Ancient India Test Review

What Ancient India invention affected the study of mathematics and science?

• algebra

• the symbol zero

• geometry

• algorithms

What is a strong seasonal winds that influence India's climate called?

• rajas

• monsoons

• vedas

• ganges

What is the prince or leader of an Aryan tribe called?

• raja

• veda

• jati

• dharma

What is a force that decides the forms that people will be reborn into in their next lives called?

• dharma

• nirvana

• Jainism

• karma

What mountain range blocks the Indian subcontinent from Asia?

• Himalaya

• Vedas

• Sanskrit

• Ganges

A social group that one is born into and cannot change

• jati

• raja

• veda

• monsoon

The belief that a person's soul is reborn in a different form after death is called

• karma

• reincarnation

• dharma

• Brahmin

India's written language is called

• cuneiform

• sanskrit

• varnas

• vedas

The Buddha believed the only way to find truth was to give up

• suffering.

• the Eightfold Path.

• suffering.

• all desires.

The Indian subcontinent is part of the continent of

• Africa.

• Asia.

• Europe.

• South America.