Ancient India Quiz Review

Which word best describes a large land mass that is smaller than a continent?

• country
• subcontineent
• state
• region

Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were well planned cities. What inference can you make about the people who lived in the Indus Valley?

• They all wanted the cities to be identical
• They had difficulity completing task
•  They were intelligent and talented
• They knew how to deal with monsoons.

Where did all of these civilizations develop?
● Mesopotamia
● Egypt
● China
● India

• in river valleys
• in the mountian range
• in the coastal region 
• in the rain forest region

Two major religions that developed in India are

• Buddhism and Hinduism
• Hinduism and Judaism
• Judaism and Polytheism
• Monotheism and Polytheism 

The collection of Aryan religious works that include poems, hymns, and rituals are called

• the Vedas

• the Varnas

• Book of the Dead

• the Mahabharata

Who founded Buddhism?

• Buddha
• Theravada
• Siddhartha Guatama
• Mahayana

What you do in this life determines what happens in the next life is __________.

• dharma
• reincarnation
• rebirth
• karma

What was the only way that someone could gain entrance into a higher caste?

• Become a skilled warrior or buy land
• Live a good life and be reincarnated into a higher caste
• Marry someone in a higher caste
• Provide money and sacrifices to the priests

Which lists the castes in order from highest to lowest?

• Brahmins, Vaisyas, Sudra, Kshatriyas, Untouchables

• Sudra, Brahmins, Untouchables, Vaisyas, Kshatriyas

• Vaiyas, Sudra, Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Untouchables

• Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudra, Untouchables

Why were the Indians dependent on the summer monsoons?

• They brought rain & without them there would be drought
• The cold winds felt god in the summertime
• Without them, they could't travel down the river
• Monsoons encouraged animal migration