INDIA LESSON 5 REVIEW (10/13)

ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1.  What was the special name of the Muslim followers that came into India around 1000AD?
2.  They made the Hindus pay a special tax for being what?
3.  What are the 2  main differences in Islam and Hindu?
4.  From which class (caste) did some people switch from Hinduism to Islam?
5.  Who was the best leader of the Mogul Empire?
6.  How old was he when he became ruler? 
7.  List the 7 things he did to create peace between the Muslims and Hindus.
8.  Who was Akbar's grandson that became ruler?
9.  What did Shah Jahan have that cost twice as much as Akbar's palace?
10.  What did he build as a tomb for his wife?
11.  What was the Taj Mahal made of?
12.  How long did it take to build?


ANSWERS:
1.  Moguls
2.  Unbelievers
3.  Polytheism (Hindus) vs Monotheism (Muslims), Caste System vs Equal treatment
4.  4th class or Outcasts (Untouchables)
5.  Akbar
6.  13
7.  Married a Hindu, Lowered taxes during hard times, Preached religious tolerance, Did away with Unbelievers' tax, Allowed Hindus to build temples, Had Hindu advisers, Encouraged artists from both religions to work together
8.  Shah Jahan
9.  Throne
10.  Taj Mahal
11.  White Marble
12.  20 years

INDIA LESSON 3 & 4 REVIEW (10/10)

ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1. Which group started Hinduism?
2. How many Hindu followers are there world-wide?
3. What were the Hindu books of songs called?
4. What is the Hindu belief that there are different classes of people?
5. Know the Caste System chart.
6. What is the Hindu belief that you are born, live, die, and are reborn?
7. What is the Hindu law called?
8. What are Hindus called the break the law?
9. In what year did it become illegal to mistreat Untouchables?
10. How many followers of Buddhism are there in the world today?
11. Who started Buddhism?
12. Guatama's parents worried that he would become a what?
13. What does the "Buddha" mean?
14. What did Buddha say was the most important thing in life?
15. What did Buddha think was the main way to end suffering?



ANSWERS:
1. Aryans
2. 800 million
3. Vedas
4. Caste System
5.











6. Reincarnation
7. Dharma
8. Untouchables (or outcasts)
9. 1950
10. 330 million
11. Siddhartha Guatama
12. monk
13. Awakened one (or Enlightened one)
14. Ending suffering
15. Stop wanting things

INDIA LESSON 2 REVIEW (10/2)

ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1. What are 2 reasons we don't know as much about ancient India?
2. What 2 cities were uncovered accidentally while laying a railroad track?
3. What are the four AMAZING facts about Mohenjo-Daro?
4. What was the Citadel used for?
5. What is one theory about why the people abandoned Mohenjo-Daro?
6. What people migrated there 100 years later?
7. What did they bring with them?
8. Know what's labeled on the map of India



ANSWERS:
1. Can't read ancient Indian writings, haven't found as many artifacts
2. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
3. Straight Streets, Sewer system, Brick homes, Citadel
4. Protection during war or natural disaster
5. Earthquake, floods
6. Aryans
7. New religion
8.  

INDIA LESSON 1 REVIEW (10/1)

ANSWERS AT BOTTOM


1. What river did India begin on?
2. What is a large landmass that is geographically separated from the rest of a continent called?
3. What separates India from the rest of Asia?
4. Where does the Indus river end?
5. What are the world's tallest mountains?
6. Which is the tallest?
7. How many feet tall is it?
8. Which 2 people reached the top first?
9. How was the farming in ancient India?
10. It was so good that they could do what?



ANSWERS:
1. Indus
2. Subcontinent
3. Mountains
4. Arabian Sea
5. Himalayas
6. Everest
7. 29,028 feet
8. Hillary and Norgay
9. Very good
10. They good harvest twice a year.

MESOPOTAMIA LESSON 3 REVIEW (9/22)

ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1. What 3 religious groups use the Bible in their religion?
2. What is the Jewish religion called?
3. What was the original language of the Old Testament?
4. What city-state was Abraham from?
5. What was the covenant (promise) God made to Abraham?
6. How many years did Moses and the Israelites wander in the wilderness?
7. What are the first five books of the OT called in Hebrew?
8. The Torah commands that the people practice what, which means worshiping one god.
9. What was the Israelite capital city?
10. In what year was the Northern Kingdom (Israel) conquered? What about the Southern (Judah?)
11. What was this called when many Jews were forced to leave their homes?



ANSWERS:
1. Christians, Jews, Muslims
2. Judaism
3. Hebrew
4. Ur
5. He would be the father of many descendants
6. 40
7. Torah
8. Monotheism
9. Jerusalem
10. 721 BC, 586 BC
11. Diaspora

MESOPOTAMIA LESSON 2 REVIEW (9/17)

ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1. What was Sumerian writing called?
2. What did Cuneiform use instead of pictures (like Hieroglyphics)?
3. What does the word "Cuneiform" mean?
4. What subject besides writing did they have to study in Sumerian writing school?
5. What is a large city and the land around it called?
6. What are 4 ways to compare the Sumerian city-states with the world today?
7. What did the Sumerians build for their gods?
8. What is the famous ziggurat we talked about?
9. How did Hammurabi gain control of Sumer?
10. What was found in 1901 that belonged to Hammurabi?
11. Where would this pillar of laws have been placed?
12. What was the world's largest city around 600 B.C.?


ANSWERS:
1. Cuneiform
2. symbols
3. wedge-shaped
4. Math
5. city-state
6. Large cities then and now, Self governing like our countries today, War between them like wars today, worshiped many gods like our world does today
7. ziggurats
8. Tower of Babel
9. cut off their water supply
10. Code of Hammurabi (pillar of laws)
11. center of town
12. Babylon