Makar Sankranti
India Empires
India Vocabulary
India Geography
India - Society
100

This God is worshipped during Makar Sankranti.

Who is Sun?

100

The heartland of this empire was the fertile valley of the Kaveri River.

What is Chola Empire?

100

These are the 4 sacred texts of Hinduism.

What are the Vedas?

100

The name of the region in which the Harappan civilization was located.

What is  Indus Valley?

100

A Hindu social system you are born into and determined by your job

Caste System

200

In this region, the festival is as known as Magey Sankrati. It is associated with the worship of Lord Shiva.

What is the Himalayan regions of Darjeeling?

200

He was the most famous King of the Chalukya Dynasty.

Who was Jayasimha Siddharaja?

200

This is the Hindu's written language. 

What is Sanskrit?

200

These seasonal winds that were impacted the Indus Valley Civilization.

What are Monsoons?

200

They were taller, light-skinned people from the North

Who were the Aryans?

300

This a sport played in Tamil Nadu in the month of January, during Pongal. It is similar to bull fighting.

What is Jallikattu?

300

This was taxed during the Gupta empire.

What is water?

300

The campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.

What is Dandi March?

300

Mohenjo Daro and Harrappa were cities laid out in a______________ pattern and had indoor _______________.

1. What is Grid pattern?

2. What is indoor plumbing?

300

The definitions of these words are: 1-what goes around, comes around!

2-when the soul leaves the body (after death) and returns to a new body 

3-the Hindu version of Heaven

What is: 

1. Karma

2. Reincarnation 

3. Moksha

400

The movement of the sun into Capricorn, start of longer days and shorter nights. 

What is Makar Sankranti?

400

These were the two Mathematics advancements during the Golden Age of India besides wealth and stability.

What are the number zero and algebra?

400

A state of perfect happiness and peace.

What is Nirvana?

400

The ancient Egyptian and Indian civilizations share This environment similarity.

What is unpredictable flooding?

400

This Ancient Sanskrit symbol that meant peace and harmony.

What is Swastika?

500

Makara Vilakku Festival is celebrated in this temple on Makar Sankranti.

What is Sabarimala in Kerela

500

During the Gupta Empire, there were major medical advancements. 

vaccines and surgery

500

This is one of the texts of Aryuveda.

What is Charaka Samhita or Sushruta Samhita?

500

This peak/range (8,598 m (28,209 ft)) is situated on the Sikkim–Nepal border.

What is Kanchenjunga?

500

It is a unit of measurement to represent the distance at which another human could be heard.

What is Kos?