Geography
A large landmass similar, but smaller than a continent
What continent is India on?
Subcontinent
Asia
What are the Vedas?
Sacred text of Hinduism
True or false we actually learned to count from the ancient Indians
True
.Albert Einstein once quipped, “We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.”
What are the three things that caused the cities to be destroyed?
Earthquake
By the enemy
Flood
What is the name of the social class system?
Caste system
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
How are dharma and karma different?
Dharma is the actions or teachings of Buddha
Kharma is what comes around goes around or do good and you will receive good (every action has a consequence)
Ancient India was home to two of the world’s first cities, which is a big accomplishment because they included things other cities did not have like?
what were their names?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. These cities had stone buildings, multiply stories, and sewage systems!
What material was used to build the cities and how is this different than the Old stone age?
Backed bricks (made with clay then burned)
During the stone age they used sticks and what they could find, and this was a permanent house
How is the caste determined for each person?
By their job
Hindu Kush
What does the lotus flower represent?
What does each petal represent?
Universe
new beggining/opportunity
In ancient India they found the symbol for what concept used in math?
Pi
What did the cities use for defense and what type of pattern was the city laid out in?
Towers of defense and grid like pattern
Which classes held the least power and why?
Untouchables and because they had "unclean" jobs like waste management, morgue, etc.
What are the three main rivers in India?
Ganga, Brahmaputra, Indus
The most practiced religion of India
Hinduism
What number was invented in ancient Inida by a man named Aryabhatta
Hint it is not greater than one, but is less than one
Zero
There are 2 ideas on how Mohenjo Daro got its name.
Give me 1
2 for bonus
Means "mount of the dead" named by ancient Indians
Earned from the variety of animal sacrifices and rooster fighting
Which class held most of the power and who were in this class?
Brahmans
Priests and Scholars
What is one thing that many people find crazy about Mt.Everest?
Hint invovles height
It grows taller each year
If I was in the untouchables class, but I spent my whole life doing good acts when my soul is reborn what is my new caste system?
Sudras
(commoners, peasants, slaves)
What 2 areas in math were people in ancient India the first to use?
Hint you learn these in high school
Algebra and Caculus
What was underground in each city and explain what the purpose of this was for
Sewer system
To protect water quality and public health (you dont want the same water from the bathroom water to wash dishes with)
I am in a class system with warriors and rulers, what is my caste system?
Kshatriyas