Facts
Which river did Ancient India develop on?
1. Euphrates river 2.Tigris river
3. Indus river 4. Nile river
What is the Indus river
What is the definition of karma?
1. The effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul.
2. A dance they performed at festivals
3. A God the Indians worshiped
What is the effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul.
Who is Rama?
1. A prince who was the god Vinshu in human form
2. One of the greatest rulers of the Gupta empire
3. An Indian ruler who's empire continued to grow, stretching throughout Northern India
Who is a prince who was the god Vinshu in human form
What was Ancient India filled with?
1.High mountains, great rivers, heavy seasonal rain
2. Seas, deserts, canyons
3. Cement, pyramids, great rivers
What are high mountains, great rivers, and heavy seasonal rain
What was the timeline of Ancient India?
1. 3000 BCE to 600 AD
2. 2600 BCE 500 AD
3. 1000 BCE to 200 AD
What is 2600 BCE 500 AD
What is the largest religion in India?
1. Hinduism 2. Christianity
3. Judaism 4. Catholic
What is Hinduism
What is the definition of Raja?
1.Aryan leader 2. village headman
3. An Indian Metalworker 4. An Indian Prince
What is an Aryan leader
Who was Mahavira?
1. a man who found enlightenment under a tree and was called the Buddha
2. the God of fire
3. a man who was named ruler in their native language
4. an Indian prince that gave up his luxuries to become a monk
Who was an Indian prince that gave up his luxuries to become a monk
What were three important landmarks of Ancient India?
1. The great Sphinx, the Ajanta, and the Ellora caves
2. the Ajanta, the Ellora caves, and the Khajuraho temples.
3.the Ajanta, the great lakes, and the Taj Mahal
What are the Ajanta, the Ellora caves, and the Khajuraho temples
What material did the Ancient Indians mine?
1. Gold
2. Diamonds
3. Stone
What are Diamonds
What is Indian iron very resistant to?
1. fire 2. rust
3. water 4. mud
What is Rust
What is the process of rebirth?
1. Ossification 2. Karma
3. Pregnancy 4. Reincarnation
What is Reincarnation
Who was Raja?
1. The god of destruction
2. a man who was named ruler in their native language
3. the god of fire
Who was a man who was named ruler in their native language
What was Ancient India shaped like?
1. a large shaped triangle
2. a large shaped square
3. a large shaped circle
What is a large shaped triangle
What did they invent the concept of?
1. 0 and the decimal system
2. geometry and fractions
3. geography
what is 0 and the decimal system
Who were three rulers of ancient India?
1. Chandragupta II, Ashoka, Bindusara
2.Chandragupta II, King Tut, Alexander the Great
3.Philip II, Bindusara, Chandragupta II
Who are Chandragupta II, Ashoka, Bindusara
What is the definition of Monsoons?
1. Seasonal wind patterns which cause wet and dry seasons.
2. An Indian leader
3. An Indian religion.
Seasonal wind patterns which cause wet and dry seasons.
Who was Shiva?
1. a man who found enlightenment under a tree and was called the Buddha
2. the God of destruction
3. the Aryan leader
Who was the God of destruction
What was the highest mountain in Ancient India?
1. Mount Everest
2. the Himalayas
3. Aravalli
What is the Himalayas
1. none at all
2. heavy seasonal rain
3. very little
What is heavy seasonal rain
Why was the Taj Mahal important to the Indian culture?
1. Its status as a symbol of love, a masterpiece of Indo-Islamic architecture.
2. It was built as a symbol of their their religion to go and worship the gods.
Its status as a symbol of love, a masterpiece of Indo-Islamic architecture.
What is the definition of Sanskrit?
1. the process of rebirth
2. the most important language of ancient India
3. a trade item
4. the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas
The most important language of ancient India
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
1. a village headman
2. the God of fire
3. a man who found enlightenment under a tree and was called the Buddha.
Who was a man who found enlightenment under a tree and was called the Buddha.
What benefit did the mountains bring to the Ancient Indians
1. prevented invaders
2. prevented floods
3. brought streams of water
What did prevent invaders
What famous religion began in ancient India?
1.Buddhism
2. Hinduism
3. Christianity
what is Buddhism