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India
Global India Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which religion believes in many gods and is focused on priests and formal rituals? | Hinduism |
| What is the idea called that believes that people are born into social groups that rarely can change? | Caste System |
| What is the doctrine of nonviolence and reverence for all life? | Ahimsa |
| What is the Hindu religious and moral duties of an individual called? | Dharma |
| What is the Hindu end of reincarnation called? | Moksha |
| Which religion urges each person to seek enlightenment through meditation? | Buddhism |
| What is the Buddhist final goal? | Nirvana |
| What is the union with the universe and the release from the cycle of rebirth called in the Buddhist religion? | Nirvana |
| What is the Buddhist lists of "rights" called? | Eightfold Path |
| The _____________________ includes: Right views, right aspirations, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right mindfulness, right contemplation. | Eightfold Path |
| Name the parts of the Eightfold Path. | Right Views rRght Aspirations Right Speech Right Conduct Right Livelihood Right Mindfulness Right Contemplation |
| Who was influential in the Hindu religion? | Gandhi |
| Who founded the Buddhist religion? | Siddhartha Gautama |
| After Siddhartha sat under a tree and meditated to the meaning of life, he was then called what? | Buddah |
| Buddah means ________________? | Enlightened One |
| This prince took a walk outside the palace and got his first glimpse of human suffering when he was 29. This caused him to never return to the palace again and have a deep desire to end suffering. | Siddhartha Gautama |
| These were thought to be the twin capitals of ancient Indus. | Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro |
| This was the largest area of land inhabited by any civilization until the rise of Persia. | Indus Valley |
| It is unexplainable why the civilization disappeared from this area. | Indus Valley |
| Two possible reasons to explain the disappearance of the Indus Valley civilization was what? | Major Flood and Earthquake. |
| These were Indian soldiers who were required to serve either in India or anywhere overseas. | Sepoy |
| A person who governed India in the name of the British queen. | Viceroy |
| The refusal to obey unjust laws. | Civil Disobedience |
| Who was India's first Prime Minister? | Nehru |
| Who was the adventurer who formed the first Indian empire? | Chadragupta Maurya |
| This person was the grandson of Chadragupta. | Asoka |
| This was the most honored Maurya emperor. | Asoka |
| This Maurya emperor rejected violence and converted to Buddhism after a very brutal battle. | Asoka |
| Who was the wife of King Jahangir in the Mughal Empire who held the most important role of a woman in political affairs? | Nur Jahan |
| This empire was larger, richer, and more powerful than any other kingdom in Europe at the time. | Mughal Empire |
| Women played an important part in the political scene in this empire. | Mughal Empire |
| Who founded the Mughal Empire? | Babur |
| Mughal is Persian for __________________? | Mongol |
| Babur set up the Mughal capital at what city? | Kabul |
| During the Mughal Empire, the territories in India were consolidated with the use of ________________________? | Artillery |
| This empire rose up 500 years after the Mauryas. | Guptas Empire |
| The Guptas Empire promoted ______________ and _______________? | Peace and Prosperity |
| During the Guptas Empire, the country a time known as what? | The Golden Age |
| What is the name given to the time in history when the Guptas Empire enjoyed a time of great cultural achievements? | The Golden Age |
| Trade and farming flourished during which Empire? | Guptas Empire |
| During which empire was the system of Arabic number writing, the decimal system, and the concept of zero developed? | Guptas Empire |
| During the Guptas Empire, what was one important medical related accomplishment? | Smallpox vaccination |
| This was the last of the great empires. After this, India split into many kingdoms for almost 1,000 years. | Guptas Empire |
| This empire rose up in 1526, after almost 1,000 years when India had been split into many different kingdoms. | Mughal Empire |
| This was the first empire in India. | Maurya Empire |
| This empire was known for having schools, a library, and splendid palaces. | Maurya Empire |
| The Maurya Empire was known for building __________ and __________. | Roads and Hospitals |
| This empire had specially trained women warriors who guarded the palace. | Maurya Empire |
| The Maurya Empire was known for having this. | Brutal secret police |
| The Maurya Empire was known for having a well organized _____________. | Bureaucracy |
| Who sent missionaries to spread Buddhism across India? | Asoka |
| The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were _________ cities? | Large |
| These were very carefully planned out and organized cities. | Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro |
| In the early 1600's this group won the trading rights on the fringe of the Mughal Empire. | British East India Trading Company |
| The British East India Trading Company's main goal was what | To make money |
| Name 3 things that that the British East India Trading Company did | Improved Roads Preserved Peace Reduced Banditry |
| The influence of this group grew as the Mughal Empire declined. | British East India Trading Company |
| This was the turning point that lead to India's independence. | Amritasar Massacre |
| The time in history when Brittish soldiers opened fire on an unarmed crowd during a peaceful public gathering, killing 400, is known as what? | Amritasar Massacre |
| This is the name given to the lowest class of citizens in India. | Untouchables |
| Gandhi became the leader of what group in 1885? | Indian National Congress aka Congress Party |
| Gandhi set out on a 240 mile walk to the sea as a protest against a monopoly that the British government had on a natural resource. This was known as what? | Salt March |
| This group believed in peaceful protests to gain more democracy and they supported the Western style of modernization. | Indian National Congress aka Congress Party |
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