6th Grade Chapter 5

In the game Minecraft, what level do you have to be on to find diamonds?

Who became known as the Buddha or "The Enlightened One?"

Since 1985, the mistreatment of castes is illegal in India.

Where is the Deccan Plateau located?

The two main rivers in South Asia are:

The Aryans left behind this book which contained their history, stories, and songs:

Maurya’s grandson, _______, used columns to mark the territory of the empire.

The two main mountain ranges in South Asia are:

Which of these teachers has taught the longest at LMS?

Two of the ancient cities in India that were discovered in the 1930’s were:

This soldier seized power in India in 320 B.C. and started the Mauryan Empire.

What was not a plant that was domesticated by early Americans?

Under the Jataka empire, there were great advancements in science and math, poetry and art.

A way of living that can help people find relief from their suffering:

The Himalayas contain Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain peak.

The Eightfold Path recommends people develop three qualities: wisdom, morality and meditation.

The development of roads and trade by the Persians did not connect India with other lands.

Social structure in Aryan society: priests, warriors, kings & generals, cultivators, sudras.

Mr. Crane sang for this student in the cafeteria:

These 2 island nations export tea, coconuts, fish and rubber.:

What makes Hinduism different from many other religions?

Who was Blake's pre-school teacher?

One of the important industries of Pakistan is the cotton industry.

Three of the principal forms of Hinduism are the gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.  

The area of South Asia is predicted to have many earthquakes because of this:

The karma of a person decides whether his rebirth is good or bad.

The religious books of the Hindu are called Vedas, the oldest of which is the Rig Veda.

Where was the sweet potato first cultivated?

India’s economy began to improve when textiles such as silk and linen became valuable exports.

The rainy season in this area is the monsoon season.

Caste did not determine what kind of job you had and who you could marry.

In Hindu life, each person is born into a caste or lifelong social group. 

What is the process in which a person goes from one life to the next?

Because South Asia is so huge, we refer to it as a:

What are artisans?

The founder of Buddhism was Siddhartha Guatama who came to be known as the “enlightened one”.

The Aryans formed groups that were headed by a priest leader., also known as:

By the mid-sixth century the Gupta’s lost control to another invader from the north, the Huns.

The Himalayas were formed when South Asia collided with Asia;it was referred to as this theory:

How many continents are there?

Hindus believe they will be reborn into a new life.

What is the highest peak in the Himalayas?

Buddhists practice this as a way of clearing the mind:

At its height, the Aryan civilization had 26 states & stretched all the way to the Ganges River

The Hindu Kush contains K2, the 2nd tallest mountain peak.

The process which a person goes from one life to the next.

Who studies prehistory?

What is Mr. Crane's 1st name?

These things that were found tell us that people farmed, worked with metal, built brick homes.

A Persian religion was started by the prophet Zoroaster in what is now known as Pakistan.

Many families grow just enough food to feed themselves, this is called:

What do we call the land between the rivers?

A group that settled in the Indo-Ganges plain were the Aryans, whose language was called:

This 6th grader was born in China, and their favorite animal is a pig.

Cyrus II conquered the people and lands of the Indo-Ganges plain.

Who seized power in India?

What year did people begin settling in the Indus River?

Hammurabi's code can be described as:

South Asia is shaped like what?

Who does Brenna Holdcraft get her blonde hair and blue eyes from?

What is the goal of Hinduism?

In south India, this land rises and is home to wildlife like elephants, monkeys & tigers:

Hinduism is the main religion in India, but Hinduism has no founder.

South Asia is separated from the rest of Asia by mountains and water.

The four noble truths of Buddhism are:

The fertile plain between the two rivers where humans first settled South Asia is called:

Members of the highest caste are vegetarians.

When the Mauryan empire ended, the different regions ruled themselves until about 320 A.D.