Random - Can choose once a category is finished. Not songs/dance
100
Emperor who began his career by waging a long a brutal war, but later converted to Buddhism and led peacefully.
Who is Ashoka?
100
Powerful weapon, the height of a person. Old form of a long range weapon.
What is the Indian Bow? Bow and Arrow? or Long Bow?
100
A story with a lesson. Such as The Tortoise and the Hare
What is a fable?
100
Chandragupta hired these people, taking away his people's civil rights. They watch from the shadows!!
What are spies?
100
How many movies makes up a trilogy?
What is three?
200
Established the Maurya Empire.
Who is Chandragupta?
200
The Indian Empires used these animals in battle to frighten foreign soldiers and crash through enemy lines.
What is an elephant?
200
The effect Ashoka's Royal Road had on India.
What increased India's trade with other nations?
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What made travel safer throughout the empire?
200
Ashoka promoted this religion throughout his empire. He turned to this religion after the Battle of Kalinga.
What is Buddhism?
200
This character is often observed lying around at the bottom of a sea. He might even live near a tropical fruit.
Who is Spongebob?
300
This empire was larger than the Gupta Empire
What is the Mauyra Empire?
300
This event made Ashoka turn away from war and seek peaceful ways to rule.
Hint:
This is the last battle that Ashoka oversaw and saw the fathers and mothers searching for their dead sons on the battlefield.
What is the war with Kalinga?
300
Basis of most Indian art.
Hint: What does most Ancient Indian Art consist of? What was the most important aspect of their lives to these people?
What is religion?
300
By setting up one of these, Chandragupta was able to control his entire empire, even the smallest villages. This can also be defined as a system of officials and offices.
What is a bureaucracy?
300
This is the room number of Mrs. Jones's class.
What is 218?
400
The father of Ashoka
Who is Bindusara?
400
The purpose of these objects was to apologize and communicate to the people of India how Ashoka felt after the Battle of Kalinga.
What are Ashoka's pillars?
400
Science that deals with extracting metal from ore.
What is metallurgy?
400
Subjects of the Gupta Empire kind of had this status; they had some rights and responsibilities. Many of us in this classroom are this of the United States today. Many immigrants today seek this status in the United States.
What is citizenship?
400
This is the strongest animal on the planet. Not what you think!!!
What is a blue whale?
500
Son of Samudra Gupta, ruled the Gupta empire during a time of peace and prosperity.
Who is Chandra Gupta II?
500
The strongest kingdom in India before the Maurya empire. (Chandragupta attacked it with the "cinnamon roll" strategy.) Very first question on the Chapter 7 Reading Guide!!!
What is Magadha?
500
Two things that were invented during the Gupta empire. One involves a numeral and the other a board game. Must get both correct.
What are a numeral for zero and chess.
500
Paid for the salaries of government workers, the cost of maintaining an army, and the emperor's personal expenses.
What are taxes? Crop and Sales Taxes?
500
This is when neither player can win at the game of chess. Hopefully how this game ends so I don't have to give out extra credit!!! MWAHAHA >:-)