What is a vocabulary word for seasonal wind patterns?
Monsoon
100
India is a _______________ because it is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
Subcontinent
100
What was the written language developed by Aryans?
Sanskrit
100
What was the Buddha's first when he was a prince?
(100 points for first name, additional 200 points for first name and last name)
Siddhartha Gautama
100
What is the first sentence in paragraph that tells readers what you are going to write about?
Introduction sentence
200
What is a vocabulary word for social structure in which social class is inherited from one's parents?
Caste system
200
What is the tallest mountain PEAK in the world?
Mount Everest
200
In the caste system who are the priests?
Brahmins
200
What is the story of the Buddha's 547 previous lives?
Jataka tales
200
What is the last sentence in the paragraph that summarizes what you wrote?
Conclusion sentence
300
What is a vocabulary word for state of blissful peace without desire or suffering?
Nirvana
300
What is the tallest Mountain RANGE in the world?
Himalaya Mountains
300
Who is the Hindu deity for destroyer and restorer?
Shiva
300
What is a vocabulary word that means a state of perfect wisdom?
Enlightenment
300
What do you need to do with the first letter of the each and every sentence?
Capitalize
400
What is a vocabulary word for rebirth of a soul in a new body?
Reincarnation
400
What are the 2 important rivers in India?
Ganges River and Indus River
400
Who is the Hindu deity with four heads?
Brahma
400
What is a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering?
Nirvana
400
What type of sentence do you write your thoughts, opinions, and answer why the information is important?
Explanation sentence
500
What is a vocabulary word for sum of a person's actions and consequences?
Karma
500
What were the 2 large cities built along the Indus River?
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
500
What is one of the world's largest poems with 100,000 stanzas, and is one of the four holy scriptures of Hinduism?
Mahabharata
500
What type of Buddhism believe Buddha was a great teacher, but NOT a god? (Clue: Believe the greatest virtue of Buddha was wisdom and means "little raft.")
Theravada Buddhism
500
What type of sentence do you write facts, information from what you read, or information you learned?