Ancient India

What do India's people rely on for farming, transportation, and trade? Select all that apply.

• The Brahmaputra

• The Ganges

• The Himalaya

• The Indus

Why might farmers in India be happy during summer monsoons?

• The temperatures are colder.

• The air is dry.

• There is water for their crops.

• It is the beginning of a drought.

How was the Indus Valley civilization similar to early civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia?

• It developed near a great river system.

• It had many mountains to protect it from invasion.

• Its cities were enclosed in a fortress.

• Its people all needed to farm.

The fact that there were well-planned cities in the Indus Valley Civilization indicates that the people ___________.

• Supported themselves by trading and farming

• made tools and were highly skilled builders

• prayed to Deities for success of their civilization

• traveled and learned about other cultures

What is true about the Aryans? Select all that apply.

• They were nomads who looked for pastures and water for cattle.

• They were expert horse riders and raided villages for food.

• They remained separate from the descendants of the Indus Valley people.

• They were an ethnic group wit an advanced language.

Which of the following provides evidence of the Aryan culture in India?

• domesticated animals

• many cities

• males and females being equal

• Sanskrit language

How were priests, leaders, and other members of the highest social class able to maintain their position in ancient India's society?

• By being purer than other classes

• By using religion as the reason

• By having contact with other classes

• By depending on farmers and merchants.

What is the order of varnas, or social classes, in ancient India from highest to lowest?

• Valsyas (farmers, crastpeople, merchants), Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (warriors), Sudras (manual laborers and servants)

• Kshatriyas, Brahmins, Sudras, Valsyas

• Sudras, Valsyas, Kshatriyas, Brahmins

• Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Valsyas, Sudras

What religion blended with the ideas of other people of India to form Hinduism?

• Jainism

• Vedas

• Buddhism

• Islam

Hindu teachings were originally spread _________________.

• through rituals

• by its founder

• through writings

• orally