Civilization in India & China

Civilization in India

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What is a subcontinent?

• A large landmass that is smaller than a continent 

• A continent that floats underwater

• A landmass smaller than Ohio

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What are monsoons?

• A vast desert area

• a cave-like enclosure underwater

• seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons

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The Indian civilization first developed along what river?

• The Nile

• The Mississippi

• The Indus

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Why do scholars know very little about the Harappan society?

• Scholars have not yet learned to read their language.

• All artifacts from that time have been destroyed.

• Historians refuse to acknowledge them as a society.

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True or False: Not long after the Harappan civilization crumbled, a new group called the Aryans, took power in the Indus Valley.

• True

• False

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True or False: The Aryans were skilled warriors, who used chariots and advanced weapons. 

• True

• False

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True or False: Much of what we know about the Aryan Society comes from religious writings known as Sanskrit.

• True

• False, the religious writings were known as Vedas.

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Vedas were:

• Skilled warriors who ran the city

• Collections of poems, hymns, myths, and rituals written by Aryan priests.

• The most important language of ancient India

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The language in which Aryan poems and hymns were composed was ________, the most important language of ancient India.

• monsoons

• Harappan

• Sanskrit

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What is the caste system?

• An ancient way to wrap broken arms and legs.

• Divided groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation.

• A system of writing that scholars have not yet decoded.

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This religion is the largest religion in India today.

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Islam

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Jainism was based on the teachings of this man...

• Mahavira

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Mohandas Gandhi

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True or False: Siddhartha Gautama became known as "the Buddha" or the "Enlightened One."

• True

• False

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True or False: Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.

• True

• False

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At the heart of the Buddha's teachings were ______ guiding principles, known as the ______ Noble Truths.

• three

• four

• six

• eight

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True or False: The Buddha's teachings never challenged traditional Hindu ideas.

• true

• false

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True or False: The Buddha believed in animal sacrifices, which were traditional Hindu ideas.

• true

• false

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The Buddha challenged the authority of the Hindu priests called the ____________. He did not believe their rituals for necessary for enlightenment. 

• Hinduastecs

• governors

• Brahmins

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The Buddha was also opposed to the _______ system.

• servant

• collection

• caste

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Around 200 BC, King Asoka spread Buddhism into areas outside of India through ____________.

• telegraphs

• books

• missionaries