The Rule of Three-Aryans, Persians, Indians

In class, you read about three groups of people of Ancient India: The Aryans, the Persian empire, and the Indian empire. Using the article, you summarized the information about these groups of people in your guided notes. For this blog post, your task is simple. For each question, you need to tell me if it is describing the Aryans, the Persian empire, or the Indian Empire. So, to put it in simple terms, every answer will either be "Aryans," "Persian Empire," or "Indian Empire." So, if for some reason you have no idea what the answer is, you have a 33% chance of getting it right if you guess. However, you should know the answer. If you do not know the answer, simply look it up in your notes. All answers will be found in your notes about these three groups of people. Good Luck. You will post your answers as a comment on this blog post.

Questions:

1. Which group brought the language of Sanskrit?

2. Cyrus II founded what empire?

3. Chandragupta Maurya seized power and started this empire?

4. Which group brought the horse drawn chariot to India?

5. Zoroastrianism was a religion that began in which group?

6. Ashoka took over this empire after his grandpa.

7. A caste system is how society is set up for this group of people.

8. This group of people were stronger because they had horses.

9. This empire built huge stone columns to communicate with the people.

10. This group of people made advancements in mathematics with the modern number system.

BONUS: What is the picture that I posted with this assignment above?

Points: 20 (2 points/question)

DUE Date: Friday, January 29th, 2010

Format: Make sure you answer the questions in a list format:

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Remember, each answer is either "Aryans", "Persian Empire", or "Indian Empire." Use your guided notes to help you. Good Luck.