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**World Regions: India**
Instructor: Daniel Ondich dan.ondich@sobrietyhigh.org

**What's Due for Lesson 8**
Video Version** |||| **On Nicenet:**
 * = **What's Due
 * none ||= **In you wiki:**
 * create a new page titled "Tamil Nadu and Edicts of Ashoka"
 * Answer the questions || **Vocabulary:**
 * Textiles
 * Buddhism || **Other:**
 * none ||

**Step 1**:
- NOTE - YOU WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TIME IN LESSON 9 TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT

Add the day's vocab into your wiki. (see "What's Due" at the top of the page) //**write __only__ the definition for term in your own words**//.


 * Lesson 8**
 * Textiles
 * Buddhism

**Step 2**:
Log into your course wiki and create a new page titled "Tamil Nadu and Edicts of Ashoka". Copy and paste the following discussion questions into your new page:


 * Answer each of the following questions using 1-2 complete sentences.**


 * 1) Who were the Cholas? What were some of their accomplishments?
 * 2) Why did the British find the region so valuable?
 * 3) What did the Romans trade with Tamil Nadu?
 * 4) What purpose did the Ashokan pillars play during Ashoka's rule? Why do you think they would have been effective?
 * 5) How did the possible meeting between Alexander the Great and a young Chandragupta influence the development of the Mauryan Empire?
 * 6) In light of India's many religious traditions, why do you think Buddhism suffered a sharp decline in India after Ashoka?
 * 7) What teachings of the Buddha are most relevant in today's world?

Step 3:
Return to __The Story of India__ and read all the information on the " [|Tamil Nadu]" page and the "[|Edicts of Ashoka] " page and answer the questions in your course wiki.


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