Ancient India

India's climate is shaped by seasonal winds called ________.

• Monsoons
• Trade Winds
• North winds
• Typhoons

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

• The Noble Truth
• Nirvana
• Dharma
• Reincarnation

The two main rivers in India are the ________ and the _______.

• Nile and the Ganges
• Ganges and the Indus
• Nile and the Indus
• There are no major rivers in India

Who brought Hinduism into India?

• The Chinese
• The Indians
• The Aryans
• The Americans

Buddhism is based on the teaching from ________.

• God
• Asoka
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What Indian invention do we use everyday at school?

• The numerals 1-9 and zero
• Drawing
• Reading poetry
• Physical Education

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

• dharma
• reincarnation
• rebirth
• karma

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 statement is true about ancient India?

• There were no cities since people only lived on farms.
• Cities were well planned with narrow streets.
• Homes were built on stilts because of flooding.
• Homes had running water and electricity.

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.