Ancient India Test Review

What let some people choose specialized jobs over farming?

• A surplus of food

• Improvements in tools

• Domestication of animals

• Advancements in mathematics and science

True or False:

The Hinduism is similar to the religions of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia because all three were polytheistic.

• True

• False

What was the name of Ancient India’s written language?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Characters

• Sanskrit

Which of these events is often associated with reincarnation?

• An owl turning its head all the way around

• Seeds growing into plants

• An artist making a sculpture out of a block of marble

• The life of a caterpillar.

True or false:

The only way a person could move up through the caste system (Ancient Indian social structure) in Ancient India was through reincarnation.

• True

• False

The Gupta Empire made advancements in . . .

• Architecture

• Military tactics

• Math

• Ship building

What number was Ancient India the first to use?

• 1,000

• 10

• 0

• 42

Did Buddhism spread from Ancient India to as far as Afghanistan and Japan?

• Yes.

• No.

Was it the Aryan people who migrated into India or the original Indus Valley civilization that believed in many gods?

• The original Indus Valley civilization

• Aryans

All River Valley civilizations had a social structure based on their jobs

• True

• False