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Geography/Climate
Indus River Valley
Hinduism
Buddhism
Empires
100
The region of the Indian subcontinent that is generally arid and unproductive for farming.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
100
Chief of an Aryan tribe.
What is a rajah?
100
Religious and moral duties of an individual.
What is dharma?
100
The founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Guatama?
100
Founder of the first Indian empire.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
200
One of the best agricultural areas in northern India.
What is the Gangetic Plain?
200
The first cities found in this valley.
What are Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa?
200
Indian social groups that people were born into.
What are castes?
200
Buddhists rejected this system.
What is the caste system?
200
Payment to a groom's family.
What is a dowry?
300
The highest mountain in the world is part of these peaks in north east India.
What are the Himalayas?
300
Aryans measured their wealth in.
What are cows and bulls?
300
The lowest caste.
Who are the untouchables or dalits?
300
Maurayan emporer who converted to Buddhism.
Who was Asoka?
300
Mauryan emperor who converted to Buddhism.
Who is Asoka?
400
Seasonal winds of India.
What are monsoons?
400
Three achievements of the two cities of the valley.
What are sewage systems, uniformed bricks, organized streets?
400
The ultimate goal of existence.
What is moksha, or union with brahman?
400
All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow.
What is one of the Four Noble Truths?
400
Had a flourishing trade and rich literature.
What was the Tamil Kingdom?
500
Dry winds as opposed to ones that bring rain (time of year).
What are the winter monsoon winds?
500
Nomads who moved into the Indus Valley region.
Who are Aryans?
500
The warrior caste.
Who are the kshatriyas?
500
Goal of Buddhists.
What is nirvana?
500
One of the three mathematical achievements of the Gupta empire?
What is the number system we use today, zero, or decimal system?