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Early Civilizations
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Three Indian Empires
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India and Pakistan
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What were most houses made out of?

Brick

100

he belief in Hinduism that after a person dies, his or her soul is reborn into another body

reincarnation

100

The Aryan civilization faded by 500 B.C. Around 200 years later, another power arose:

the Mauryas

100

what is the use of nonviolent protests to challenge a government or its laws

Civil Disobedience

100

Since Mughal times, South Asia has been troubled by religious and cultural divisions between Hindus and what?

Muslims

200

Most Indus Valley residents were what? (hint: this is a job)

Farmers

200

What is Hinduism often described as?

The way of life

200

Gupta scholars developed what system in mathematics that we still use today.

decimal

200

What is to refuse to buy items from a particular country or company

boycott

200

In 1947, as part of the independence settlement, the British negotiated what?

a division of the subcontinent

300

In early 1920, one of the oldest civilizations named what was discovered by archaeologists?

Indus Valley Civilization

300

the belief that actions in this life can affect your next life

karma

300

Finally, during the 1500s and 1600s, India witnessed the flowering of a third great empire:

The Mughal

300

What is a plan or course of action

policy

300

In the 1970s, East Pakistan achieved what after a civil war and became the country of Bangladesh?

independence

400

Indus Valley Culture lasted about how many years?

1000 years

400

Followers of Jainism turned from farming to what so they would not have to kill or injure any living creature

commerce

400

In contrast to earlier emperors, Mughal rulers were what rather than Hindu.

Muslims

400

what country became independent in August 1947

India

400

What two countries have fought several wars and are involved in a dispute over the region of Kashmir, located in the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges?

India and Pakistan

500

What brought the Indus Valley Culture to an end?

No one knows for sure

500

What is one of the four noble truths?

  • Life is full of suffering.
  • The cause of suffering is a selfish desire.
  • Suffering can be stopped by conquering desire.
  • Desire can be conquered by following the Eightfold Path: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, the right way of living, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.
500

 who ruled from 1556 to 1605, that was a devoted Muslim, but he encouraged freedom of religion

Akbar the Great

500

What is the period of time in which Great Britain controlled India as a part of the British Empire

Raj

500

What is the spread of control of nuclear power, particularly the knowledge of how to construct nuclear weapons?

nuclear proliferation