Geography
Mohenjodaro
Hinduism
Buddhism
Vocab (Bonus Points)
100
What is the name of the mountains that form a natural border?
Hint: These are the tallest mountains in the world.
What is Himalayas Mountains?
100
How did modern scholars learn that Mohenjodaro even existed?
What is archaeologists found its ruins?
100
Who founded Hinduism?
What is no single person
100
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
What is the prince who became the Buddha?
100
A concept found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions about how the good and evil done in a past life determines what happens to one's soul in the next life.
What is karma?
200
What are the names of the three rivers in ancient India?
What is Brahmaputra, Indus, and Ganges River?
200
What does this seal tell historians about Mohenjodaro?
What is the types of animals they saw?
200
How did the caste system affect the lives of people in India?
What is people's jobs and marriages were based on their caste?
200
If you decided to live as an ascetic, what would you have to do?
What is give up most of what you own?
200
The idea that all existing things come from one original force.
What is monism?
300
What is the name of the desert on the northwest of ancient India?
What is the Thar Desert?
300
Where did most of the people of Mohenjodaro live in?
What is the lower city?
300
To certain Hindus, the soul, or atman, is a part of
What is Brahman?
300
What two possible futures did the Hindu priests predict for Prince Siddhartha?
What is great ruler or enlightened being?
300
A belief found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions that a person has a duty or obligation to live an honorable life.
What is dharma?
400
Name the three bodies of water surrounding India?
What is the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, and the Arabian Sea?
400
Which feature of Mohenjodaro was quite different from other settlements of that time?
What is the sewer system?
400
Which job was a Vaishyas most likely to do?
What is plow a field?
400
Siddhartha took a path to enlightenment that was a balance between too hard or too easy a life styles. This path was also called the
What is the middle way?
400
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent
What is a subcontinent?
500
The Deccan Plateau is in between two mountain ranges. What is their name?
What is the Western and Eastern Ghats?
500
Harappan civilization, which included ancient Mohenjodaro, developed in?
What is the Indus River valley?
500
The four social classes, or Varnas, are...
What is Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras
500
What are the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism?
What is
Suffering is present in all things, nothing lasts forever.
Suffering is caused by wanting/craving things.
The way to end suffering is to stop wanting/craving things.
The way to give up wanting things is the Eightfold Path.
500
An ancient Indian language
What is Sanskrit?