Ancient India

What natural event helped the Indus River Valley become ideal for farming?

• flood waters left behind silt
• the snow melted in the Himalayas
• the monsoons made it muddy
• the rain watered the crops

Aryans wrote their Vedas in what language?

• Sanskrit
• Mongolian
• Sumerian
• Egyptian

Monsoons are seasonal in India,so that means monsoons occur how?

• in a regular pattern
• rarely to never
• all day, every day
• sometimes they happen, sometimes they don't

What was the highest class in Aryan society?

• Brahmins
• untouchables
• merchants
• kings

The Aryans most likely abandoned their nomadic lifestyle because they could stay in place and do what?

• farm
• meet new people
• not have to move around
• participate in trade

What was the most important aspect of the caste system, and could determine roles after rebirth?

• adhering to the rules of the caste system
• complaining about their job
• not doing their job
• marrying outside of their caste

Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were well-planned cities because they were what?

• talented and intelligent
• busy and crowded
• laid out in a grid system
• full of many tall buildings

In Hinduism, people are reborn into new physical forms. The form one is reborn into is dependent on what?

• karma
• dharma
• reincarnation
• meditation

What was Siddhartha Gautama greatly concerned with?

• eliminating human suffering
• teaching people how to meditate
• acquiring many luxurious things
• seeking fame and fortune

What are the guiding principles at the heart of Buddhism called?

• Four Noble Truths
• Five Principles of Living
• The Golden Rule
• What Goes Around Comes Around