Chapter 8 TEST (Fry)

The first cities in India developed in the _____________ River Valley.

• Ganges

• Yangtze

• Indus

• Huane He

A group of people known as the _______ migrated into India from Central Asia around 1600 BCE.

• Mongols

• Persians

• Byzantines

• Aryans

Around 500 BCE, early Indian cultures and traditions known as the ______ were eventually written down into a sacred text.

• Vedas

• Quaran

• Eightfold Path

• Analects

Asoka was one of the great emperors of the ______ empire.

• Mughal

• Maurya

• Delhi

• Gupta

Approximately 500 years after the collapse of India's first great empire, it was united again by the _____ dynasty.

• Mughal

• Maurya

• Delhi

• Gupta

According to the religion of Hinduism, all other gods, and our souls, are just parts or forms of their god known as ________________

• Allah

• Brahman

• Yahweh

• Waheguru

Hindu gurus, or teachers, wrote a text called the _______ to help people better understand the Vedas.

• Talmud

• Agamas

• Hadiths

• Upanishads

Hindus believe that the law of _____ judges your actions in this life and determines what kind of life you will be reincarnated to in your next life.

• karma

• farma

• dharma

• sharma

One of the most important things a Hindu must do is to commit themselves to their _______________, which is their duty or purpose in life.

• karma

• farma

• dharma

• sharma

The final goal of Hinduism is to reach _____ and to be free from the cycle of reincarnation

• Zion

• Nirvana

• Valhalla

• Moksha