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Geography100

This mountain in Nepal is the tallest in the world.

What is Mt. Everest

Geography200

This river was crucial to the development of ancient

India. What is the Indus River

Geography 300

These windy, wet weather events were the main source

of water for the crops of Indus Valley.

What are Monsoons

Geography 400

This was the largest city in Ancient India.

What is Mohenjo-Daro

Geography 500

The people of the Indus Valley were the first to grow this

crop for clothing.

What is Cotton

Religion100

This means the belief in many gods.

What is Polytheism

Religion 200

This sacred Hindu text contained over 1000 poems.

What is the Rig-Veda

Religion 300

Name the Hindu god of destruction.

Who is Shiva

Religion 400

Finish this Buddhist truth:“Life is ___________.”

What is Suffering

Religion 500

This was Buddha’s ‘real’ name.

What is Siddhartha

Culture 100

In order to transport heavy items, the people of India domesticated

these animals.

What are Elephants, Horses, Camels, or Donkeys

Culture 200

Indus used these to make their mud bricks more durable.

What are Ovens

Culture 300

These invading nomads changed the culture of early

Indus people.

Who are the Aryans

Culture 400

This was one of the earliest forms of Indus writing.

What is Sanskrit

Culture 500

This Hindu god was the creator of the world and the

source of all knowledge

Who is Lord Brahma

Society100

These “unskilled” people were very poor and had to serve all

three Castes.

Who are Sudras

Society 200

The warrior caste was primarily responsible for this.

What is Protecting the Kingdom

Society 300

In order to reincarnate into another Caste, you would need this to be “good” or

“clean”.

What is Karma

Society 400

Brahmans could punish people (even those in their Caste)

who did not follow this element of Hinduism.

What is Dharma

Society 500

Define Samsara in one word.

What is Reincarnation

Egypt 100

This pharaoh built the first ‘Great’ pyramid.

Who is Khufu

Mesopotamia 200

These buildings were created to pay homage to their gods.

What are Ziggurats

Early Humans 300

Homo Sapien means this.

What is a Wise Human

Egypt 400

This was the original burial ground of King Tutankhamen.

Where is the Valley of the Kings

Mesopotamia500

This was the ancient writing style of the first Mesopotamians.

What is Cuneiform

Final JeopardyAncient India

List all eleven gods we have studied. Each god is worth 200 points.

Spelling all of them correctly is worth an extra 2000 points.

Who are:Agni GangaGanesha VishnuBrahma DurgaKrishna SuryaShiva Parvati

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