Ancient India Jeopardy Questions

YOGA REFERS TO MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL EXERCISES S ONE PERFORMS AS ONE STRIVES TO ACHIEVE MOKSHA. CHAKRAS ARE SEVEN SPIRITUAL ENERGY CENTERS YOGA PRACTITIONERS SEEK TO BALANCE IN THEIR BODIES.

DEFINE YOGA AND CHAKRAS.

THERE WERE MANY HARAPPAN CITIES AND TOWNS ALONG THE INDUS RIVER. MAJOR ONES WERE LAID OUT USING GRID PLANS (IMPLIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING). THEY HAD ADVANCED PLUMBING AND WRITING WE CAN'T READ.

DESCRIBE SOME OF THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION DESCRIBED IN CLASS.

1.31 BILLION, 1.24 MILLION

HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN INDIA, AND HOW LARGE IS INDIA IN SQUARE MILES?

KUMBH MELA

MILLIONS OF HINDUS GATHER EVERY TWELVE YEARS DURING THE __________________, THE LARGEST RELIGIOUS GATHERING IN THE WORLD.

KASHMIR

THE CHANGE IN SEASONAL WIND DIRECTION THAT CAUSE LOTS OF RAINFALL IN SOUTH ASIA FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER AND IS CRITICAL TO INDIA'S FARMERS AND ECONOMY IS CALLED A...

HARAPPAN

THE FIRST GREAT CIVILIZATION IN ANCIENT INDIA WAS ________________. CIVILIZATION.

DIWALI

THE MOST IMPORTANT ANNUAL HINDU FESTIVAL IS ______________, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.

"OM" OR "AUM." THE SYMBOL REPRESENTING HINDUISM IS A WRITTEN FORM OF THIS SOUND.

THE SACRED SOUND OF CREATION THAT IS SPOKEN AT THE BEGINNING OF MANTRAS IS...

MOKSHA (THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF HINDUISM THAT ENDS THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS CYCLE OF REINCARNATION).

THE TERM REFERRING TO THE UNIFICATION OF ONE'S INDIVIDUAL SOUL (ATMAN) WITH THE UNIVERSAL SOUL (BRAHMAN) OF WHICH EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IS A PART IS...

BRAHMA THE CREATOR, VISHNU THE PRESERVER, AND SHIVA THE DESTROYER.

THE THREE MOST-WORSHIPED GODS IN HINDUISM OF THE EARLY GUPTA PERIOD IN ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY (THE EARLY CENTURIES C.E.) INCLUDE...

MANY DEATHS RESULTING FROM MIGRATIONS OF MUSLIMS AND HINDUS TO COUNTRIES CREATED FROM BRITISH INDIA BASED ON RELIGION. FIGHTING OVER KASHMIR. INDIA'S AID TO BANGLADESH WHEN IT BROKE FREE FROM PAKISTAN

WHAT ARE FOUR FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO GREAT TENSION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN SINCE INDEPENDENCE?

BRAHMINS (PRIESTS), KSHATRIYAS (RULERS AND WARRIORS), VAISHYAS (MERCHANTS, SKILLED CRAFTSPEOPLE, MINOR OFFICIALS, LANDOWNERS, CATTLE HERDERS, ETC.), UNTOUCHABLES (LOWEST LEVEL OF SOCIETY, OUTCASTES).

WHAT ARE THE FIVE SOCIAL CLASSES OF INDIA'S OF INDIA'S CASTE SYSTEM?

HINDI AND ENGLISH, 29

WHAT ARE THE MAIN AND SECONDARY OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF INDIA? HOW MANY LANGUAGES IN INDIA ARE SPOKEN BY A MILLION OR MORE SPEAKERS?

HINDU KUSH MOUNTAINS (NORTHWESTERN) AND HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS (NORTHEASTERN). THE KHYBER PASS.

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN CHAINS IN THE NORTHEASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN AREAS OF THE SUBCONTINENT OF INDIA? WHAT FAMOUS MOUNTAIN PASS HAVE INVADERS AND MIGRATORY PEOPLES USED TO MOVE INTO INDIA?

THE INDUS RIVER IS MOSTLY IN PAKISTAN, AND THE GANGES RIVER IS IN NORTHEASTERN INDIA. INDIA'S 1ST GREAT CIVILIZATION, HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION AROSE ALONG THE INDUS RIVER.

WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF INDIA'S TWO MOST FAMOUS RIVERS? WHERE ARE THEY GENERALLY LOCATED?

VEDAS, UPANISHADS, AND THE MAHABHARATA. THE MAHABHARATA CONTAINS THE BHAGAVAD GITA.

WHAT ARE THREE MOST IMPORTANT HINDU HOLY TEXTS? WHICH OF THESE CONTAINS THE BHAGAVAD GITA, THE HOLIEST STORY FOR HINDUS?

PAKISTAN, INDIA, BANGLADESH, NEPAL, BHUTAN, SRI LANKA, AND THE MALDIVES.

WHAT COUNTRIES ARE IN SOUTH ASIA?

AFGHANISTAN. PAKISTAN.

WHAT COUNTRY DOES THE U.S. NEED TO TRAVEL THROUGH OR ABOVE TO GET TO AFGHANISTAN? WHAT IS THE SECOND MOST-PRACTICED RELIGION IN INDIA?

VARNAS; BRAHMINS (PRIESTS) ARE AT THE TOP. UNTOUCHABLES ARE AT THE BOTTOM.

WHAT DO HINDUS CALL INDIA'S CASTES? WHAT GROUP IS AT THE TOP OF THE CASTE SYSTEM AND THE BOTTOM OF THE CASTE SYSTEM?

DHARMA = THE DUTY OF ONE'S CASTE. KARMA = ONE'S ACTIONS IN THIS LIFE THAT AFFECTS ONE'S NEXT LIFE. REINCARNATION = THE REBIRTH OF A SOUL INTO A NEW BODY.

WHAT DO THE HINDU TERMS DHARMA, KARMA, AND REINCARNATION MEAN?

ARYANS. VEDAS.

WHAT GROUP BROUGHT THE CASTE SYSTEM TO INDIA? WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE HOLY TEXTS BROUGHT BY THIS GROUP THAT ARE THE EARLIEST HOLY HINDU TEXTS?

BRAHMINS (PRIESTS) ARE AT THE TOP BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED MOST SPIRITUALLY PURE. UNTOUCHABLES ARE AT THE BOTTOM BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED LEAST SPIRITUALLY PURE.

WHAT GROUPS ARE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF INDIA'S CASTE SYSTEM? WHY ARE THESE TWO GROUPS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS IN THE CASTE SYSTEM?

VARANASI. THE GANGES RIVER.

WHAT IS INDIA'S HOLIEST CITY, AND ITS HOLIEST RIVER?

HINDUISM. BUDDHISM AND JAINISM. BUDDHISM.

WHAT IS THE MOST-PRACTICED RELIGION IN INDIA? WHAT TWO OTHER RELIGIONS STARTED IN INDIA? WHICH ONE FADED IN POPULARITY IN INDIA OVER TIME?

THE ARYANS FORCED THE DRAVIDIANS AND OTHERS INTO THE BOTTOM OF THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEM. THE RESULT IS THE SOCIAL SYSTEM WE CALL THE CASTE SYSTEM.

WHAT WAS THE MAIN CONTRIBUTION OF THE ARYANS, AN INDO-EUROPEAN GROUP THAT MIGRATED INTO INDIA FROM 1500 TO 500 B.C.E.?

BRITAIN. BRITAIN PARTITIONED INDIA (INDIA AND PAKISTAN WERE CREATED AS HINDU AND MUSLIM COUNTRIES, RESPECTIVELY).

WHICH COUNTRY CONTROLLED INDIA AS A CROWN COLONY FROM 1858 TO 1947? WHAT HAPPENED IN 1947?

KRISHNA (VERY POPULARLY WORSHIPED IN HINDUISM). AN AVATAR IS A FORM OF A GOD WHO APPEARS ON EARTH TO HELP HUMAN BEINGS.

WHO IS THE BLUE-SKINNED AVATAR OF VISHNU WHO APPEARS AS PRINCE ARJUNA'S CHARIOT DRIVER IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA (HINDUISM'S HOLIEST STORY)? WHAT IS AN AVATAR?

GANDHI

___________ LED INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT.

GANDHI. UNTOUCHABLES ARE STILL DISCREDITED AGAINST IN INDIA TODAY,

____________ PUSHED POLITICIANS TO BAN DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SOCIAL CLASS IN INDIA'S CONSTITUTION. HOW ARE UNTOUCHABLES (DALITS) TREATED IN INDIA TODAY?