Ancient India

What two geographical features helped the development of the Harappan civilization?

• rivers

• valleys

• mountains

• deserts

What is the practice of breathing exercises that Hindus believe is a path to spiritual insight?

• caste

• nirvana

• yoga

• monsoons

What is the name of the strong seasonal winds that shape India's climate?

Buddha's teachings are called

• nirvana

• dharma

• happiness

• none of the above

What is the name of the social hierachy used in Ancient India? The _______ system

What is the belief that a perosn is reborn into another body after death called?

• reincarnation

• nirvana

• dharna

• purgatory

What are the effects of the Aryans migrating to India?

• Aryans imported religion to India.

• Aryans imported their social hierarcy, the caste system to India.

• Aryans brought their language, Sanskrit , to India.

• All of the above

What did Siddhartha Gautama develop?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Nirvana

• Dharma

What did Buddhism try to find?

• the answer to eternal life (or never dying)

• the answers to all of the questions in the world

• the way to develop strong cities

• the secret to happiness

What were some things that shows us that Mohenjo-Darro and Harappa were more advanced than earlier civilizations?

• first planned cities, advanced roads, advanced sanitation

• invention of the wheel and use of fire

• invention of hieroglyphics to communicate better

• building of great pyramids to put the bodies of their pharaohs in