Vocabulary
What is the difference between Export and Import?
Export is shipped out of a region and Import is shipped into a region
What mountain separates the Subcontinent India from the rest of the continent?
Himalayas
What are the Four Noble Truths from the Buddha's teachings based on?
Based on people's desires, wants, and suffering.
Why did Asoka start practicing Buddhism?
He became horrified at what he did to people.
What Empire created the 0?
The Gupta Empire
What is the definition of Monsoons and Reincarnation?
Monsoons: Seasonal Winds
Reincarnation: the belief in rebirth
What river flows southeast?
Ganges River
What religion beliefs in Reincarnation and Karma?
Hinduism
What are some important exports and imports to the Gupta Empire?
Exports: Salt, cotton, and spices.
Imports: Silk, pottery, copper, and glassware.
Gupta's Astronomers discovered what before European Astronomers did?
They discovered that the sun was the center of the solar system.
What word do these definitions describe?
1. A god or goddess
2. A religion about nonviolent beliefs
3. A religion a religion based on ending suffering by giving up desires
1. Deity
2. Jainism
3. Buddhism
What River flows southwest into what sea?
Indus and the Arabian sea
What does the Eightfold path based on and what religion beliefs in it?
How to live your life the right way.
Buddhism
What did Maurya add to his empire and why? (At least 2)
He added roads for easy travels and barter.
He added taxes to pay for his projects.
He also added a government to help him rule.
What main places did the Artisans barter with?
Mesopotamia and Central Asia
Fill in the blank
1. _______ workers or _________- Artisans
2. Calculations or _________ _________operations.- Algorithm
3. A large _______ of land separated from the rest of the ____________- Subcontinent
1. Skilled workers or specialists- Artisans
2. Calculations or problem solving operations- Algorithm
3. A large body of land separated from the rest of the continent- Subcontinent
What plain does the Ganges River go through?
The Fertile plain
What year was Januism founded?
600B.C.
What system did the Gupta Empire develop?
The decimal system, which is based on counting tens.
Who allowed rulers to stay in power put they had to pay yearly taxes?
Samudragupta
What is an epic and what are the epics?
Epic-a long poem that tells the life of a hero
Mahabharata and Ramayana
What is good about Monsoons and what is bad about them?
Farmers took advantage of the Monsoons because it brings rain so they can farm and brought fertile silt. Too much rain can cause floods, too little rain can cause droughts.
What is one of the major gods of Hinduism?
Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
What was Maurya's road called and what places did it connect?
Maurya's road was called his "Royal Highway" and it connected Palalipultra to the city of Taxila.
What does the epics Mahabharata and Ramayana contain?
Mahabharata- Song of the Lord or Bhagavad Gita.
Ramayana- Talks about a king named Rama and his wife, Sita.