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Geography- 100 points What continent is India located on?
Geography- 200 points What are the two rivers that early civilizations settle near?
Geography- 200 pointsAnswer The Indus River and the Ganges River
Geography- 300 points We can describe India as both a subcontinent (a large landmass that is smaller than a continent) as well as a __________.
Geography- 300 pointsAnswer India is both a subcontinent as well as a peninsula (surrounded by water on three sides).
Geography- 400 points Due to the two large mountain ranges in India, people had to travel through mountain passes to get places. What is the name of one of the mountain passes? (______ Pass)
Geography- 400 pointsAnswer The Kyber Pass or The Bolan Pass
Geography- 500 points What is one advantage and one disadvantage of monsoons?
Geography- 500 pointsAnswer Advantages: Provides enough water for crops Farmers harvest crops so people can eat Disadvantages: Too much water floods the crops and kills them Massive floods can kill people and damage towns
Early Civilizations- 100 points What are the two major cities of the Harappan Civilization?
Early Civilizations- 100 pointsAnswer Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Early Civilizations- 200 points What are the two groups that make up India’s Early Civilizations?
Early Civilizations- 200 points Answer Harappan and Aryan Civilizations
Early Civilizations- 300 points What language was first spoken and then written down by the Aryans?
Early Civilizations- 300 points Answer Sanskrit
Early Civilizations- 400 points Describe 4 ways the Harappan Civilization was advanced.
Early Civilizations- 400 points Answer Settled along the Indus River Valley Indoor plumbing that led away from the village Artisans made pottery, jewelry, ivory objects, cotton clothing, and toys Tools and a system of weights and measures Literate and used Indus Script
Early Civilizations- 500 points Describe 4 facts about Aryan society.
Early Civilizations- 500 pointsAnswer Nomads at first Invade the Harappans? Skilled warriors No single ruler but each village had a raja Sanskrit The Vedas
Beliefs - 100 points Which group of people are the highest in the caste system?
Beliefs- 100 pointsAnswer Brahmins
Beliefs - 200 points What is the term for the effect of a person’s actions during his or her life?
Beliefs - 300 points What is the term for the middle way between human desires and denying oneself any pleasure?
Beliefs - 300 points Answer The Eightfold Path
Beliefs - 400 points How did Buddhism originate?
Beliefs - 400 points Answer Siddhartha Guatama was a prince and in the warrior class who had everything. He wasn’t happy because he looked around and saw that people suffer. He left his family to go out and search for answers. He ends up meditating and coming up with the reasons why people suffer.
Beliefs - 500 points What are three similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism?
Beliefs - 500 points Answer Major religions Founded in India Reincarnation Nirvana/one with Brahman Karma
Empires- 100 points What were the two major empires of India?
Empires- 100 points Answer Mauryan Empire and the Gupta Empire
Empires- 200 points What are three achievements of the Mauryan Empire under Asoka?
Empires- 200 points Answer Spread Buddhism Dug wells Planted shade trees Build rest houses
Empires- 300 points Why did Candragupta give up his throne to his son?
Empires- 300 points Answer He decided to become a Jainist monk and gave up his throne to his son.
Empires- 400 points List two ways CandraguptaMaurya controlled his empire.
Empires- 400 points Answer Took control of northern and central India It included a network of spies He had 600,000 soldiers in his army
Empires- 500 points Which religion did the Gupta emperors support the most and why?
Empires- 500 points Answer Gupta emperors supported Hinduism. They felt that the caste system brought order to the empire and made them stronger However, they were tolerant of Buddhism (and supported it)
Random- 100 points How many levels of the caste system are there?(Not including the Untouchables)
Random- 100 points Answer There are 4 levels of the caste system.
Random- 200 points What is the term for the process by which the soul is born and reborn many times?
Random- 200 points Answer Reincarnation
Random- 300 points What is nirvana and which religion does it belong to?
Random- 300 points Answer The state of perfect peace It belongs to Buddhism
Random- 400 points Who are the Huns?
Random- 400 points Answer Invaders from central Asia who caused the end of the Gupta Empire.
Random- 500 points What is the term for the belief that it is a person’s duty to accept his or her place in the world without complaint?