Question 1

A written language developed by the Aryans.

Accepted Answer

Sanskrit

Question 2

The first settlements in India were where?

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Indus River Valley

Question 3

What does the Indus River empty into?

Accepted Answer

Arabian Sea

Question 4

What are the two rivers of India?

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Indus and Ganges

Question 5

What was the name of the first people of India around 3000 BC?

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Harappans

Question 6

What type of people were the Harappans?

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Peaceful Farmers

Question 7

What group of people invaded India from the north?

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Aryans

Question 8

What type of people were the Aryans?

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Warriors and Hunters

Question 9

What tool did the Aryans have to help them become better farmers?

Accepted Answer

Iron plow

Question 10

What did the Aryans develop to help them rule people who outnumbered them?

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Caste System

Question 11

What is a caste?

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A social group that one is born into and cannot change.

Question 12

What three things does the caste system determine?

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A person's job, social group, and marriage.

Question 13

How is marriage done in India?

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Arranged by the parents.

Question 14

Who is the teacher that upper caste boys had?

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Guru

Question 15

Who are the "untouchables" who do work Indians consider unclean.

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Pariahs

Question 16

Who are the Brahmans?

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Priests

Question 17

Who are the Kshatriyas?

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Warriors and Rulers

Question 18

Who are the Vaisyas?

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Common people like farmers and merchants

Question 19

Who are the Sudras?

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Unskilled laborers and servants

Question 20

A prince or leader of a tribe.

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Raja

Question 21

A strong wind that blows one way in Winter and another in the summer.

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Monsoon

Question 22

The highest mountains in the world.

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Himalaya

Question 23

The Himalaya mountains make a barrier between India and Asia making India a _____?

Accepted Answer

Subcontinent

Question 24

What type of wind is provided by a Summer Monsoon?

Accepted Answer

Warm and Wet

Question 25

What type of wind is provided by a Winter Monsoon?

Accepted Answer

Cold and Dry

Question 26

What are two early cities used by Historians to study early Indian people?

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Harappa and Mohenjo Daro

Question 27

What are some different features of early Indian houses?

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Flat roofs, a courtyard, indoor bathrooms, wells, garbage chutes

Question 28

What was the prized possession of the Aryans?

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Cattle

Question 29

What religion was developed by the Aryans mixed with Harappans?

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Hinduism

Question 30

Hinduism believes in _____ gods?

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Many

Question 31

All gods and goddesses are different parts of one universal spirit called _____.

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Brahman

Question 32

All life is _____ to Hindus?

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Sacred

Question 33

The consequences of how a person lives his or her life.

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Karma

Question 34

The divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste.

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Dharma

Question 35

The idea of passing through many lives.

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Reincarnation

Question 36

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 37

What are some nicknames of Siddhartha Gautama?

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Budda or Enlightened One

Question 38

The Buddha wanted to find a way to end what?

Accepted Answer

Suffering

Question 39

If a person gives up all desires they would reach a state of wisdom called _____?

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Nirvana

Question 40

They only way to find the truth about the world was to give up what three things?

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Desire for fame, money, and worldly things

Question 41

The heart of Buddhas teachings?

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Four Noble Truths

Question 42

The only way to stop desiring things is to follow what?

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Eightfold Path

Question 43

Why did Buddhism become popular?

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Rejected the caste system

Question 44

What are the two different types of Buddhism?

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Theravada and Mahayana

Question 45

What do Theravada Buddhists believe about Buddha?

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Buddha is a teacher

Question 46

What do Mahayana Buddhist believe about Buddha?

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Buddha is a God

Question 47

A government run by religious leaders.

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Theocracy

Question 48

Who was in control of Tibet?

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Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama

Question 49

Who founded the Mauryan Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Chandragupta Maurya

Question 50

A series of rulers from the same family.

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Dynasty

Question 51

A system in which the rulers run the government from a capital city.

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Centralized Government

Question 52

What is the capital city of the Mauryan and Gupta Dynasties?

Accepted Answer

Pataliputra

Question 53

The first Buddhist King who came to hate bloodshed.

Accepted Answer

Asoka

Question 54

Buddhist shrines that have the shape of a dome or mound.

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Stupa

Question 55

Who founded the Gupta Empire?

Accepted Answer

Chandragupta

Question 56

Used the trade routes to travel to religious shrines or sites.

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Pilgrims

Question 57

The longest poem in any written language.

Accepted Answer

Mahabharata

Question 58

What are some mathematical contributions made by the Ancient Indians.

Accepted Answer

Zero, symbols for numbers 1 to 9, and algorithms

Question 59

What were some important contributions to Astronomy made by the Ancient Indians?

Accepted Answer

The Earth was round and it revolved around the Sun.

Question 60

What were some important scientific contributions not relating to Astronomy?

Accepted Answer

Atoms, plastic surgery, and the use of herbs.

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