Social Studies

Question 1

People who lived in the north move south to the Indus plain

Answer 1

Aryan

Question 2

Capital of Bangladesh

Answer 2

Dhaka

Question 3

In ancient Hindu language

Answer 3

Sanskrit

Question 4

A walled fort that protects a city

Answer 4

Citadel

Question 5

The worlds highest range forming the northern border of the Indian subcontinent.

Answer 5

Himalayas

Question 6

The body of water south of Asia, between Africa and Australia.

Answer 6

Indian Ocean

Question 7

Water to the east of India. Largest bay in the world.

Answer 7

Bay of Bengal

Question 8

A body of water that lies between Arabia and India; the north eastern part of the Indian Ocean.

Answer 8

Arabian Sea

Question 9

The tallest mountain in the world, located in the Himalaya on the border between Nepal in Tibet.

Answer 9

Mount Everest

Question 10

One of the two independent nations formed on the Indian sub continent in 1947

Answer 10

Pakistan

Question 11

A city of the ancient Harrapan civilization, c. 2500-1600 B.C.E., located in the Indus Valley Of South Asia

Answer 11

Harrapa

Question 12

Means “mound of the dead.” Large city.

Answer 12

Mehenjo-Daro

Question 13

A river that flows from Tibet, through the Himalaya and across present day Pakistan.

Answer 13

Indus River

Question 14

The Indus River flows into this.

Answer 14

Indus Plain

Question 15

A large landmass that is connected to a continent.

Answer 15

Subcontinent

Question 16

Mountain range in Central Asia that creates the north western border of the Indian subcontinent

Answer 16

Hindu Kush

Question 17

Capital of India

Answer 17

New Delhi

Question 18

How tall is Mount Everest

Answer 18

29,034 feet

Question 19

The religion of India that grew out of the believes of the ancient Aryan peoples; it stresses that one main force connects all of life.

Answer 19

Hinduism

Question 20

In Hinduism, the ancient books of sacred songs on which much of its religious beliefs are based.

Answer 20

Vedus

Question 21

The social system and Hindu society in which a person’s place is determined by the rank of the family into which he or she is born

Answer 21

Caste system

Question 22

In Hinduism, the laws and duties that guide the behavior of each caste member. “Oh Dharma I have to obey the laws”

Answer 22

Dharma

Question 23

A Hindu belief that people move in a constant cycle of life, death, and rebirth.

Answer 23

Reincarnation

Question 24

Worshiped “the one that is the all.”

Answer 24

Vishnu

Question 25

The God of time and destruction

Answer 25

Shiva

Question 26

"Mother of all creation"

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Devi

Question 27

A long period of incredible rain.

Answer 27

Mansoon

Question 28

Capital of Pakistan

Answer 28

Islamabad

Question 29

A man who devote his life to a religious group, often giving up all he owns.

Answer 29

Monk

Question 30

In Hinduism and Buddhism, the end result of all of a persons bad acts, which determines his or her rebirth.

Answer 30

Karma

Question 31

In Buddhism, the principles that route life and promise end to suffering

Answer 31

Four Noble truth

Question 32

In Buddhism, the basic rules of behavior and will leave leading to an end of suffering.

Answer 32

Eight fold path

Question 33

In Buddhism a way of life neither to straighten want to easy that results from following the eight fold path NOT TOO LOUD nor too soft

Answer 33

Middle way

Question 34

A religion found in India founded by Siddhartha Gautama, Spread through China.

Answer 34

Buddhism

Question 35

Asian Indian religious leader, known as the Buddha who founded Buddhism.

Answer 35

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 36

Small kingdom, where Siddhartha was born

Answer 36

Kosala

Question 37

A fine, yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain, found in China.

Answer 37

Loess

Question 38

Is a wide spread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation.

Answer 38

Famine

Question 39

A mountain pass with steep rocky sides.

Answer 39

Gorge

Question 40

Dry, grassy, treeless plane found in Asia and Eastern Europe.

Answer 40

Steppe

Question 41

A river that flows from the Tibetan plateau, across northern China and into the yellow sea.

Answer 41

Huang He

Question 42

A high mountain plateau in Asia.

Answer 42

Tibetan Plateau

Question 43

A large loan land region of eastern China that is watered by the Huang He, birthplace of Chinese civilization.

Answer 43

North China Plain

Question 44

Third largest river in the world. Another name is Chang Jiang.

Answer 44

Yangtze River

Question 45

A line of rulers who belong to the same family.

Answer 45

Dynasty

Question 46

In ancient China, a Cattalooche phone used to predict the future.

Answer 46

Oracle bones

Question 47

The belief that Chinese emperors right to rule came from the gods.

Answer 47

Mandate of heaven

Question 48

The period between 475 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E. after that Zhou empire in China ended and the local rulers went to war with each other.

Answer 48

Warring states period

Question 49

Nature religion culture based on nature.

Answer 49

Daoism

Question 50

Chinese noblewoman. Her tomb contain records of her times.

Answer 50

Lady Fu Hao

Question 51

Founder of the Zhou dynasty of China.

Answer 51

Wuwang

Question 52

Ancient Chinese leader praise by Confucius.

Answer 52

Duke of Zhou

Question 53

Chinese philosopher who stressed the need to respect tradition.

Answer 53

Confucius

Question 54

The ancient Chinese capital of the Shang dynasty.

Answer 54

Anyang

Question 55

An area of land almost entirely surrounded by water

Answer 55

Peninsula

Question 56

A shelter place along the coast used to protect boats and ships.

Answer 56

Harbor

Question 57

A Greek island in the Mediterranean sea, southeast of Greece, it was home of the Minoan culture about 5000 years ago.

Answer 57

Crete

Question 58

Island, one day sale from Greece.

Answer 58

Rhodes

Question 59

A peninsula in East central Greece on the Aegean Sea on which Athens was built

Answer 59

Attica

Question 60

A mountain peninsula in southern Greece between the Ionian and the Aegean seas

Answer 60

Peloponnesus

Question 61

In ancient seafaring civilization located on the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea

Answer 61

Phoenicia

Question 62

A self-governing city, often with surrounding lands and villages.

Answer 62

City state

Question 63

A city state in Ancient Greece

Answer 63

Polis

Question 64

A large hail in ancient Greece where city residents sought shelter in safety in times of war and met to discuss community affairs

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Acropolis

Question 65

A central area in Greek cities used both as a marketplace and as a meeting place

Answer 65

Agora

Question 66

Something that can be bought and sold

Answer 66

Commodity

Question 67

A person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country our community.

Answer 67

Citizen

Question 68

Sea west of Attica

Answer 68

Ionian

Question 69

A government ruled by a king or queen

Answer 69

Monarchy

Question 70

A type of government in which a small group of citizens control decision-making

Answer 70

Oligarchy

Question 71

A system of government in which citizens vote to make government decisions

Answer 71

Democracy

Question 72

A long poem that tells a story of heroes in legend or history

Answer 72

Epic

Question 73

Powerful civilization of ancient Crete named after King minnos from 2000, 1400 B.C.E.

Answer 73

Minoa

Question 74

In the middle of turkey and Attica

Answer 74

For many years the most powerful of all ancient Greek city states, capital of present day Greece

Question 75

The largest ancient Greek city state, located on Southern Peloponnesus

Answer 75

Sparta

Question 76

The highest mountain in Greece, where the ancient Greeks believed many of their gods and goddesses lived

Answer 76

Mount Olympus

Question 77

Ancient Greek poet

Answer 77

Homer