India

Question 1

Describe Indias topography

Answer 1

Triangle, peninsula, dessert tropical rainforest

Question 2

2 main rivers in India

Answer 2

Indus and Ganges

Question 3

Which river does India get its name from

Answer 3

Indus

Question 4

Approximately what year did Indias civilization begin

Answer 4

2,300 BC

Question 5

Describe the earliest Indian cities

Answer 5

Planned cities with wide streets brick houses and had drainage

Question 6

Aryans established what language

Answer 6

Sanskrit

Question 7

What is a collection of religious literature that helps us understand the Indian culture

Answer 7

Vedas

Question 8

This culture was based of the what culture and tradition

Answer 8

Indian

Question 9

Define joint family

Answer 9

Extended family that includes your grandparents,wife,kids live in your hut

Question 10

Some characteristics of joint families

Answer 10

Oldest man was the authority, married sons stayed home, each family member has an obligation and duty, family comes before individual & parents choose your spouse

Question 11

Describe aryan villages. Are they present today?

Answer 11

Small, each had own independent government and yes 80% live in them to this day

Question 12

Define caste system

Answer 12

Rigid social group; determines what you eat, wear, marry, and language

Question 13

List the 4 group in the caste system

Answer 13

Brahmans- priests
Rulers/warriors
Merchants/traders
Sudra- servants 
  "Outcastes"- untouchables

Question 14

You can move up in your caste but can’t go to a different caste

Answer 14

Can’t go to a different caste

Question 15

Hinduism

Answer 15

Engrained into the Indian way of life

Question 16

There is no formal state of

Answer 16

Doctrine

Question 17

It unites Indian

Answer 17

Society

Question 18

Combines many blank and blank from other religions

Answer 18

gods and concepts

Question 19

Hindus believe all religions to be equally

Answer 19

False and true

Question 20

2 pieces of religious literature

Answer 20

Vedas and Upanishad

Question 21

Brahman is their ?

Answer 21

god and in everything

Question 22

Brahman is also called

Answer 22

World soul

Question 23

What is the purpose or goal of man

Answer 23

To unite with Brahman

Question 24

What is the wheel of life

Answer 24

Series of reincarnation with rebirths; goal is to unite with world soul

Question 25

How do the wheel of life & caste system relate

Answer 25

Hindus believe that your reincarnation can make you go up in your caste and unite with Brahman

Question 26

Who founded Buddhism

Answer 26

Buddah- enlightened one

Question 27

Summarize the four nobles

Answer 27

- Suffering is a part of life - Suffering is caused by selfishness - Suffering can be over come by destroying selfishness - suffering ends when selfishness is destroyed

Question 28

What do Buddhism people believe in

Answer 28

Nirvana-state of absolute peace and happiness

Question 29

What is the basis for eternal peace for both Hinduism and Buddhism

Answer 29

Works and moral behavior

Question 30

The political history of India has been one of?

Answer 30

Constant change

Question 31

What was Indias first empire

Answer 31

Maurya

Question 32

What was Indias second empire

Answer 32

Gupta

Question 33

2 of Indias famous leaders

Answer 33

Asoka and chandraguptn

Question 34

What were some advancements under the Gupta empire

Answer 34

Literature,Arabic numerals, theory of gravity, theory that the earth is round and had hospitals

Question 35

Topography

Answer 35

Physical features of land