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INDIA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the cities of the Harappan Civilization? | Mohendo Daro, Harappa |
| Where is the Harappan Civilization located? | around the Indius River Valley |
| What did the Harappan Civilization invent? | The 1st writing system, big cities, bathrooms with indoor pluming, tools, system of weight & measures, and clay pots with stamped seals |
| Where did the Aryans come from, and what did they do and invent? | from Central Asia,they are skilled warriors using chariots,Religious Writings- Vedas,they did not have big cities, Political system governed by Raja, Sankrit- the important language of ancient India, and they practiced Brahmanism. |
| What are the Indian Empires and thir rulers? | MAURYAN EMPIRE: Chandragupta Maurya, and Asoka Maurya. GUPTA EMPIRE: United India, Candra Gupta I, Candra Gupta II. |
| What is the Gupta Empire's most popular religion? | Hinduism |
| What are the achievements in India? | Temples, painting and sculpture, Sankrit Literature, Scientific Advances, metallurgy- metalworking + alloys, MATHEMATICS: number ZERO, Hindu-arabic numerals, MEDICAL SCIENCES: inoculation, surgery, ASTRONOMY: Indians knew 7 of 9 planets |
| What are India's 2 main religions? | Buddhism and Hinduism |
| What covers the Northern border part of India? | The Himalayas mountain range |
| What is the sacred text in India? | Bhangavid Gita |
| What do you know about Buddhism? | - Buddhism doesn't follow the caste system - Buddhism formed because it scares away suffering emotions - It is definitally different from Hinduism - Diwali |
| What do you know about Hinduism? | - follows the caste system - does "namaste" - Diwali |
| Who founded Buddhism? --------------------- | Prince Siddhartha Gautama |
| What sacred text did the Aryans make? | Vedas- 4 sacred texts (very important religious text) |
| What was Janism based on? | Janism is based on Mahavira. |
| what did Janism "MOSTLY" "MOSTLY" based on? | Non-Violence |
| What is the passing of the soul from person to person? | recarnation |
| How does your Varna determine to? | By your birth. |
| Who invented Hinduism? | A group of people with many ideas. |
| What is a type of weather that forms seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons? | Monsoons |
| What is a subcontinent? | a large landmass that's smaller than a continent. |
| What is karma? | the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul. |
| What is fasting? | going without food. |
| Who founded Janism? | Jains |
| What is "NONVIOLENCE" in Sankrit? | Ahimsa |
| Who was Gandhi? ------------------------------ | A politcal leader |
| What is inculation? | adding viruses (dead) into your body so the body could identify the alive virus and kill or destroy. |
| What's astronomy? | the study of space mass. |
| What's a cidtadel? | A fortress to protect the society. |
| Who was the top of the Varnas? | Brahmins |
| Where are the untouchables? | On the bottom. |
| What Varna is Siddhartha? | Kshatriyas |
| Who spreaded buddhism around Asia? | Asoka and his missionaries |
| What did Siddhartha see the 4 men? | Old man, sick man, dead man, and Holy man |
| Why did Siddhartha form buddhism? | Suffering goes away into joy |
| Siddhartha Gautama founded buddhism because____________________________. | he doesn't want any suffering |
| Was Diwali celebrated in buddhism? | Yes- because buddhism is related to hinduism |
| Chandragupta I formed ___________________. | the Gupta Empire |
| Siddhartha didn't want to sacrafice animals because _______________________.--------------- | that's suffering the animal's life |