Ancient India Unit Review

A large land mass that is smaller than a continent

• island

• plateau

• peninsula

• subcontinent

Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry patterns

• cyclones

• monsoons

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

Forming a natural barrier in northern India, the __________ are the highest mountains in the world.

• Alps

• Andies

• Himilayas

• Rockies

Which are the two most important rivers in India?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Rio Grande and Mississippi

• Nile and Euphrates

• Indus and Ganges

___________ was the first known civilization in India.

• Mesopotamia

• Cahokia

• Harappa

• Cairo

India's most important language on which the Hindi language was based is called...

• Arabic

• Sanskrit

• English

• Mandarin

A division of Indian society that is decided on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation.

• caste

• symbolism

• niche

• nirvana

The Untouchables, who were not actually part of the caste system and were made to do the jobs nobody else wanted, were also called the ...

• Kshatriya

• Brahmin

• Dalit

• Sudras

The most widespread religion in India today.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Sikhism

What is reincarnation?

• a type of Indian religion

• the belief that your soul is reborn into another body

• the effect that your actions have on a person's soul

• rite of passage