Geography
Kings/Rulers
Hinduism/Buddhism
Vocabulary
Contributions
100

What is a subcontinent?

What is a large landmass (i.e., India)?

100

This Mauryan king allowed local kings to continue to rule and made them pay tribute. 

Who is Chandragupta Maurya? 

100

Siddhartha Gautama, born a wealthy prince, ran away from home, meditated, found enlightenment, and became who? 

Who is the Buddha? 

100

A strong seasonal wind in South and Southeast Asia

What is a monsoon? 

100

What did the Gupta Empire bring to India?

What is peace, prosperity, and the golden age? 

200

The Harappan civilization emerged in which river valley?

What is the Indus River Valley? 
200

Which Mauryan King spread Buddhist ideas around India by building pillars and sending missionaries abroad? 

Who is Asoka? 

200

This religion is the 3rd largest religion in the world. 

What is Hinduism? 

200

A period of great cultural achievement

What is the golden age? 

200

What was the name of the Aryan language?

What is Sanskrit? 

300

Aryans migrated to what mountain range?

What are the Hindu Kush mountains? 

300

Asoka converted to which religion?

What is Buddhism? 

300

Following the Eightfold Path goes along with which Ancient Indian religion? 

What is Buddhism? 

300

A rigid social hierarchy in India that divides people into hereditary classes

What is the caste system? 

300

What are the Vedas?

What are the sacred texts of Hinduism? 
400

Where did the Aryan migrations begin?

Where is north of the Hindu Kush mountains? 

400

Which ruler built the first great Indian empire?

Who was Chandragupta Maurya? 

400

Name one of the three major Hindu male gods?

Who are Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva? 

400

In Hinduism, the rebirth of a person's soul into another body after death

What is reincarnation? 

400

Which of the following is a legacy of Indian astronomy?

What is the accurate calculation of the length of the solar year?

500

What are the names of the two main rivers of Ancient India? 

What are the Indus and the Ganges? 

500

Who was the Gupta Ruler during the Golden Age? 

Who is Chandra Gupta II?

500

According to the Four Noble Truths, what causes suffering?

What is human desire and attachment? 

500

in Hinduism, a state of being influenced by a person's actions and conduct, determines the kind of life into which a person will be reborn

What is karma? 

500

What is Ayurveda?

What is an alternative form of healing, exercise, diet, etc?