Ancient India

The ancient city of Harappa had

• paved roads, sewer lines, and grids of streets.

• an opera house, a postal service, and an art school.

• restaurants, bookstores, and public transportation.

• a city council, a mayor, and a fire department.

Which of the following is a TRUE statement?

• India has a single, very long river that brings water to the entire country.

• In the summer, big winds called monsoons bring lots of rain and thunderstorms to India.

• India contains over a dozen active and inactive volcanoes.

• India is surrounded by mountains on all sides.

The Himalayas are

• a mountain range of many tall peaks where you will find Mount Everest.

• the mythical beasts that live in the forest in India.

• a river that flows from the mountains into India.

• an advanced ancient civilization that mysteriously disappeared in 2000 BC.

The Red Veda is often considered the

• first written collection of fairy tales.

• most perfectly preserved skeleton ever found.

• earliest written document of governmental laws.

• oldest existing piece of literature.

The Vedas explored the relationship between the soul and the world and founded the basis of

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Taoism

• Confucianism

The Dalit were

• Indo-Europeans who migrated from Central Asia around 1500 BCE.

• the soldiers and their wives who made up the second highest caste.

• the lowest caste, also called the "untouchables," who had the worst jobs in society.

• merchants and farm owners.

________ determines what you will come back as in your next life.

• Your caste

• Your job

• Your karma

• Your wealth

Buddhists believed that Nirvana can be reached

• by the caste of priests.

• by becoming very rich.

• by being reincarnated into someone beautiful.

• by finding peace and freeing oneself of pain and suffering.

The Indus and the Ganges are

• ancient cities that were very similar despite being 300 miles apart.

• rivers that flow into India and bring water to the country.

• groups of invaders who failed to conquer ancient India.

• the highest castes.

Siddhartha was

• the founder of Hinduism.

• a power Aryan leader.

• a famous ruler of India who converted to Buddhism.

• the founder of Buddhism.