India

Question 1

Highest mountains in the world

Answer 1

Himalayas

Question 2

Number of languages spoken in India

Answer 2

110

Question 3

Dialects

Answer 3

Varieties of language

Question 4

Number of dialects in India

Answer 4

Over 1000

Question 5

Monsoon

Answer 5

Seasonal wind pattern in Southeast Asia; brings heavy rain in winter

Question 6

Wettest place on Earth

Answer 6

Mountains of Northeast India

Question 7

Sanskrit

Answer 7

Indo-Euoprean language (1st written system of written Aryan language)

Question 8

Ancient India civilizations were patriarchal? What does patriarchal man?

Answer 8

Society was controlled by men

Question 9

Guru

Answer 9

Teacher

Question 10

Harappan economy was based on

Answer 10

Farming

Question 11

Fortress

Answer 11

Citadel

Question 12

Suttee

Answer 12

Voluntary female suicide

Question 13

Marriage(s) in India are…

Answer 13

Arranged by parents

Question 14

Silk road

Answer 14

Network of trade routes connecting China with the Middle East and Europe

Question 15

Vedas

Answer 15

ancient Indian religious texts

Question 16

1st pan-Indian empire

Answer 16

Mauryas

Question 17

Candragupta Maurya

Answer 17

Founder of new Indian state; ruled from 342 BC to 3012 BC

Question 18

welfare

Answer 18

something that aids or promotes well-being

Question 19

Greatest ruler in history of India

Answer 19

Asoka

Question 20

conversion

Answer 20

changing from one belief to another

Question 21

What caused trade to rapidly expand in India?

Answer 21

Sailors learning to navigate the Indian Ocean

Question 22

Kushan empire was shaped by _____________

Answer 22

Surrounding societies

Question 23

Founder of a new state in Gangas Valley

Answer 23

Candra Gupta

Question 24

Pilgrim

Answer 24

a person who travels to a shrine or other holy place

Question 25

Three main types of structures

Answer 25

Pillar, Gupta, rock chamber

Question 26

Assyrian army was ________ and ________

Answer 26

Well-organized and disciplined

Question 27

The Assyrians had the first armies equipped with ____ weapons

Answer 27

Iron

Question 28

Indo-Europeans who lived in what is now Southwestern Iran

Answer 28

Persians

Question 29

_______ created a powerful Persian state

Answer 29

Cyrus

Question 30

Remarkable

Answer 30

Worthy or likely to be noticed; being uncommon or extraordinary

Question 31

Saytrapies

Answer 31

One of the 20 provinces of the Persian empire

Question 32

Satrap

Answer 32

"protector of the kingdom; governor of a province

Question 33

3 roles of a satrap

Answer 33

collected taxes, provided justice, recruited soldiers

Question 34

The Immortals

Answer 34

Persian calvary and infantry force of 10,000 soldiers each; so called because whenever a member was killed, he was immediately replaced

Question 35

Another name for the Persian king

Answer 35

"Great king"

Question 36

monarchy

Answer 36

ruled by a king or queen

Question 37

Two styles of warfare used by the Assyrians

Answer 37

Guerrilla warfare and siege warfare

Question 38

What is siege warfare?

Answer 38

Assyrians would use battering rams and siege towers on a city's walls; then tunnel below the walls to cause them to collapse

Question 39

The Assyrians used __________ as a tactic in war

Answer 39

terror

Question 40

After the collapse of the Assyrian empire, king __________ made _________ the leading state in Western Asia

Answer 40

Nebuchadnezzar; Babylonia

Question 41

The Persians were primarily _________

Answer 41

Nomadic

Question 42

Two things Cyrus did that proved to be good decisions

Answer 42

1) showed restraint and wisdom by treating other cultures humanely, letting them hold leadership positions, and using their culture in designs and 2) allowed the Jews held in Persia to return to Israel

Question 43

Increases in ________ in the Persian empire lead to decreases in ____________

Answer 43

Taxes; loyalty

Question 44

Sought

Answer 44

Tried; made an attempt