Ancient India Vocabulary

Ancient India Vocabulary

Geography, Aryan Migration & Achievements

Multiple Choice

India is a

• Continent

• Subcontinent

Multiple Choice

Irrigation

• Controlling flood waters by building canals

• Supplying water to land in order to grow crops

Multiple Choice

A social class system that divides Indian society is

• Caste System

• Social Pyramid

• Untouchables

• Varna

Multiple Choice

The religion of Aryans that involved worshipping nature with rituals and praise

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Judaism

• Brahmanism

Multiple Choice

Leader of an Aryan tribe

• Pharoah

• Emperor

• Rajah

• King

Multiple Choice

An ancient language used by the Aryans

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Sanskrit

• Pictographs

Multiple Choice

Reincarnation

• The religion of Ancient India

• The belief that one’s soul will be reborn in a new form

• The religious books from Mohenjo-daro

Multiple Choice

The general name for a social class

• Varna

• Ruler

• Untouchables

• Pyramid

Multiple Choice

Hindu religious stories and hymns

• Vedas

• Varna

• Victory

• Verizon