Ancient India

What can you infer from the fact that priests were at the top of India's social hierarchy?

• Warriors were very unimportant in ancient India.

• Religion was very important to the people of ancient India.

• Priests were the kindest people in ancient India

• Religion had no impact on the lives of people in ancient India

What is the name of the seasonal winds that cause wet and dry seasons in India?

• Hurricanes

• Monsoons

• Tsunamis

• Tornadoes

What is a religion, based on the teachings of an Indian prince that developed in India in the 500's BC, taught that all suffering was caused by selfishness and spread rapidly throughout Asia?

• Buddhism

• Catholicism

• Judaism

• Hinduism

What term means to be reborn many times, each time into a new body?

• Meditation

• Substantiation

• Reincarnation

• Dharma

What is the ultimate goal of Hindu people?

• To go to heaven after one life on Earth

• To be reincarnated into a lower caste

• To merge with Brahman after a series of reincarnations

• To reach the highest caste level after a series of reincarnations

Which feature of geography was the most important in the development of early river valley civilizations?

• Fertile soil from the rivers

• High mountains

• Vast deserts

• Smooth coastlines

Which was NOT a geographic feature of India?

• Hindu Kush
• Arabian Sea
• Persian Gulf
• Khyber Pass

The writing of India...

• Cuneiform
• Sanskrit
• Farsi
• Cantonese

The _______________ of India, isolated the Indus River valley and allowed it to develop without interruption.

• political structure
• caste system
• city-states
• geography

The knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences is known as...

• darma
• reincarnation
• moksha
• karma