ganesha have?
An Elephant
Fact: What do snakes symbolize?
Destruction
Fact: What are the Shudras?
Servants or laborers
Fact: What dental practice did the Ancient Indus River Valley Civilization do?
The Removal of Cavities
The Eastern and Western Ghats
Fact: What was Ganesha made out of?
Flakes of his mother Parvati's skin.
Name: Who rides Nandi the Bull and why?
Shiva; they are sacred to hinduism.
Fact: How are you sorted into a class?
Based on your skills or talents