India Review Quiz

Chandragupta’s chief adviser was

• Dhana Nand

• Porus

• Kautilya

• Alexander

What faith did Asoka adopt during his rule?

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Islam

What was the period during the Gupta Empire called?

• The great famine age

• The literature age

• The golden age

• The palm-leaf age

Injecting people with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses to a disease

• alloy
• astronomy
• inoculation
• metallurgy

What are the basic teachings of Buddhism called?

• Ten Commandments
• Shar'ia Law
• The Four Noble Truths
• The Five Noble Truths

According to Buddha's teaching why do people suffer? 

• People suffer because they desire worldly things and self-satisfaction. 
• People suffer because they are mean. 
• People suffer because they don't go to school. 
• People suffer because they want to. 

The rebirth of a soul in a new body. 

• dharma
• reincarnation
• ahisma
• shrine

Members of the lowest caste (social class) in India.

• brahmans
• communists
• untouchables
• kshatriyas

The ancient culture that develop the Indus river is called...

• The Maurya Civilization

• The Gupta Civilization

• The Mughal Civilization

• The Harappa Civilization

Which technology is exclusive to the Indus Valley?

(only found there in the ancient world!)

• sewage and plumbing

• electricity

• computers

• air transport