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Ancient India Review
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A person’s personal duty, based on the
individual’s place in society is known as
Dharma
____________________.
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The Gupta Empire thrived through the trades
gold
of good, such as _________.
Untouchables are a group not shown on
The ___________
the diagram, and would appear below the
Sudras
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Sudra
According to the diagram The _________
were the least respected in the Indian society
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The Caste system emerged in India under the
Aryan
____________
Empire.
Common people
The Vaisyas are known as ___________
The Caste that contains warriors and
rulers
Kshatriyas
Is_____________.
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smallest
Brahmins are the _________ group in
the Caste system.
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What determined a person’s job, social
group, and even who they would marry in
A person’s Caste
early India? _____________
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India’s ancient people relied on three major
farming
trade
rivers for _________,
__________
and
_______
transportation
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Bhagavad __________
Gita
The ____________
is a section
of the Mahabarata that talks about doing
one’s duty.
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infinity
Explaining the idea of ___________
was an
important contribution of the ______
Gupta period.
zero
The symbol ________ was an
Indian invention that had a great
impact on the study of mathematics
and science
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An epic poem that is about a ruler who
rescues his captured wife, and grew to about
25,000 verses.
Ramayana
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_______________.
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What is the longest poem ever written, in any
language?
Mahabarata
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______________.
BONUS ROUND!
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Life is full of suffering, is
one of the
Four Noble Truths
________________.
The one and only way to improve ones
Reincarnation
Caste is through________________
BONUS ROUND!
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Siddhartha Gautama is also known as
Buddha
________________.
An embalmed body tightly wrapped in
long strips of cloth.
Mummy
A diagram of Egypt’s social classes
has the shape of a _______________.
Pyramid
The chief god of the Egyptians.
Re (Ray)
Forced payments sent to the
pharaoh by conquered peoples.
Tributes
The Egyptian invention to prevent the
pharaoh’s body from decomposing
was the act of _________.
Embalming
The pharaoh appointed ____________,
or elected officials, to collect tax
payments of grain from farmers.
bureaucrats
The Egyptians willingly served their
pharaoh because they believed the
pharaoh had an _________.
afterlife
From about 3100 B.C. to 332 B.C., a
series of 30 _________ ruled Egypt.
Dynasties
The pharaoh who tried to give Egypt
a new religion.
Amenhoptep
This class was made up
traders, artisans, and scribes
Middle class
An Egyptian god, usually
identified as the god of the
afterlife, the underworld and
the dead.
Osiris
Head of the ancient Egyptian
government and religion.
Pharaoh
Egyptians studied this to learn how
to obtain life after death.
Book of the Dead
Social class made up of priests and
nobles.
Upper Class
Imaginary creature with the body of a
lion and the head of another animal.
Sphinx
The Egyptians began to build pyramids
during the ____ period.
Old Kingdom
A line of rulers from one family
dynasty
A great stone tomb built for an
Egyptian pharaoh.
Pyramid
Ancient Egyptians lived along this
river. It is the longest. river in the
world.
Nile River
The fan shaped area of silt near
where a river flows into the sea.
delta
A pole with a bucket and
counterweight used especially in
Egypt for raising water.
shadoof
A plant that grew near the Nile
River and was processed to make
strips for Egyptians to write on.
Papyrus
A writing system used by the Ancient
Egyptians made of pictures and
sound symbols.
hieroglyphics
This isolated the Ancient
Egyptians from outside invaders.
desert
A government by religious
leaders.
Theocracy
The Nile delta is located in this
area.
Lower Egypt
The southern part of ancient Egypt is
called ______
Upper Egypt
A successful female ruler of
Ancient Egypt who wore a false
beard.
Hatshepsut
The kingdom that was located in
present day Sudan.
Kush
A child pharaoh famous because his
tomb was found intact in 1922.
King Tutankhamen
A ruler in the New Kingdom who
reigned for 66 years.
Ramses II
Egyptian arts and architecture
thrived during the _____________.
Middle Kingdom
The period during which Egypt
reached the height of its power
and glory.
New Kingdom
______ was the first king of a
united Egypt.
Menes
The double crown symbolized____
A united Egypt
The ______ helped historians
understand hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone
In what direction does the Nile
River flow?
South to North
What s a tall four sided pillar that is
pointed on the top?
Obelisk
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