Geography
Mountain range to the North East, blocking the Indian subcontinent from Asia
What is Himalayan?
What system or what plan were Indus Valley cities arranged or built in?
What is a grid system or grid plan?
What is the force that decides how people will be born into their next lives based on how they live this life?
What is karma?
The major religion founded by Siddhartha Guatama
What is Buddhism?
This type of writing was invented in Indus valley villages
What is Sanskrit?
Name both major rivers in the Indus Valley
What is Ganges and Indus?
What two cities were the twin capital cities of the Indus Valley?
What are Mohenjo Daro and Harappa?
The personal duty or personal role one must follow to be a better being in the next life.
What is dharma?
This word means an Indian teacher or guide
Who is a guru?
The eternal rebirth of the soul is this word.
What is the reincarnation?
What country is the Indus River in, based on maps of the current area?
What is Pakistan?
Most Indus Valley homes were built out of what and why were the built out of this material.
What is brick to withstand the fierce monsoon winds and rain?
An emotional or spiritual state of perfect peace and happiness
What is nirvana?
This emperor converted (changed religions) to Buddhism after he saw the horrible effects of war
Who is Ashoka?
This Indian invention of this number affected the study of mathematics and science.
What is the idea of zero?
These strong seasonal winds affect India's climate.
What are monsoons?
What group of people invaded India from the north, bringing horses and introducing iron weapons?
Who are the Aryans?
The Hindu word for the one universal spirit
What is Brahman?
What type of villages did most Indus Valley people reside (live) in?
What is farming villages?
This is the idea that means "practice nonviolence towards all living thing"
What is ahimsa?
The flat, dry highland that covers the southern 2/3 of India is called
What is a plateau (specifically, the Deccan Plateau)
A song or poem asking for help from the gods would most likely be in this kind of book
What is a veda?
Brahma was The Creator
Vishna was The Preserver
Shiva was The
What is Destroyer?
This word means one of the four main social classes in Indian society, with the Brahmins being at the top.
Who is varnas?
This religion, founded by Mahavira, is based on the idea of ahimsa
What is Jainism?