Ancient India

According to Buddhism, the end of suffering in life is called _______.

• The Noble Truth
• Nirvana
• Dharma
• Reincarnation

What you do in this life determines what happens in the next life is __________.

• dharma
• reincarnation
• rebirth
• karma

What was the only way that someone could gain entrance into a higher caste?

• Become a skilled warrior or buy land
• Live a good life and be reincarnated into a higher caste
• Marry someone in a higher caste
• Provide money and sacrifices to the priests

India is called a sub-continent because:

• It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean.
• It is separated from the rest of Africa by rivers.
• It is separated from the rest of Asia by mountain ranges.
• The Himalayas run down the middle of it.

Which group of people ranked highest on the caste system?

• warrior
• priests
• farmers
• merchants

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

• hurricane

• tsunami

• Monsoon

• tornado

Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were well planned cities. What inference can you make about the people who lived in the Indus Valley?

• They all wanted the cities to be identical
• They had difficulity completing task
•  They were intelligent and talented
• They knew how to deal with monsoons.

What is the name of the writing system of created by the Aryans in ancient India?

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• sanskrit

• calligraphy

Indian astronomers stated that the Earth was round and revolves around the sun.

• True

• False

Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, which dynasty reunited much of northern India?

• Ashoka

• Hindu

• Gupta

• Kalidasa