The river of life that flows through present day China, India and Pakistan. It is India's most famous river.
What is the Indus River?
100
Archeologists cannot decipher this ancient Indian civilization's writing system.
What is the Harappan civilazation?
100
These are sacred songs introduced by the Aryans and are the foundation of Hinduism.
What are vedas?
100
Buddhism is mostly practiced throught this continent.
Where is Asia?
100
A large landmass that is geographically separated from the rest of a continent.
What is a subcontinent?
200
The world's tallest mountains that separate India from the rest of Asia.
What are the Himalayas?
200
This city included brick buildings and a huge citadel. It had an advanced sewer system.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
200
The vedas supported this way of dividing the Hindu society into four major classes of people.
What is the caste system?
200
A force believed by Hindus and Buddhists that is caused by a person's good and bad acts. It affects your future life.
What is karma?
200
An Indian teacher of dance who lived 1500 years ago.
She taught hand gestures, importance of eyes/eyelash movement, and rules of the Indian dance.
Who was Bharata?
300
The highest mountain peak in the Himalayas.
What is Mount Everest?
300
The orderly layout of of large grain warehouses suggest that Mohenjo-Daro was ruled this way.
What is a strong local government?
300
Hindus believe that people live in a constant circle of birth, death, and rebirth. What is this belief called?
What is reincarnation?
300
He was born as Soddjartja Gautama and grew up as a prince in Kosala, a northern kingdom near the Himalayas. His followers believed that he found the true meaning of life. They called him this.
Who is the Buddha?
300
The country that borders India in the northwest.
What is Pakistan?
400
The 3 bodies of water that surround India.
What are The Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and Bay of Bengal?
400
Harappan merchants traded goods with this far away ancient civilization.
What is Mesopotamia?
400
By following this, Hindus believe that people can break free of the cycle of reincarnation.
What is the dharma?
400
An Indian man who devotes his life to a religious way of life.
What is a monk?
400
The Ayrans, who herded cattle and sheep from horseback, were from this area but migrated across the Hindu Kush Mountains to Europe and India.
What is central Asia?
500
The northern part of India where the dry desert-like land is flooded with fertile silt.
What is the Indus Plain?
500
In 1500 BC these people migrated to the Indian subcontinent and brought new ideas.
Who were the Aryans?
500
The belief in a link between a powerful, invisible force and everything in the world.
What is Hinduism?
500
A set of instructions to end suffering and a guide to the proper way to live for Buddhists.