Golden Age Achievements
Geography
Religions
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100
The concept of zero, the value of pi and the creation of the decimal system are associated with which empire?
Gupta
100
The wet winds that bring monsoons to India come from the
West
100
The Buddhist religion teaches that salvation is earned by doing what?
Learning to give up selfish desire
100
What is the Caste System?
A complex system that divided people by occupation offering no mobility between classes
100
Members of this religion are strict vegans
Jainism
200
How are the edicts or pillars of Emperor Asoka and the Code of Hammurabi similar?
Both are important codes of law for their empires
200
Which major geographic feature has hindered cultural diffusion between India and China
Himalaya Mountains
200
Which values are most associated with the Buddhist Religion- Giving up worldly possessions and practicing ____________________.
Non-Violence
200
Which factor most influenced a persons social class in early Indian societies?
Birth
200
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of which sect of Buddhism?
Vajrayana
300
One similarity between the rule of Akbar the Great and the rule of Asoka is that both leaders implemented policies that encouraged what?
Religious Tolerance
300
Name three geographic features of India
Ganges River, Deccan Plateau, Indus River, Himalaya Mountains
300
This picture represents who from what religion?
Siddhartha Gautama from Buddhism
300
Which belief is expressed in the following quote: "Just as a man, having cast off old garments, puts on others, even so does the embodied one, having cast off old bodies, take on other new ones."
Reincarnation
300
Which monks do you think carry a broom to sweep the ground in front of them to keep from harming even one insect
Jainist
400
Extensive roads with trees planted every 9 miles with rest homes are associated with which empire?
Mauryan Empire
400
Which geographic feature hindered the expansion of the Gupta's into modern day China?
Himalaya Mountains
400
Name a belief that is shared by Hindus and Buddhists?
Karma influences your next reincarnation
400
Why did Shah Jahan order the building of the Taj Mahal
In memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal
400
What are the four books of Hinduism? Please pick from this list: Vedas, Brahmanas, Tripitaka, Upanishads, Mahavira, Puranas BONUS: What are the other two?
Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanishads, Puranas, Mahavira- Founder of Jainism, Tripitaka- Buddhism holy book
500
Known as the "Great One" he added more territory and lands conquered by Babur than did any other Mughal Emperor
Akbar
500
Which geographic factor common to India affected the development of the Harappan people?
Monsoons
500
In the practice of religion, the Ten Commandments are to Judaism as the ________________ is to Buddhism.
Eight Fold Path
500
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro had streets arranged how? What does this suggest about these ancient river valley civilizations?
Grid like patterns and organized governments
500
Males of this faith wear five marks of their faith. What is that faith and name three of the five marks.
Sikhism- Comb, Bracelet, Sword, Long Hair, shorts/undergarments
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