India

Question 1

a large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent

Answer 1

Subcontinent

Question 2

Seasonal winds

Answer 2

Monsoons

Question 3

Massive wall or fort for protection and acted as a granary. A place they stored grain

Answer 3

Citadel

Question 4

abandoned ancient cities along the Indus River. Very advanced with a strong central government

Answer 4

Harrapa & Mohenjo Daro

Question 5

India’s writing

Answer 5

Sanskrit

Question 6

acred Hindu text continuing hymns, stories, poems and prayers

Answer 6

Vedas

Question 7

social class

Answer 7

Caste

Question 8

the first Buddha

Answer 8

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 9

the idea that a person’s actions have consequences, which can return to them in this life or in the next

Answer 9

Reincarnation

Question 10

Buddhism goal, to reach peace by ending all suffering

Answer 10

Nirvana

Question 11

a religion based on the teachings of the Buddha, who discovered a way to stop suffering in life by following the Eightfold Path and reaching Nirvana

Answer 11

Buddhism

Question 12

the first Indian Emperor who unified India

Answer 12

Chandra Gupta Maurya

Question 13

first emperor to become Buddhist

Answer 13

Ashoka

Question 14

is a period of time when great tasks were accomplished

Answer 14

Golden Age