Ancient India Test Review

Geography: India is surrounded by which two seas?

• On the eastern side is the Bay of Dubai, on the western side is the Indus Sea

• On the eastern side is the Bay of Bengal, on western side is the Arabian Sea

• On the eastern side is the Sea of Galilee, on the western side by the Red Sea

• On the eastern side is the Chinese Sea, on the western side is the Bay of Bomba

Geography: According to the reading, what does the city name Mohenjo-Daro mean in Sindhi?

• Mound of the dead

• Mound of the Flies

• Dead City of Stone

• People of the River

It had a well-planned road and drainage system. The “Great Bath” in the city center was heated and seemed to be a primary community gathering place. Most scholars agree this was the first stepwell (steps leading into a well or man-made pool) invented. Achievements: Select an excerpt from the reading above that explains the historical importance of the Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro.

• "It had a well-planned road and drainage system."

• "It had a well-planned road and drainage system." B "The 'Great Bath' in the city center was heated and seemed to be a primary community gathering place."

• "Most scholars agree this was the first stepwell (steps leading into a well or man-made pool) invented."

• None of the above

Government/Leadership: King Cyrus the Great conquered India in the 6th century BCE. What impact did this have on ancient Indian culture?

• Early Indian culture became nearly extinct

• Persian culture merged with Indian culture

• Persian culture vanished

• None of the above

Religion: In what ways did Greece's conquering of Persia and Northern India in 326 BCE affect the Indian people?

• The Greco-Buddhist changes affected art, religion, and clothing

• The Indian people were forced into slavery

• Indians were forced to convert to Hellenistic religion

• None of the above

Government/Leadership: What major event led Ashoka the Great to practice Buddhism?

• His tyrannical father Bindusara

• The bankruptcy of the Indian government

• His remorse for a massacre of 100,000 people at the city-state Kalinga

• The invasion of Alexander the Great

Economy: Choose the meaning of the word "fractured" in the following excerpt: "The country fractured into many small kingdoms with each one developing trade with Rome especially after Rome conquered Egypt, India’s most respected trade partner until then."

• gathered

• purchased

• studied

• broke apart

Achievements: Which of the following systems developed due to the trade India had with central Asia and the Near East?

• Drainage and sewer systems

• A canal system that irrigated crops of cotton and sugarcane

• A reservoir (artificial lake for water storage) at Girnar in 3000 BCE

• All of the above

They invented measuring devices for weights and construction similar to our modern ruler. The Harappans built one of the earliest known docks on the Sabarmati River that flows into the Arabian Sea that promoted trade by sea. Scholars note how vast their knowledge of tides and hydrography was to deal with the ever-changing delta of the river and coastal waters. Suspension bridges appeared in the 4th Century BCE made of braided bamboo and iron chains. Achievements and economy: Which sentence in the excerpt above best supports the topic sentence, “The people of ancient India traversed the water for economic reasons"?

• They invented measuring devices for weights and construction similar to our modern ruler."

• "The Harappans built one of the earliest known docks on the Sabarmati River that flows into the Arabian Sea that promoted trade by sea."

• "Suspension bridges appeared in the 4th Century BCE made of braided bamboo and iron chains."

• None of the above

Achievements: According to the reading, what major change increased Ancient India's agricultural expertise?

• The migration of the Aryans into Northern India

• A change in India's natural ecosystems

• Increase in trade with Asia

• All of the above