1. Asian River Valleys Jeopardy Vocab 100 200 300 400 500 People 100 200 300 400 500 Religion 100 200 300 400 500 Contributions 100 200 300 400 500 Daily Life 100 200 300 400 500

2. Vocab for 100 These two Asian religions believe in reincarnation. What are Hinduism and Buddhism?

3. vocab for 200 The term that describes the layout of the streets in Mohenjo-Daro – one of the features that shows it was a planned city. What is a grid?

4. Vocab for 300 The term for the earthquake-detector invented by the Chinese. What is a seismograph?

5. Vocab for 400 Hereditary-based rule in China had these. What are dynasties?

6. Vocab for 500 Emperor Ashoka used elephants to take over this kingdom. What is Kalinga?

7. People for 100 This emperor started construction of the Great Wall of China. Who is Qin Shi Huangdi? Unified China / Standardized measurements, money & language / prevented nobles from cheating peasants Two of his other achievements.

8. People for 200 Ashoka encouraged people to adopt this religion. What is Buddhism? Tolerance of other religions / development of hospitals, roads, wells / clearly displayed written laws Two of his other achievements.

9. People for 300 This group introduced Hinduism to India. Who are the Aryans?

10. People for 400 Emperor Qin had people killed if they taught this. What is Confucianism?

11. People for 500 In honor of their ancestors, ancient Chinese people would not do this. What is cut their hair?

12. Religion for 100 This philosophy encourages people to live simply and abide by the laws of nature. What is Taoism?

13. Religion for 200 This philosophy encouraged people to respect their families and government officials. What is Confucianism?

14. Religion for 300 This was the name of the Hindu holy book. What is the Rig Veda?

15. Religion for 400 Followers of this religion believed in moderation or “the middle path.” What is Buddhism?

16. Religion for 500 Followers of this religion believe greed causes suffering. What is Buddhism?

17. Contributions for 100 The Chinese used gunpowder to make this. What are rockets and/or fireworks?

18. Contributions for 200 This is the reason moveable type (printing) wasn’t a very useful invention for the Chinese. What is their language used too many characters?

19. Contributions for 300 Emperor Qin standardized the way to measure this. What is weight, distance, or money?

20. Contributions for 400 The Indians invented this to remove seeds from a certain plant. What is the cotton gin?

21. Contributions for 500 The Aryans developed this to keep order and make sure all jobs would be get done. What is the Caste System?

22. Daily Life for 100 This caste did cleaning jobs, such as collecting garbage Who were the Untouchables?. This was believed to be WHY someone was an Untouchable. What is they had done something bad in their previous life?

23. Daily Life for 200 This phrase means “being able to change your class in society.” People in the caste system had little of this. What is social mobility?

24. Daily Life for 300 3 reasons archaeologists know that Mohenjo-Daro was a planned city. What is… –Great Bath –Gridded streets –Separated neighborhoods –Plumbing –Standard brick sizes

25. Daily Life for 400 Three reasons that some people supported the caste system What are… –Specializing in one job –Organized all jobs –People behaved well for fear of upper classes –People behaved well for fear of bad karma

26. Daily Life for 500 The highest class in ancient India included these professions (jobs). What are… –Priests –Scholars/Teachers –Philosophers?