Ancient India

What physical geographic feature gave rise to the Indus Valley civilization?

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Nile River

• Indus River

Someone born outside of society, who was responsible for dirty jobs was called ___

• a god

• an Aryan

• an untouchable

• a guru

What is the name of the oldest writings of the Hindus?

• Torahs

• Vedas

• Bibles

• Korans

India is considered a ___ because the Himalaya Mountains cut it off from the rest of Asia.

• plateau

• subcontinent

• river valley

• continent

Siddhartha Guatama founded ___.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

The rules of each caste can be found in the ___

• Vedas

• karma

• nirvana

• dharma

Which is NOT an achievement of the groups of people that occupied the Indus Valley?

• algebra

• zero

• wheel

• Hinduism

A person's job, social group, and marriage are determined by their ___

• nirvana

• dharma

• reincarnation

• caste

______ is to India as cuneiform is to Mesopotamia.

.

• hieroglyphics

• Chinese

• Sanskrit

• English

The belief that people die, are reborn, and die again in a continuous cycle of death and rebirth is called ____.

• unification

• reincarnation

• nirvana

• karma