Ancient India Review

What is a subcontinent?

• strong season winds

• A large landmass that juts out from a continent

• Mt Everest

• strict division of classes

What are the two rivers in Ancient India?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile River

• Monhenjo- Daro and Harappa

• Indus and Ganges

What are Monjenjo-Daro and Harappa?

• main rivers in India

• most powerful empires

• largest planned cities

• two religions of India

This is a natural barrier that limited contact and provided protection.

• Himalayan

• Monhenjo-Daro

• Ganges

• Harappa

What is a monsoon?

• largest peak

• dry period of time

• strong seasonal winds

• large landmass that just out from a continent

After the Harappan civilization declined, the Aryans migrated to the south of India.

What does migrate mean?

• strong seasonal winds

• to invade a place

• to move from one place to another

• created a new relgion

What is the caste system?

• planned cities that had indoor plumbing

• would decide which religion they would follow

• irrigation system to help farming

• strict division of classes that could not be changed

What is the universal spirit in Hinduism?

• Brahma

• Vishnu

• Shiva

• Brahman

Who is the destroyer of the universe and recreates it and is very powerful in Hinduism?

• Brahma

• Vishnu

• Shiva

• Brahman

Who is the creator in the Hinduism religion?

• Brahma

• Vishnu

• Shiva

• Brahman