6th Grade Chapter 6 Ancient India

What formed as the subcontinent of South Asia collided with Asia?

• Hindu Kush Mountain Range

• The Himalaya

• Indus River

• Deccan Plateau

Why are monsoons important to the subcontinent's development?

• They bring heavy rain in the summer, which provides water for farming

• Dry winds keep the land from farming

• they protect the Indus River Valley from the cold Himalaya

• they do not get enough rainfall for farming

What caused the end of the Harappan civilization?

• war

• an army

• monsoon winds and rains

• earthquakes and droughts

Which religion grew out of the Aryan beliefs and practices?

• Vishnu

• Hinduism

• Sanskrit

• Buddhism

The teachings of Siddartha Guatama are found in which of the following?

• Vedas

• Bhagavad Gita

• 4 Noble Truths

• Ramayana

This Indian civilization created some of the world's first planned cities?

• Aryan

• Guptan

• Harappan

• Mauryan

This ruler helped spread of Buddhism

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Asoka

• Chandra Gupta I

• Chandra Gupta II

Which best summarizes the Gupta empire?

• They brought 200 years of peace and prosperity to India?

• Indian artists made statues of Hindu deities

• Defeated kings gave the Guptas obedience and tribute

• Scribes write down spoken stories from the past

This religion has the most followers in India

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• Hinduism

This was an achievement of Indian astronomers

• they practices inoculation

• they developed the number symbols we use today

• the accurately calculated the length of the solar year

• they translated the Ramayana into Sanskrit