5 POINT QUESTION BECAUSE OF CULTURAL DIFFUSION (IMPACING SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND RELIGION), ARYAN BELIEFS BLENDED WITH LOCAL INDIAN BELIEFS TO FORM THIS RELIGION.

5 POINT ANSWER a: WHAT IS HINDUISM?

10 POINT QUESTION LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY CONTRASTS THE CASTE SYSTEM FOR THESE REASONS.

10 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS SOCIAL MOBILITY AND INTERMIXING OF CLASSES?

15 POINT QUESTION CASTE SYSTEM HIERARCHIES ALLOWED THE SMALLEST GROUP ON TOP TO HAVE THE MOST RIGHTS, UNTIL THIS HAPPENED IN THE 20 TH CENTURY.

15 POINT ANSWER a: WHAT IS HAVING THE CASTE SYSTEM OUTLAWED SO PEOPLE WERE TREATED EQUALLY?

20 POINT QUESTION THE CASTE SYSTEM OF ANCIENT INDIA WAS BASED ON THIS, WHICH WAS WRITTEN FOR THE HINDU RELIGION.

20 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT ARE THE VEDAS?

25 POINT QUESTION CERTAIN PEOPLE IN A CASTE SYSTEM HAD MORE RIGHTS AND POWER THAN OTHERS, BECAUSE THE CASTE SYSTEM DETERMINED THESE FROM BIRTH.

25 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT ARE OCCUPTATION AND SOCIAL GROUP?

5 POINT QUESTION THIS IS DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED ANCIENT CITIES, BECAUSE OF ADVANCEMENTS IN MATHEMATICS (USING GRID-LIKE PATTERNS FOR THEIR CITIES, AND UTILIZING A MEASURING SYSTEM), AND IS SIMILAR TO CHARLOTTE BECAUSE OF IT’S GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS CENTER DOWNTOWN, WITH RESIDENTIAL AREAS OUTSIDE THE CITY.

5 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS MOHENJO- DARO?

10 POINT QUESTION TRADE ALLOWED MOHENJO-DARO TO GET NECESSARY RESOURCES, WHILE THESE GEOGRAPHICAL EVENTS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED THE CITY.

10 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS DEFORESTATION AND FLOODING?

15 POINT QUESTION THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS ALLOWED FOR A SURPLUS OF FOOD/SPECIALIZATION OF JOBS, BUT THE PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE GEOGRAPHY IN THIS WAY.

15 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS DEFORESTATION (CUTTING DOWN ALL THE TREES AND DESTROYING THE SOIL?

20 POINT QUESTION THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WAS BENEFICIAL AND DETRIMENTAL TO MOHENJO-DARO FOR THESE REASONS (LIST 2 EACH!).

20 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS GOOD FOR PROTECTION AND CLIMATE, BAD FOR FLOODING AND DESERTIFICATION?

25 POINT QUESTION THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT MOHENJO-DARO HAD A SOCIAL STRUCTURE.

25 POINT ANSWER A: WHAT ARE PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE EITHER THE UPPER OR LOWER CITY BASED ON STATUS?

5 POINT QUESTION THE BAY OF BENGAL AND ARABIAN SEA IMPACT INDIA’S ECONOMY FOR THIS REASON.

5 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS ALLOWS FOR TRADE WITH OTHER REGIONS?

10 POINT QUESTION THE GANGES & INDUS RIVERS IN INDIA ARE SIMILAR TO THE EUPHRATES & TIGRIS RIVERS IN MESOPOTAMIA FOR THIS REASON.

10 POINT ANSWER A: WHAT IS BOTH SETS OF RIVERS FLOOD AND FERTILIZE THE SOIL?

15 POINT QUESTION INDIA IS LARGE AND GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF ASIA, SO IT IS DESCRIBED AS BEING ONE OF THESE.

15 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS A SUBCONTINENT?

20 POINT QUESTION SOCIETIES/CIVILIZATIONS IN THE HIMALAYAS AND HINDU KUSH MOUNTAINS ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE GEOGRAPHY FOR THIS REASON.

20 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS MOVEMENT OF TECTONIC PLATES CAUSING EARTHQUAKES?

25 POINT QUESTION THE MOUNTAINS AND OCEAN SURROUNDING SOUTH ASIA HAVE IMPACTED INDIA POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY FOR THESE REASONS (LIST 3 GOOD, 2 BAD!). DAILY DOUBLE!

25 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT ARE POSITIVE REASONS: PROTECTION, RESOURCES AND GOOD FARMING CLIMATE; NEGATIVE REASONS: ISOLUATION AND EXTREME WEATHER?

5 POINT QUESTION A SURPLUS OF FOOD IMPACTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS FOR THESE REASONS.

5 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS SPECIALIZATION/DEVELOP MENT OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY WHILE CIVILIZATIONS FORMED?

10 POINT QUESTION GOVERNMENTS MONITOR FOOD SUPPLIES FOR THIS MAIN REASON.

10 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT SAFETY OF FOOD FOR CONSUMPTION?

15 POINT QUESTION THIS IS PROOF ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF HARAPPA CLOSELY MONITORED THE FOOD SUPPLY.

15 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS HAVING A GRANARY LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, PROTECTED BY A CITADEL?

20 POINT QUESTION THESE ARE SOME WAYS IN WHICH OUR GOVERNMENT MONITORS OUR FOOD SUPPLY.

20 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS THE FDA, INSPECTIONS, LABELS, AND SUBSIDIES?

25 POINT QUESTION THESE PLACES ALL SETTLED NEAR RIVER VALLEYS, DOMESTICATED ANIMALS, AND FORMED SETTLEMENTS (3 EXAMPLES). DAILY DOUBLE!

25 POINT ANSWER a. WHERE ARE ANCIENT INDIA, MESOPOTAMIA, AND EGYPT?

5 POINT QUESTION AFTER EXPANDING HIS EMPIRE, ASHOKA DID THIS, CAUSING NEW POLICIES FOR EDUCATION, TRADE AND RELIGION.

5 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS CONVERT TO BUDDHISM/BECOME PEACEFUL?

10 POINT QUESTION ALTHOUGH NO LONGER THE MAJOR RELIGION OF INDIA, ASHOKA’S CONVERSION ALLOWED BUDDHISM TO SPREAD HERE.

10 POINT ANSWER a. WHERE IS ASIA?

15 POINT QUESTION THE TRANSFORMATION OF CITY-STATES IN NORTHERN INDIA, AS WELL AS SUMER, ARE SIMILAR FOR THIS REASON.

15 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS THEY WERE ALL CONQUERED AND UNITED INTO ONE LARGE EMPIRE?

20 POINT QUESTION SARGON LED THE RISE OF THE AKKADIAN EMPIRE, IN A SIMILAR WAY THAT THIS MAN BEGAN THE MAURYAN EMPIRE.

20 POINT ANSWER a. WHO IS CHANDRAGUPTA?

25 POINT QUESTION THE ADVANCEMENTS IN MATH, ART, AND EDUCATION (INCLUDING PLACE VALUE & DECIMALS STILL USED TODAY) GOT THE GUPTA EMPIRE THIS NICKNAME.

25 POINT ANSWER a. WHAT IS “THE GOLDEN AGE”?