Ancient India Review

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?

• Tigris & Euphrates
• Nile & Blue Nile
• Indus & Ganges
• Huang He & Yangtze

What natural barrier prevented the Indus people from traveling and trading with people from China?  

• The Himalayas 
• The Hindu Kush Mountains 
• The Western Ghats
• The Deccan Plateau 

What are the two ancient cities of the Indus Valley that were known for their grid like design and having advanced technology for the time like indoor plumbing?

• Harappa & Mohenjo Daro

• Babylonia & Jerusalem

• Sumer & Persia

• Tatooine & Dagobah

Which of the following is a religion in India?

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Zigguratism

• Christianity

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What does polytheism mean?

• One God

• Many gods

• No Gods

• Spirit

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CCSS.RL.8.9

Which vocabulary term refers to the period where flooding could have caused the disappearance of Harappa civilization?

• tornado season

• hurricane season

• typhoon season

• monsoon season

According to the caste system, who is at the top of the pyramid and what is their job?

• Brahmin- priests
• Brahmin-farmer
• Sudra-farmer
• Sudra-priests

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

You do not want to be born into the unclean or polluted class called the _____________. (Fill in the blank)

• Untouchables
• Unlikeable
• Unpopular
• Unstable

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What group conquered India in 1500 B.C. and set up the caste system?

• Mongols

• Hindus

• Aryans

• British

Belief that your soul returns in another body after death is called.

• Reincarnation

• Possesion

• Purgatory

• Shiva