Transcript Blank Jeopardy

Vocabulary
Hinduism
Buddhism
Empires
Hodge
Podge
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A seasonal wind which
brings seasonal rain to
certain geographic
areas.
Monsoons
A fortified area, usually
made of stone and located
on a high point.
Citadel
A fixed social class
into which a person
is born.
Caste
A system of offices
that carries out
government rules and
regulations.
Bureaucracy
Science of extracting
metal from ore to
create useful objects.
Metallurgy
These are a collection of
sacred Hindu writings,
written in Sanskrit
Vedas
The belief that a person’s soul is
reborn into a new body after
death.
Reincarnation
This group of Hindu
people were
responsible for
interpreting the
vedas, and teaching
everyone else those
interpretations.
Brahmins
Hindus believed that the
universe was in a
constant, repeating
cycle, consisting of
these three stages:
Creating,
destroying,
re-creating
This Hindu word means
the liberation from cycle
of birth and rebirth, and
is the goal of all Hindus
moksha
A basic teaching of
Buddhism is that this
“way” is the best
approach to living life; a
balance between total
sacrifice and that of
excessiveness.
The Middle Path
He was the founder of
the Buddhist Religion
Siddhartha
Guatama
What do each one of the
spokes below represent?
The Eightfold
Path
All Buddhists strived for
THIS, which means the
extinction and freedom
from cycle of suffering,
death and rebirth
Nirvana
Of the following, choose
the one which is NOT
part of the Eightfold
Path:
Right Speech
Right Sacrifice
Right Conduct
Right Sacrifice.
The Mauryan Empire
began to rise after the
departure of this
important conqueror
from India.
Alexander the
Great
This second, smaller
empire, had many scientific
advances and was a center
for important economic
trade.
Gupta Empire
Founder of the Mauryan Empire, he
was afraid of being assassinated, so he
often slept in different bedrooms and
hired royal taste testers to ensure that
he wasn’t poisoned.
Chandragupta Maurya
This grandson took the
Mauryana Empire to
its highest point,
conquering most of
modern day India.
Ashoka
Provide four advances
offered by the Gupta
Empire
Literature: Kalidasa
Astronomy: Earth rotates on axis
Solar eclipses
Medicine: C-Section, inoculation,
plastic surgery, printed medical guides,
1000 diseases classified, 500 healing
plants identified.
Math: Decimal System, Zero, and Pi
The lowest level of the
Caste System is called…
Dalits (Harijan or
Untouchables als
acceptable)
They are the warrior class, who
are commanded to protect the
people, give gifts to the
Brahmins, offer sacrifices to
gods and ancestors, study the
Vedas, and dispense justice
Kshatriya
This misunderstood disease
was the reason many people
were believed to be
“untouchable”
Leprosy
This ethnic group came
into India and began to
organize the many loose
kingdoms into an
organized Empire
Aryans
The Hindu God is made
up of three, separate
entities, each with their
own roles; what are
they?
Brahma: Creator of Universe
Vishnu: Protector of Universe
Shiva: Destroyer of Universe
Final
Jeopardy
Category: Religion
What is the biggest reason
Buddhism, which started in India,
was never really accepted by
Indians, who instead favored
Hinduism?
Buddhists believed that all
humans were equal, and it
very much rejected the
Caste System; most Indians
relied on the Caste System,
so they rejected Buddhism.