India: Geography
This is the name of land that is separated from the rest of a continent by rivers, mountains, and deserts.
What is a subcontinent?
This is the central belief of Hinduism.
What is Rebirth or Reincarnation?
This is the name of the founder of Buddhism.
Who was Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha?
Egypt was originally split into these two kingdoms.
What are Upper and Lower Egypt.
Mesopotamia was located where?
What is the Fertile Crescent River Valley?
These seasonal wind patterns cause wet and dry seasons.
What are monsoons?
This is the term for the effects of good and bad actions on your soul.
What is Karma?
The Buddha was born into what caste?
What is the Kshatriya?
Who was Ramses the Great?
Mesopotamia was known for its fertile cropland thanks to this natural phenomenon:
What is the seasonal flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
These mountains border India to the North and the West.
What are the Himalayas and Hindu Kush?
These are the sacred duties you must fulfill to get better karma.
What is your Darma?
These are the main principles "at the heart" of Buddhist belief.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
This economic system was used in Egypt.
What is the barter system?
The Hittites did not rule Mesopotamia long. After conquering it, their empire crumbled because:
What is their king was assassinated?
This group of nomadic people migrated into India around 2000 BC.
Who were the Aryans?
These are the required symbols of Sikhism. (Name 4!)
What are long hair, a small comb, a steel bracelet, a sword, special undergarments, a turban.
Two things both Hinduism and Buddhism agree on is:
What is rebirth/reincarnation and the search for enlightenment/nirvana?
These interesting job benefits made scribes, architects and soldiers powerful.
What is not paying taxes, upward mobility, and keeping your war spoils?
This was the first ever written code of laws.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This early civilization in India collapsed without explanation.
Who were the Harappans?
These are the groups in the caste system. (Name all 4!)
BONUS: UNTOUCHABLES
Buddhism eventually split into these two distinct groups.
What are Theravada and Mahayana?
These three Egyptian gods/goddesses were a family.
Who were Osiris, Isis, and Horus.
This writing system was used in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?