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India’s Golden Age

I Love Religion!

MigrationThe Harrapans

Indian Geography

Two of India’s major rivers are the this, and this.

What are the Indus and the Ganges?

India is considered a this, a type of landmass that is part of a continent but is considered a

separate region.

What is a subcontinent?

This mountain range shares part of its name with a type of

religious people.

What are the Hindu Kush Mountains?

Ancient Indians sailed on this bay for trading purposes.

What is the Bay of Bengal?

These huge winds can shape India’s climate dramatically.

What are monsoons?

The Harappans built large hills called “earth these”

What are mounds?

Harappans also built places called these; cities built according to a design.

What are planned cities?

Inside a planned city, there was this place; a house for the royal

family, and a temple.

What is a citadel?

Not only was there Harappa, there was also this city, that had a

giant bathtub!

What is Mohenjo-Daro?

These people were squeaky clean! They were highly

advanced in this nasty area.

What is dealing with human waste?

In about 1500 B.C., a group of Indo-Europeans called this,

migrated to India.Who were the Aryans?

The Aryans spoke a new language, called this.

What is Sanskrit?

People already living in India when the Aryans arrived were not known as Indians, but they were called this more formal

name.

Who were Dravidians?

Some groups in this social class were the priests, the commoners,

and the untouchables.What is a caste?

The early Aryan religion was called this, in honor of Aryan

priests.What is Brahmanism?

The official religion of India is known as this.

What is Hinduism?

Another word for gods is this name.

What are deities?

Hindus believe in this. It means that every person has many lives.

What is reincarnation?

The founder of this religion was Siddhartha Gautama.

What is Buddhism?

Meditation gave Gautama insights into reality, which he

called this.What are the Four Noble Truths?

This empire ruled during India’s Golden Age.

Who were the Guptas?

Many hobbies survived, or this word during the Golden Age.

What is flourished?

In the Golden Age, people made improvements to this subject,

such as estimating the value of pi.

What is Mathematics?

Indian artisans practiced this, also known as metal working.

What is metallurgy?

This was one of the Chinese goods brought by the Indians.

What is silk?

Your Final Jeopardy! Category is:

“Landmarks”

Covering nearly a square mile, this is the name of the largest religious

structure in the world.

What is Angkor Wat?