Unit 4 Part 1 - Medieval India

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25 questions

Note from the author:

Created by Mr. Bergh of San Bernardino City Unified School District at Shandin Hills Middle School.
The following resources were utlilized in the creation of this Formative for educational/classroom use:
“Chapter 13: Medieval India.” In EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ACE WORLD HISTORY IN ONE BIG FATE NOTEBOOK. Workman Publishing Co., Inc., 2016.
& various other online educational materials.

Instructions

Learning Intention:
I am learning about the changes and parallels between ancient Hindu India, the rise of Buddhism, and then it's conquest by Islam.
Success Criteria:
I can outline the social structure of the caste system.
I know the life and moral teachings of Buddha.
I have discussed the expansion of Muslim rule through military conquests and treaties, emphasizing the cultural blending within Muslim civilization and the spread of Islam in India.
I can describe the growth of cities and the establishment of trade routes among Asia, Africa, and Europe, the products and inventions that traveled along these routes (e.g., spices, textiles, paper, steel, new crops), and the role of merchants.
I understand the intellectual exchanges among Muslim scholars of Eurasia and Africa and the contributions Muslim scholars made to later civilizations in the areas of science, geography, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature.

Required

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Required

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Vaishya
Sudra
Kshatriya
Dalit, "Untouchable"
Brahmin

	Polytheistic	Monotheistic
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Aztec Faith
Greco-Roman Pantheon
Mayan Faith

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
From the North		the Himalayan Mountains were difficult to pass.
From the South		the Indian Ocean was too vast for non-modern ships to journey far from shore.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Indus River		streams West.
Ganges River		streams East.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Vaishya
Sudra
Kshatriya
Dalit, "Untouchable"
Brahmin

Unit 4 Part 1 - Medieval India

Unit 4 Part 1 - Medieval India

Match the caste with its responsibilities using pictures.

Make an educated guess, a prediction. In this picture we see two colored rocks balancing on a flat rock, that is balancing on triangle rock, that is balancing on an even bigger rock.In your opinion, what does this picture have to do with Buddhism?

What fundamentally is Buddhism's goal?

What parts of the Eightfold Path do you agree with? Disagree with? Write at least two (2) sentences.

Claim: India is a multi-cultural and religiously diverse place. How could studying the different religions and kings of India help prove this claim? Answer in at least two (2) sentence.

Match the caste with its responsibilities using pictures.

Make an educated guess, a prediction. In this picture we see two colored rocks balancing on a flat rock, that is balancing on triangle rock, that is balancing on an even bigger rock.In your opinion, what does this picture have to do with Buddhism?

What fundamentally is Buddhism's goal?

What parts of the Eightfold Path do you agree with? Disagree with? Write at least two (2) sentences.

Buddhism is described as a protest religion. Many of the Buddha's teachings protest the ideas of the dominate religion of the time, Hinduism. What teachings seem to oppose Hinduism? Select all that apply.

The Delhi Sultanate was a Muslim kingdom.

The Delhi Sultanate got it's power from controlling the two life giving rivers of India, the Indus and the Ganges.

The Mughal Empire got bigger and bigger until reaching it's largest in 1707.

What technology did the Mughal's use to conquer India?

Look at the picture below.Based on this modern photo the Taj Mahal is ...

Based on the reading and the prior question, what do you think Taj Mahal was built to represent?

Read the text and question carefully...Who was the first Mughal king?

Read the text and question carefully...Who was the last king of India?

Read the text and question carefully...Who was the last Mughal king?

Claim: India is a multi-cultural and religiously diverse place. How could studying the different religions and kings of India help prove this claim? Answer in at least two (2) sentence.

How was the continent of India traditionally protected from invaders?

What are the two life giving rivers of India and which way do they flow?

Which of the following did the Aryans NOT bring to India?

Hindus believe in Reincarnation based on Karma.

Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, followed Hindu teachings exactly.

Replay the quote from the Buddha from the video or read it below. What do you interpret it to mean?"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become."

Replay the quote from the Buddha from the video or read it below. What do you interpret it to mean?"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

Buddhism is described as a protest religion. Many of the Buddha's teachings protest the ideas of the dominate religion of the time, Hinduism. What teachings seem to oppose Hinduism? Select all that apply.

The Delhi Sultanate was a Muslim kingdom.

The Delhi Sultanate got it's power from controlling the two life giving rivers of India, the Indus and the Ganges.

The Mughal Empire got bigger and bigger until reaching it's largest in 1707.

What technology did the Mughal's use to conquer India?

Look at the picture below.Based on this modern photo the Taj Mahal is ...

Based on the reading and the prior question, what do you think Taj Mahal was built to represent?

Read the text and question carefully...Who was the first Mughal king?

Read the text and question carefully...Who was the last king of India?

Read the text and question carefully...Who was the last Mughal king?

Make an educated guess, a prediction.
In this picture we see two colored rocks balancing on a flat rock, that is balancing on triangle rock, that is balancing on an even bigger rock.
In your opinion, what does this picture have to do with Buddhism?

Claim: India is a multi-cultural and religiously diverse place.
How could studying the different religions and kings of India help prove this claim? Answer in at least two (2) sentence.

Make an educated guess, a prediction.
In this picture we see two colored rocks balancing on a flat rock, that is balancing on triangle rock, that is balancing on an even bigger rock.
In your opinion, what does this picture have to do with Buddhism?

Buddhism is described as a protest religion. Many of the Buddha's teachings protest the ideas of the dominate religion of the time, Hinduism.
What teachings seem to oppose Hinduism? Select all that apply.

Look at the picture below.
Based on this modern photo the Taj Mahal is ...

Read the text and question carefully...
Who was the first Mughal king?

Read the text and question carefully...
Who was the last king of India?

Read the text and question carefully...
Who was the last Mughal king?

Claim: India is a multi-cultural and religiously diverse place.
How could studying the different religions and kings of India help prove this claim? Answer in at least two (2) sentence.

Replay the quote from the Buddha from the video or read it below. What do you interpret it to mean?
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become."

Replay the quote from the Buddha from the video or read it below. What do you interpret it to mean?
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

Buddhism is described as a protest religion. Many of the Buddha's teachings protest the ideas of the dominate religion of the time, Hinduism.
What teachings seem to oppose Hinduism? Select all that apply.

Look at the picture below.
Based on this modern photo the Taj Mahal is ...

Read the text and question carefully...
Who was the first Mughal king?

Read the text and question carefully...
Who was the last king of India?

Read the text and question carefully...
Who was the last Mughal king?