South Asia: Ancient Times to Present Day

Question 1

What region has been in violent disputes since the partition of 1947?

Accepted Answer

Kashmir

Question 2

What is the language of Ancient India?

Accepted Answer

Sanskrit

Question 3

The core beliefs of Buddhism are known as the _______________.

Accepted Answer

Four Noble Truths

Question 4

Who is the founding father of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 5

Name that country.

Accepted Answer

Nepal

Question 6

What were the two main commodities that Great Britain wanted from India?

Accepted Answer

Cotton and Tea

Question 7

Who was the native Indian that stood up for Indian rights and independence from Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

Mohandas Ghandi

Question 8

What term refers to the state of perfect peace in Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Nirvana

Question 9

What mathematical number did the Ancient Indians (Aryans) create?

Accepted Answer

Zero

Question 10

Chess, Astronomy, Indoor plumbing, Zero, are some examples of inventions for who?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Indians (Aryans)

Question 11

What is the dominate religion of Pakistan?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 12

What term refers to the division of Indian society into groups based on one's birth/wealth?

Accepted Answer

caste system

Question 13

What two major world religions believe in reincarnation?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism and Hinduism

Question 14

In what year did the "partition" of India and Pakistan/East Pakistan occur?

Accepted Answer

1947

Question 15

Who were a part of the Kshatriya class in Ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

rulers and warriors

Question 16

What is the nickname that Great Britain gave to India b/c of how valuable India was to GB?

Accepted Answer

"Jewel in the Crown"

Question 17

What is the tallest mountain on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Mt. Everest

Question 18

What was the first empire of Ancient India?

Accepted Answer

Mauryan Empire

Question 19

What Muslim Empire of India built the Taj Mahal?

Accepted Answer

Mughal Empire

Question 20

Name that country.

Accepted Answer

India

Question 21

What term means "season"? India experiences wet and dry seasons of this.

Accepted Answer

monsoon

Question 22

Who were a part of the Brahmin class in Ancient India?

Accepted Answer

priests

Question 23

Term known as the "Middle Way"; Buddhists follow it to deny oneself and become more selfless.

Accepted Answer

Eight-fold Path

Question 24

What term means belief in many gods?

Accepted Answer

Polytheism

Question 25

What group of people were seen as so low, they were not formally in the caste system?

Accepted Answer

Untouchables

Question 26

Name that country.

Accepted Answer

Sri Lanka

Question 27

In order to achieve _________, the Buddha found one had to find contentment in life.

Accepted Answer

enlightenment

Question 28

Who was the leader of the Mauryan Empire that converted to Buddhism, spreading the religion?

Accepted Answer

Ashoka

Question 29

What was the European country that conquered and colonized India for over 200 years?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 30

The Partition of 1947 in Asia led to the creation of what two countries?

Accepted Answer

Pakistan and India

Question 31

The Aryan people of Ancient India grew up along what river valley?

Accepted Answer

Indus River Valley

Question 32

What is the dominate religion of India?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 33

What term means accepting one's duty or lot in life?

Accepted Answer

Dharma

Question 34

What is the holy book for Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

The Vedas

Question 35

What mountain range was formed when the Indian subcontinent collided with the Asia continent?

Accepted Answer

Himalaya

Question 36

Name of paths taken by merchants that linked cities of Europe to China and India.

Accepted Answer

Silk Road

Question 37

What does the term varnas mean?

Accepted Answer

social divisions

Question 38

What term means the process of rebirth?

Accepted Answer

reincarnation

Question 39

The dividing line between Pakistani controlled Kashmir and Indian controlled Kashmir is?

Accepted Answer

The Line of Control

Question 40

Name that country.

Accepted Answer

Bhutan

Question 41

Name that country.

Accepted Answer

Bangladesh

Question 42

What is the name of the Muslim Empire that ruled India?

Accepted Answer

Mughal Empire

Question 43

Who were a part of the Vaisya class in Ancient India?

Accepted Answer

farmers and merchants

Question 44

Where did Gandhi work in Africa for 20 years as a civil rights lawyer?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 45

Silk, spices, cotton, tea, gems, gold/silver were all goods traded along what road?

Accepted Answer

Silk Road

Question 46

What is the name of the world famous protest march that Gandhi led to the Indian Ocean?

Accepted Answer

Salt March

Question 47

Who were a part of the Sudra class of Ancient India?

Accepted Answer

laborers and servants

Question 48

Term that means the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul.

Accepted Answer

karma

Question 49

Name that country.

Accepted Answer

Afghanistan

South Asia: Ancient Times to Present Day

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