Geography and Climate
Indus Valley Civilization
Aryan Society
Indian Empires
Key Terms
100

Seasonal winds that brought rain and influenced farming cycles in India.

What are monsoons?

100

These two major cities are known for their advanced urban planning.

What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?

100

The Aryans brought this language to India.

What is Sanskrit?

100

He founded the Maurya Empire.

Who is Chandragupta Maurya?

100

The two major religions that developed in ancient India.

What are Hinduism and Buddhism?

200

This river supported the agriculture and trade of the Indus Valley Civilization.

What is the Indus River?

200

The _______ system and drainage in the Indus Valley cities demonstrate their knowledge of this.

What is grid?

200

This social structure divided people into groups like priests, warriors, farmers, and laborers.

What is the caste system?

200

This Mauryan emperor spread Buddhism after his conversion.

Who is Ashoka?

200

This type of Buddhist structure was built during the Gupta Empire.

What is a stupa?

300

The geography of this region included fertile plains and a river valley ideal for farming.

What is the Indus Valley?

300

Indus Valley people used standardized __________ for trade and measurement.

What are weights and measures?

300

These sacred texts were central to Aryan religion.

What are the Vedas?

300

Known as the "Golden Age" of India, this empire advanced in mathematics and science.

What is the Gupta Empire?

300

These were places of worship for Hindus built during the Gupta Empire.

What are Hindu temples?

400

The Indus Valley Civilization traded with this ancient region.

What is Mesopotamia?

400

Theories for the decline of this civilization include...

What is natural disasters and invasions.

400

The oldest and most important of the Vedas

What is the Rigveda?

400

The concept of zero was developed during this Indian empire.

What is the Gupta Empire?

400

The sacred texts of Aryan religion.

What are the Vedas?