Chapter 9 Ancient India Test

Theravada Buddhism teaches that the Buddha is a god

• True

• False

The Buddha followed some Hindu ideas and change other, but he did not consider himself to be a god

• True

• False

During his time as ruler, Ashoka became more violent and warlike.

• True

• False

The most powerful varnas were the Vaisyas and Sudas

• True

• False

Like the ancient Greeks, indian astronomers proposed the theory that the Earth was round and revolved around the sun

• True

• False

Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, which dynasty created an empire that reunited much of northern

• Ashoka

• Gupta

• Hindu

• Kalidasa

Based on the monsoon diagram, which of the following happens immediately after warm air expands and rises?

• cool, moist, heavy, air replaces rising hot air

• monsoon rains begin

• the land absorbs heat

• winds blow from the sea to land

Who developed the current form of Jainism?

• ashoka

• mahavira

• mohandas gandhi

• siddartha gautama

Which was a nomadic people that entered the indus river valley around 1500 B.C.?

• aryans

• brahmins

• sudras

• vaisyas

What natural disasters possibly caused the people of the Indus Valley to begin to abandon their cities and villages?

• disease and famine

• earthquakes and floods

• hurricanes and wildfires

• volcanoes and monsoons