VOCAB./KEY TERMS!
This vocab./key term refers to an Indian king or prince who assumes and keeps power.
WHAT IS A RAJA?
This is the name of the geographic feature for India.
WHAT IS A SUBCONTINENT?
This is the name of the colorful festival in India that celebrates the release of sins and vices from ones ownself.
WHAT IS HOLI?
WHAT IS THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY?
This is the name of the country that ruled over India for many years in the days of imperialism and colonization.
WHAT IS GREAT BRITAIN / ENGLAND?
In the world, Hinduism is the _____ largest religion in the world. What is it?
WHAT IS THE 3RD LARGEST RELIGION?
This Hindu god is known as the creator god, the god who created the world and all living things.
WHO IS BRAHMA?
This is the name of the world's most polluted river in India.
WHAT IS THE YAMNUNA RIVER?
This vocab./key term refers to an expert or a head leader in a particular field of respected study.
WHAT IS A GURU?
This is the name of the large mountain range that borders a majority of India.
WHAT ARE THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS?
This is the official name of money/currency used in India.
WHAT IS THE RUPEE?
These two advanced city-states originated with advanced architecture and technology in early India.
WHAT IS HARAPPA AND MOHENJO DARO?
This is the name of the disputed region in between India and Pakistan from the partition of these two countries.
WHAT IS KASHMIR?
These early artifacts contained the first scripts of teachings and illustrations in Hinduism. What were they called?
WHAT ARE THE VEDAS?
This Hindu God is known as the destroyer of the universe in order to recreate it.
This iconic city is the capital city of India.
WHAT IS NEW DELHI?
This vocab./key term refers to the tactic that Gandhi and his followers tried to embrace involving peaceful protesting.
WHAT IS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE?
This is the name of the plateu that is in the middle of the country that sits on a highland.
WHAT IS THE DECCAN PLATEU?
This is the name for the iconic film industry found exclusively in India.
WHAT IS BOLLYWOOD?
These rulers are known as the "Golden Age" rulers who transformed most of India dramatically.
WHAT IS THE GUPTA EMPIRE / GUPTA RULERS?
What was the the historic event that Gandhi lead to protest the natural resource that colonial powers were abusing?
WHAT IS REINCARNATION / THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA?
This Hindu God is known as the God who protects and preservers the universe.
WHO IS VISHNU?
Technically speaking, India today has the largest what in the world?
WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?
This vocab./key term refers to the Indo-European people who invaded northern India displacing other aboriginal peoples.
WHO ARE THE ARYANS?
These two mountains border both the sides of the country.
WHAT ARE THE WESTERN AND EASTERN GHATS?
This important religion and philosophy is a mixture of Islam and Hinduism.
WHAT IS SIKHISM?
This empire in India's history and ruler united most of Northern India and ushered in an age of prosperity and advancement for India.
WHAT IS THE MAURYAN EMPIRE / WHO IS CHANDRAGUPTA?
This is the name of the heroic first prime minister of India.
WHO IS JAWAHARLAL NEHRU?
The holy place of worship in Hinduism is called this.
WHAT IS THE PUJA?
This Hindu God is known as the God of compassion, tenderness and love.
WHO IS KRISHNA?
This iconic structure was built in older Indian times by a king. Who was it and what was the structure?
WHO IS KING SHAH JAHAN / WHAT IS THE TAJ MAHAL?
This vocab./key term refers to the movements of self-rule and self advocacy of countries who are ruled by other countries.
WHAT IS DECOLONIZATION?
These six countries border India and make land contact with it.
WHAT IS CHINA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, MYANMAR, NEPAL AND BHUTAN?
These four castes are found in the traditional version of India's caste system. What are they?
WHAT ARE THE BRAHMINS, KSHATRIYAS, VAISHYAS, SUDRAS?
This empire of India mainly took hold of the southern part of India and was responsible for maritime trade.
WHAT IS THE TAMIL KINGDOM?
These two leaders in India's history assumed power as prime minister but then disappeared. Who were they and what happened?
WHO IS INDIRA GANDHI AND RAJIV GANDHI? / THEY WERE ASSASSINATED
This is the name of the Hindu holiday that celebrates the the triumph of goodness over evil.
WHAT IS DIWALI?
This Hindu God is known as the goddess of fertility, love, beauty and marriage.
WHO IS PARVATI?
Besides the capital city, India is known for other massive cities. Identify the biggest three that most of the world knows.
WHAT IS CALCUTTA, MUMBAI AND BANGALORE?